DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with ClassLink as IDP

DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication provider gives the ability to enable SAML Single Sign-On for your DotNetNuke applications. Using Single Sign-On you can use only one password to access your DotNetNuke application and services. Our authentication provider is compatible with all the SAML-compliant identity providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between DotNetNuke and ClassLink considering ClassLink as IdP.

Pre-requisites: Download And Installation

• Download the package for DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication provider.
• Upload the installation package dnn-saml-single-sign-on_xxx_Install by going in Settings > Extension > Install Extension.

Steps to configure DNN Single Sign-On (SSO) using ClassLink as IDP

1. Add authentication provider on DNN page

• Now under the Installed extensions tab select Authentication Systems.Here you can see the miniOrange DNN SAML Authentication Plugin.

• Just Click on the pencil icon as mentioned in the image below to configure the DNN SAML Authentication Provider.

• Now go to the site settings tab. Here you can see the DNN OAuth Authentication Provider Dashboard.

• You have finished with the Installation of the authentication provider on your DNN site.

2. Setup ClassLink as Identity Provider

• Select your identity provider ClassLink from the list shown below.

• There are two ways detailed below with which you can get the SAML SP metadata to configure onto your identity provider end.

A] Using SAML metadata URL or metadata file:

• Under Service Provider Settings, you can find the metadata URL as well as the option to download the SAML metadata.
• Copy metadata URL or download the metadata file to configure the same on your identity provider end.
• You may refer to the screenshot below:


B] Uploading metadata manually:

• Under the Service Provider Settings section, you can manually copy the service provider metadata like Base URL, SP Entity ID, ACS URL and share it with your identity provider for configuration.
• You may refer to the screenshot below:

• Log in to your ClassLink Administration Console.

• Select ClassLink Management Console to create SAML app.
• Navigate to Single Sign-On tab, in left panel and click on SAML Console

• Click on ADD NEW.

• To present a list of pre-configured SAML apps click on COPY EXISTING. You can update the settings(URLs, domain names, etc) of existing apps from here.

• Copy the IDP Metadata URL and provide it to your Service Provider. This is a unique URL for your organization.
• This will help you to configure your Service Provider.

• Navigate to the 3 dots shown and click on Edit.

• To configure SAML Identity Provider settings, provide the following values

Name	Provide a Service Provider name. Example: DNN App
Metadata URL	Provide the Metadata URL from the Service Provider Metadata tab of the plugin


• Click on Save to save your configuration.
• You can add any other custom Attribute Mapping and/or Metadata Overrides that are necessary.

• Then click on Update.

You have successfully configured ClassLink as SAML IdP ( Identity Provider) for achieving ClassLink SSO login into your DotNetNuke (DNN) Site.

3. Configure DotNetNuke SAML Authentication Provider as Service Provider

• For configuring application in the authentication provider, click on the Add new IdP button in the Identity Provider Settings tab.


A] Select your Identity Provider

• Select ClassLink from the list.You can also search for your Identity Provider using the search box.


B] Configure your Identity Provider

• Under the Service Provider Settings tab, you can download SP metadata as a XML document or copy the metadata url.
• Alternatively, copy and paste the SP Entity ID and ACS Url from the SP metadata Table to your ClassLink configuration page.


C] Configure your Service Provider

• To upload IdP's metadata, you can use the Upload IdP metadata button under the Identity Provider Settings tab, if you have the IdP metadata URL or the IdP metadata .xml file.
• Alternatively, you can copy the IDP Entity ID and Single Sign-On Url values from the IdP and fill them up under the Identity Provider Settings tab.

4. Testing SAML SSO

• Click the Test Configuration button to verify if you have configured the plugin correctly.
• On successful configuration, you will get Attribute Name and Attribute Values in the Test Configuration window.

You can even configure the ASP.NET SAML 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. To check other identity providers, click here.

Additional Resources

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