DNN OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) using Auth0 as OAuth Provider

DNN OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) module gives the ability to enable OAuth Single Sign-On for your DNN site. Using our Single Sign-On solution, you can use only one password to access your DNN sites and services. Our module is compatible with all the OAuth compliant identity providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between DNN and Auth0 considering Auth0 as OAuth Provider.

Pre-requisites: Download and Installation

• Download the DNN OAuth Single Sign On module with above link.
• Extract the package and upload the extension dnn-oauth-single-sign-on_xxx_Install by going to Settings > Extension > Install Extension

Configure DNN OAuth Single Sign-On using Auth0 as OAuth Provider

1. Adding SSO module on DNN page

• Open any of the page on your DNN site (Edit mode) and Click on Add Module.

• Search for oauthclientsso and click on the oauthclientsso. Drag and drop the module on the page where you want.

• You have finished with the installation of the module on your DNN site.
• If you want to add module on every page of your dnn site, go to Module Settings >> Module Settings >> Advanced Settings.

• Check the box for Display Module on All Pages and click on Update.
• Under oauthclientsso settings tab, select Auth0 as identity provider (IDP).

• Copy the Redirect/Callback URL and provide the same to your OAuth Provider.

• Please refer the below table for configuring the scope & endpoints for Auth0 in the plugin.

Scope:	openid profile email
Authorize Endpoint:	https://<Auth0-app-domain>/authorize
Access Token Endpoint:	https://<Auth0-app-domain>/oauth/token
Get User Info Endpoint:	https://<Auth0-app-domain>/userinfo
Client ID & Secret:	Given in step2 below

2. Configure Auth0 as OAuth Provider

• Go to https://auth0.com/auth/login and sign up or login.
• Go to Applications tab in the left panel and then click on Applications.

• Click on Create application to create a new application.

• Select Regular web Applications and click on Create button.

• Now go to settings tab.

• Scroll down to Applications URI's section and enter the callback url which you will get from DNN OAuth plugin. Then, Scroll down and click on save changes.

• Copy the Client ID and Client Secret from basic information in setttings tab and save it on your miniOrange DNN OAuth plugin Configuration.

• Now go to Users tab in the user management from the left panel.

• Click on Create User to create a new user.

• Enter all the required details and click on Create.

You have successfully configured Auth0 as OAuth Provider to Single Sign-On into your DNN application.

3. Testing OAuth SSO

• After saving settings, you can see the list of applications you have configured.
• Click on Edit to update the configuration.

• Click on Test Configuration to check if the configuration is correct.
• On successful configuration, you will get Attributes Name and Attribute Values on Test Configuration window.

4. Attribute Mapping

• Go to the oauthclientsso settings >> Advanced Settings >> Attribute Mapping.

• Map email and username with Attribute Name you can see in Test Configuration window.

5. Adding Widget

• For adding the widget go to Add Widget.

• Click on Add Widget button. A button will be added on the DNN page.

You can configure the ASP.NET OAuth 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.

Additional Resources

• ASP.NET OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Two-Factor Authentication for ASP.NET
• Two-Factor Authentication for DNN
• DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• DNN REST API Authentication
• nopCommerce OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Kentico SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)

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