DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with miniOrange 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 miniOrange considering miniOrange 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 miniOrange 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.

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

2. Setup miniOrange as Identity Provider

• Select your identity provider miniOrange 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 miniOrange Admin console https://login.xecurify.com/moas/login and login with your miniOrange credentials.
• From the left menu, click on the Apps tab.
• In the right upper corner, select Add Application.

• Choose the Application type as SAML/WS-FED.

• Search for Custom SAML App.

• Fill in the metadata details in the textboxes below manually or you can Import SP Metadata.

Custom Application Name	App name you like to provide.
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Enter SP Entity ID / Issuer from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
ACS URL	Enter ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
Single Logout URL	Enter Single Logout URL from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin

• Click on Save to add the App.

• Under the Login Policy, select the Default from the Group Name dropdown.
• Enter Policy Name you would like to provide.
• Select Password from the Login Method dropdown.
• Click on Save.

• Navigate to the Apps in the left menu.
• Click on the metadata link against your app.

• Download the Metadata XML File or note down the given information and keep it handy to configure the Service Provider


You have successfully configured miniOrange as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving miniOrange SSO login into your 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 miniOrange from the list. If you don't find your Identity provider in the list, select Custom IDP. 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 miniOrange 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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