ASP.NET SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) module gives the ability to enable SAML Single Sign-On for your ASP.NET applications. Using Single Sign-On you need only one password to access your ASP.NET application and services. Our module is compatible with
all SAML compliant Identity Providers. Here, we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between ASP.NET and VMWare, considering VMWare as IdP.
Pre-requisites || Download and Installation
- Download miniOrange ASP.NET SAML 2.0 Module.
- To set up the module, extract the file asp.net-saml-sso-module-xxx.zip. You will find a DLL named miniorange-saml-sso.dll, a configuration file named saml.config and an integration.md file which contains steps for adding the module into your application.
- Add miniorange-saml-sso.dll into your bin folder (where other DLL files for your application exist).
- Register minorangesamlsso module in your application according to the steps provided in the file named integration.md.
- Add the provided configuration file saml.config in the root directory of your application.
- After integration, open your browser and browse the connector dashboard with the URL below:
https://<your-application-base-url>/?ssoaction=config
- If the registration page or login page pops up, you have successfully added the miniOrange SAML SSO connector to your application.
- Register or log in with your account by clicking the Register button to configure the module.
Steps to configure VMWare Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into ASP.NET
1. Add VMWare in ASP.NET SAML Module
- Go to Plugin settings section and choose VMWare from the list.
- You will see the Service Provider Settings option, where you will get the service provider metadata. You can have three options to provide the metadata to your IdP. Keep the metadata handy as it will be required later to configure step 2.
2. Configure VMWare as Identity Provider
- Login to VMware Identity Manager portal and navigate to Catalog > Web Apps.
- Click on Settings button.
- In the left tab, click on SAML Metadata and download the Identity Provider Metadata as well as Signing Certificate. Keep this file handy as it will be needed for later configuration of miniOrange ASP.NET SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) module.
- Navigate back to Catalog > Web Apps and click on New.
- Enter the name for your ASP.NET App and click on Next.
- In the Configuration tab, from the Authentication Type dropdown select the SAML 2.0.
- Select the URL/XML as Configuration type.
- Copy and paste the metadata downloaded from the miniOrange ASP.NET SAML SP SSO module into the Configuration page and proceed to the next page.
- Set the Access Policies to the default_access_policy_set. Then click on Next.
- Click on Save & Assign.
- Add the users and under the Deployment Type dropdown, select Automatic and click on Save.
- New Application will be added with the assignment of the selected users.
3. Configure ASP.NET SAML Module as Service Provider
There are two ways detailed below with which you can configure your SAML
identity provider metadata in the module.
A] Upload metadata using the Upload IDP Metadata button:
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If your identity provider has provided you with the metadata URL or
metadata file (.xml format only), then you can simply configure the
identity provider metadata in the module using the
Upload IDP Metadata option.
- You may refer to the screenshot below:
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You can choose any one of the options according to the metadata format
you have available.
B] Configure the identity provider metadata manually:
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After configuring your Identity Provider, it will provide you
with IDP Entity ID, IDP Single Sign On URL and
SAML X509 Certificate fields respectively.
- Click Save to save your IDP details.
4. Test Configuration
- Click on the Test Configuration button to test whether the SAML Configuration you’ve done is correct.
- The screenshot below shows a successful result. Click on Continue SSO Integration to continue further with the SSO Integration.
- If you are experiencing any error on the module end you’ll see the window shown below.
- To troubleshoot the error you can follow the steps below:
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Under
Troubleshoot
tab, enable the toggle to receive the plugin logs.
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Once enabled, you will be able to retrieve plugin logs by navigating
to Plugin Settings tab and clicking on
Test Configuration.
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Download the log file from the Troubleshoot tab to see
what went wrong.
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You can share the log file with us at
aspnetsupport@xecurify.com
and our team will reach out to you to resolve your issue.
5. Integration Code
- You can also find the Integration code in the Integration Code tab in the module. Just copy-paste that code snippet wherever you want to access the user attributes.
- Note: All the mapped attributes will be stored in the session so that you can access them in your application.
Note: If you need any assistance with adding the integration code in your application please reach out to us at aspnetsupport@xecurify.com.
6. Login Settings
- Use the following URL as a link in your application from where you want to perform SSO:
https://<your-application-base-url>/?ssoaction=login- For example you can use it as:
<a href="https://<your-application-base-url>/?ssoaction=login">Login</a>
7. Logout Settings
- Use the following URL as a link in your application from where you want to perform SLO:
https://<your-application-base-url>/?ssoaction=logout- For example you can use it as:
<a href="https://<your-application-base-url>/?ssoaction=logout">Logout</a>
You can configure the DotNetNuke SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) module with any Identity Provider such as
ADFS, Azure AD, Bitium, centrify, G Suite, JBoss Keycloak, Okta, OneLogin, Salesforce, AWS Cognito,
OpenAM, Oracle, PingFederate, PingOne, RSA SecureID, Shibboleth-2, Shibboleth-3, SimpleSAML, WSO2 or
even with your own custom identity provider.
If you are looking to Single Sign-On into your sites with any SAML compliant Identity Provider then we have a separate solution for that. We do provide SSO solutions for the following:
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