Guide for Drupal Single Sign On (SSO) using Onelogin as Identity Provider (IdP)

OneLogin Single Sign On (SSO) for Drupal miniOrange provides a ready to use solution for Drupal. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Drupal site using Onelogin within minutes.

You can download SAML single sign-on module zip file for Drupal 7 & 8 from here.

Step 1: Configuring Onelogin as Identity Provider (IdP)

  • Log into OneLogin as an Administrator and go to Apps Company Apps Add Apps from the Navbar.
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  • In the search box, type SAML Test Connector Service Provider (SP) and click on the App to add it.
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  • Enter the display name and click Save.
  • In General Settings, enter App Name and click on Next.
  • After saving, go to Configuration Tab and enter the following:
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    Audience Enter Audience URI from the Serivice Provider Metadata tab of the module.
    Recipient Enter Recipient URL from the Serivice Provider Metadata tab of the module.
    ACS (Consumer) URL Validator Enter ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL from the Serivice Provider Metadata tab of the module.
    ACS (Consumer) URL Enter ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL from the Serivice Provider Metadata tab of the module.
    Single Logout URL Enter Single Logout URL from the Serivice Provider Metadata tab of the module.
  • Click on Save.

Step 2: Assigning Groups/People

  • Go to SSO tab. Note down the URL/Endpoints. These will be required while configuring the plugin.
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  • Click on View Details in X.509 Certificate heading. Copy the X.509 Certificate textarea value and keep it handy.
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Step 3: Configuring Drupal as Service Provider (SP)

  • In miniOrange SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab. There are three ways to configure the plugin:

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      • Click on Upload IDP Metadata.
      • Upload metadata file and click on Upload.

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      • Click on Upload IDP Metadata.
      • Enter Metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.

      onelogin_sso_image Manual Configuration :

      • Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) and save it.
      Identity Provider Name Enter your IdP name. For Example : Miniorange
      IdP Entity ID or Issuer Issuer URL from the SSO tab in Onelogin
      SAML Login URL SAML 2.0 Endpoint (HTTP) from the SSO tab in Onelogin
      X.509 Certificate Paste the X.509 Certificate textarea value from the SSO tab in Onelogin

Step 4: Attribute Mapping. (It is Optional to fill this). This is Premium feature.

  • Attributes are user details that are stored in your Identity Provider.
  • Attribute Mapping helps you to get user attributes from your Identity Provider (IdP) and map them to Drupal user attributes like firstname, lastname etc.
  • While auto registering the users in your Drupal site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Drupal user details.
  • In miniOrange SAML plugin, go to Mapping tab and fill in all the fields.
    • Username: Name of the username attribute from IdP (Keep NameID by default)
    Email: Name of the email attribute from IdP (Keep NameID by default)
    Group/Role: Name of the Role attribute from Identity Provider (IdP)
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  • You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.

Step 5: Role Mapping (It is Optional to fill this). This is Premium feature.

  • Drupal uses a concept of Roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site.
  • Role mapping helps you to assign specific roles to users of a certain group in your Identity Provider (IdP).
  • While auto registering, the users are assigned roles based on the group they are mapped to.
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Step 6: Sign In Setting. This is Premium feature.

  • Go to SIGNIN Settings tab. There are multiple features availabe in this tab like Protect your whole site, Auto redirect the user to Identity Provider and Backdoor Login. To use these features, click on the respective checkboxes.
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