Typo3 OAuth 2.0 Authentication and Authorization Single Sign-On (SSO) extension allows your Frontend & Backend (Admin & Customer) users to seamlessly login into Typo3 site using Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure B2C) credentials. Integration of Azure B2C Login (Azure Active Directory OAuth Single Sign-On) with Typo3 using OAuth 2.0 Protocol.
The Typo3 OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) extension makes it possible to log into Typo3 securely using any OAuth and OpenID Connect provider such as Azure AD, Okta, Keycloak, Salesforce etc. Advanced Single Sign-On (SSO) features such as user profile Attribute Mapping, Role Mapping, and so on are also supported in this extension. Click here to read more about the Typo3 OAuth Single Sign-On (OAuth & OpenID Connect Client) extensions's premium features.
In this guide, We'll go over how to set up SSO between Typo3 and Azure B2C. Users should be able to log in to Typo3 through Azure B2C by the end of this guide.
Pre-requisites : Download And Installation
Installing OAuth Client / OpenID Connect extension in TYPO3
- Use the below command to install the extension using composer:
composer req miniorange/miniorange_oidc
- Now search for the "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
- After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
- After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
- If you are not a premium customer you can seamlessly login by submitting miniOrange credentials.
- After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
- Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
- Download the zip file of the OAuth / OIDC extension from TYPO3 marketplace
- Go to your TYPO3 backend, and click on Extensions section at the left side of your screen.
- Upload the zip file,as represented in the below image.
- Now search for the "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
- After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
- After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
- If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
- After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
- Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
Integrate extension with TYPO3
- Click on the Pages from the left navigation.
- Then you need to create a folder to store the frontend users in it by right clicking on the Home page and select New subpage.
- Select Folder type from the dropdown.
- Name the folder as Website Users and click on the Save.
- Go to behaviour tab and add Website Users in it.
- If you see a hyphen sign in red on the created folder, it means that the folder is not enabled. You can then enable it by right clicking on that folder and clicking Enable.
- You need to add two STANDARD pages within the HOME page. If you are using Premium Plugin you can create three pages.
- Here we will consider Page Names as: FEOIDC, RESPONSE, LOGOUT (Logout is optional for premium customers).
- To create a FEOIDC page, right click on Home page then select New subpage and select STANDARD type from dropdown.
- Add Page Title as FEOIDC and click Save.
- Then again Click on FEOIDC Page and click on Add content. Go to plugins and add FEOIDC Plugin and click on the Save.
- Navigate to plugin tab and select FEOIDC plugin.
- Add website users in Record Storage Page and save the settings.
- You can enable the FEOIDC page by right clicking and selecting Enable option.
- If you need to make changes in URL segment, which will also be your initial SSO URL, right click on FEOIDC page, select edit and click on "toggle URL" button to set URL according to your way.
- Follow the same steps to create and configure Standard pages of Response.
- Ensure you will be selecting Response Plugin for Response page.
- Keep the FEOIDC and RESPONSE page urls handy as you will need them while configuring the OAuth/OpenID Connect extension.
Steps to configure Azure AD B2C OAuth & OpenID Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3
1. Setup Azure AD B2C as OAuth Provider
Follow the steps below to configure Azure AD B2C as OAuth Provider
Configure Azure AD B2C as OAuth Provider
- Sign in to Azure portal.
- From the Azure services menu, select Azure AD B2C.
- Click the App registrations service in the left-hand navigation panel, then click New registration.
- Enter the Name of the Application. Select Web from the dropdown menu and enter the Redirect URL. (You will get the redirect URL from the OAuth settings tab of the extension). Register your application.
- Your application is given a unique Application ID by Azure AD B2C. Copy Application ID and the Directory ID, this will be your Client ID and Tenant ID respectively.
- From the left navigation column, select Certificates and Secrets and then New Client Secret. Click the ADD button after entering a description and an expiration time.
- Copy the obtained value of the generated client secret. This will be your Secret key.
- Navigate to Azure AD B2C. Choose User flows. and select New user flow from the drop-down menu.
- Name the user flow. Choose Email Signup and click the Create button.
- Click on your created user flow
- Replace the policy name you just created in the appropriate endpoints.
You've successfully configured Azure AD (Active Directory) B2C as an OAuth Provider for Typo3 user integration using Azure AD Single Sign-On (SSO).
2. Configuring Typo3 as OAuth Client
3: Attribute Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.
- You can map attributes in the Attribute Mapping tab. Only username and email are allowed to be mapped in free version of the extension. However, in the premium version of the extension, you can map various attributes coming from your OAuth Provider to the attributes present in your Typo3 site.
4: Group Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.
- You can specify a default role in the free extension that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
- Go to Group mapping tab and navigate to Group Mapping section.
- Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
By configuring Azure AD B2C as an OAuth Provider and Typo3 as an OAuth Client using our Typo3 OAuth Client extension, you have successfully installed Typo3 Azure AD B2C Single Sign-On (SSO). Within minutes, you'll be able to provide safe access to your Typo3 site utilising Azure AD B2C login credentials thanks to this solution.
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