DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with Google Apps 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 Google Apps considering Google Apps 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 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Google Apps as IDP

1. Add authnetication 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.

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

2. Setup Google Apps as Identity Provider

• Select your identity provider Google Apps 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:

• Go to https://admin.google.com and login with your G Suite administrator account.
• Navigate to the Apps tab in the left menu and click on Web and mobile apps.

 Add a SAML App

• Click on the Add App button, then in the dropdown select Add Custom SAML app tab to create a new saml app.

• Enter details for your custom SAML app and click on Continue button.

 IDP Information

• Click on Download Metadata button. This will be used for configuring your Service Provider.
• You can also copy G Suite details like SSO URL, entity ID and Certificate to configure the Service Provider manually and then click on Continue button.

 Service Provider Details

• Enter details from the Service Provider Metadata tab in the SAML SP plugin.

ACS URL	Copy and paste the ACS URL from the plugin.
Entity ID	Copy and paste the SP Entity ID/ Issuer from the plugin.
Signed Response	Check Signed Response ✓
Name ID Format	EMAIL

• Click on Continue button.

 Attribute Mapping

• Click on Add Mapping button.

• Add and select user fields in Google Directory, then map them to Service Provider attributes and Click on Finish button.

 User Access to Configured App

• Go to SAML Apps again and click on OFF for everyone .

• Then, select ON for everyone to activate SSO.

• You have successfully configured G Suite / Google Apps as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving
  G Suite / Google Apps SSO login into your DNN website.

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.

There are two ways detailed below with which you can configure your SAML identity provider metadata in the authentication provider.

A] Upload metadata using the Upload IDP Metadata button:

• 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 authentication provider using the Upload IDP Metadata option.
• You may refer to the screenshot below:

• You can choose any one of the options according to the metadata format you have available.

B] Configure the identity provider metadata manually:

• 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 Update to save your IDP details.

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.

6. Additional Resources

• DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• DNN OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO)
• ASP.NET SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• nopCommerce SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Umbraco SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)