ADFS as IdP For WordPress
ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) login for WordPress [SAML] can be achieved by using our WordPress SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. Our plugin is compatible with all the SAML compliant Identity Providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML SSO login between WordPress site and ADFS by considering ADFS as IdP (Identity Provider) and WordPress as SP (Service Provider).
Pre-requisites : Download And Installation
To configure ADFS as SAML IdP with WordPress, you will need to install the miniOrange WP SAML SP SSO plugin:
Step-by-step Video to Setup SSO between WordPress and ADFS
Steps to configure ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into WordPress
Step 1: Setup ADFS as IDP (Identity Provider)
Follow the steps below to configure ADFS as IdP
Configure ADFS as IdP
- In the miniOrange SAML SP SSO plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.
- On ADFS, search for ADFS Management application.
- In AD FS Management, select Relying Party Trust and click on Add Relying Party Trust.
- Select Claims aware from the Relying Party Trust Wizard and click on Start button.
Select Data Source
- In Select Data Source, select the data source for adding a relying party trust.
- Navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab from the plugin and copy the Metadata URL.
- Select Import data about the relying party published online or on the local network option and add the metadata URL in Federation metadata address.
- Click on Next.
- Navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab from the plugin and click on the Download XML metadata button to download the plugin metadata file.
- Select Import data about the relying party from a file option and upload the downloaded metadata file.
- Click on Next.
- Navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab of the plugin to get the endpoints to configure Service Provider manually.
- In Add Relying Party Trust Wizard select option Enter data about the relying party manually and click on Next.
Specify Display Name
- Enter Display Name and Click Next.
Configure Certificate (Premium feature)
- Download the certificate from Service Provider Metadata Tab.
- Upload the certificate and click on Next.
Configure URL
- Select Enable support for the SAML 2.0 WebSSO protocol option and enter ACS URLfrom the plugin's Service Provider Metadata Tab.
- Click on Next.
Configure Identifiers
- In the Relying party trust identifier, add the SP-EntityID / Issuer from the plugin's Service Provider Metadata tab.
Choose Access Control Policy
- Select Permit everyone as an Access Control Policy and click on Next.
Ready to Add Trust
- In Ready to Add Trust click on Next and then Close.
Edit Claim Issuance Policy
- In the list of Relying Party Trust, select the application you created and click on Edit Claim Issuance Policy.
- In Issuance Transform Rule tab click on Add Rule button.
Choose Rule Type
- Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims and click on Next.
Configure Claim Rule
- Add a Claim Rule Name and select the Attribute Store as required from the dropdown.
- Under Mapping of LDAP Attributes to outgoing claim types, Select LDAP Attribute as E-Mail-Addresses and Outgoing Claim Type as Name ID.
- Once you have configured the attributes, click on Finish.
- After configuring ADFS as IDP, you will need the Federation Metadata to configure your Service Provider.
- To get the ADFS Federation Metadata, you can use this URL
https://< ADFS_Server_Name >/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml - You have successfully configured ADFS as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) Login
Windows SSO (optional)
Follow the steps below to configure Windows SSO.
Steps to configure ADFS for Windows Authentication
- Open elevated Command Prompt on the ADFS Server and execute the following command on it:
- Open AD FS Management Console and go to Authentication Policies section, edit the Global Authentication Policies. Check Windows Authentication in Intranet zone.
- Open Internet Explorer. Navigate to Security tab in Internet Options.
- Add the FQDN of AD FS to the list of sites in Local Intranet and restart the browser.
- Select Custom Level for the Security Zone. In the list of options, select Automatic Logon only in Intranet Zone.
- Open the powershell and execute following two commands to enable windows authentication in Chrome browser.
- You have successfully configured ADFS for Windows Authentication.
setspn -a HTTP/##ADFS Server FQDN## ##Domain Service Account##
FQDN is Fully Qualified Domain Name (Example : adfs4.example.com)
Domain Service Account is the username of the account in AD.
Example : setspn -a HTTP/adfs.example.com username/domain
Set-AdfsProperties -WIASupportedUserAgents ((Get-ADFSProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents) + "Chrome")
Get-AdfsProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents
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