Guide for Auth0 as IdP with Drupal

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Auth0 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 Auth0 within minutes.

Step 1: Setup Auth0 as Identity Provider

  • In the miniOrange SAML SP SSO plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.

    • Drupal Auth0 sso icon Prerequisites:

    Copy these values from the Service Provider Info tab of the SAML plugin.

    • SP Entity ID
    • ACS URL
    • Single Logout URL

    Drupal Auth0 sso instruction Instructions:

  • Click onCreate Application.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso application
  • A new window will pop-up. Enter a name for the application and select Regular Web App. Click on CREATE button.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso web app
  • Select the Addons tab.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso addon
  • Enable SAML2 option in the addons. It will open up a Configuration window.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso SAMLv2
  • Enter Application Callback URL, Audience, Recipient and other settings using SP entity ID and ACS URL copied from the plugin as shown below:
    • Drupal Auth0 sso sp identity
  • Scroll down and click on Save.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso setting
  • Go to the Usage tab and click on the Identity Provider Metadata download link. It will download the metadata XML file which you'll need for setting up the SAML plugin.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso Idp metadata

Step 2: Configuring Drupal as Service Provider (SP)

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

      • Drupal Auth0 sso metadat By Auth0 Metadata URL :

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

      Drupal Auth0 sso metadata file By Uploading Auth0 Metadata File:

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

      Drupal Auth0 sso manual configuration Manual Configuration :

      • Copy SAML Entity ID, SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL and X.509 certificate from Federation Metadata document and paste it in IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate fields respectively in the Module.
      Identity Provider Name For Example:Auth0
      IdP Entity ID or Issuer SAML Entity ID in the Federation Metadata document
      SAML Login URL SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL in the Federation Metadata document
      X.509 Certificate x.509 Certificate in the Federation Metadata document

Step 3: 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 Module, 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 Key: Name of the Role attribute from Identity Provider (IdP)
    • Drupal Auth0 sso attribute mapping
  • You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.

Step 4: 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.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso role mapping

Step 5: 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,auto-create user and Backdoor Login. To use these features, click on the respective checkboxes.
    • Drupal Auth0 sso sign in settings

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