SAML Single Sign-On into Joomla using RSA SecurID

Overview

miniOrange Joomla SAML SP SSO plugin helps you to integrate your Joomla site to RSA SecurID using SAML 2.0 protocol. Our user-friendly plugin simplifies the process of setting up Single Sign-on (SSO) with RSA SecurID in Joomla, ensuring a secure login experience. This enables users to access various Joomla sites effortlessly using their RSA SecurID IDP credentials.

Our plugin is designed to be compatible with Joomla 3, 4 as well as 5 and works seamlessly with all SAML 2.0 compliant Identity Providers. For a detailed overview of the comprehensive features offered by the Joomla SAML SP plugin, please visit our page here. Below, we provide a step-by-step guide on configuring SAML SSO login between your Joomla site and RSA SecurID, with RSA SecurID serving as the Identity Provider (IDP) and Joomla as the Service Provider (SP).

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Configuration Steps

In this setup, RSA SecurID serves as the repository for storing users i.e. it will act as the IDP while Joomla is where users will log in using their credentials from RSA SecurID where Joomla SAML SP SSO Plugin will be installed.

Step 1: Install Joomla SAML SP Plugin

Login into your Joomla site’s Administrator console.
From left toggle menu, click on System, then under Install section click on Extensions.
Now click on Or Browse for file button to locate and install the plugin file downloaded earlier.

Installation of plugin is successful. Now click on Get Started!

Go to the Service Provider Metadata tab and scroll down to copy the SP-EntityID and the ACS URL.

Step 2: Configure RSA SecurID as IDP (Identity Provider)

Login to the RSA SecurID as Super Admin.
In the Administration Console, click Application → Application Catalog.
Click Create From Template button on the top right corner.

Next to the SAML Direct, click select in the Choose Connector Template page. The Add Connector wizard appears.

Fill the required information in the Basic Information page on the Add Connector wizard:

Name: Name of the application for eg. miniOrange Plugin.
Description (Optional): Description for your application.
Disabled [a checkbox] (optional): Select this only if you want to make this application unavailable to users. When disabled, the application appears in My Application but does not appear in the RSA application portal.
Click Next Step button.

Fill the required information in the Connection Profile page.

Connection Profile:

Upload the miniOrange plugin’s metadata file and click on the Import Metadata button. You can download it from the Service Provider info tab of the plugin.
Verify the configured URLs and clicks on the Save button on the top right corner of the pop-up window.

Initiate SAML Workflow:

Select SP-Initiated, if you want the SSO should be invoked from Application or select IDP-initiated, if you want the user should log in into RSA first and then access Application from his RSA Dashboard.
Configure base URL of your Application or you can leave it blank if IDP-initiated is selected.
Select Binding type: POST and Signed Checked.

SAML Identity Provider (Issuer):

Upload the public and private key which will be used to signed SAML Response or you can generate new key pair by clicking on the Generate Cert Bundle button.
(Optional) Enable checkbox for Include Certificate in Outgoing Assertion.

Service Provider:

Assertion Consumer Service URL and Audience URL should be pre-configured if you have uploaded plugin’s metadata in the Connection Profile section. If not, you can find the required URLs from Service Provider Info tab of the miniOrange SAML plugin and update the URL here.

User Identity:

Configure NameID information that identifies the user on whose behalf the SAML Assertion is generated.

Advanced Configuration: Attribute Extension

Configure additional user information to be sent to the Application in the SAML Response, for example, username, email, display name, groups etc.

Advanced Configuration: Uncommon Formatting SAML Response

Sign outgoing Assertion:- Assertion within Response.
Encrypt Assertion (Optional): If checked, you need to load miniOrange plugin’s public certificate and you can download it from the Service Provider Info tab of the plugin.
Unchecked Send encoded URL in Assertion.
Checked include issuer NameID format and select NameID Format as Unspecified.
Save the configuration and move to the next page i.e. User Access page.

Define application access in the User Access page.
Configure application display settings for RSA end users like app icon etc and save the settings.
Now, In the Administration Console, click Application -> My Application.
Find the app that you have configured and click on Edit -> Export Metadata. Keep the metadata handy, it will require to configure miniOrange plugin.

Click on Publish Changes in the top left corner of the RSA Admin Console to publish this configuration and immediately activate it.

Step 3: Configure Joomla as SP (Service Provider)

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

A. By uploading IDP metadata:

In Joomla SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab, then click on Upload IdP Metadata.

B. By Metadata URL:

Enter Metadata URL (Copy from IDP app) and click on Fetch button.

C. 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, Single Sign-on URL, X.509 Certificate fields respectively in the plugin.

IdP Entity ID or Issuer	SAML Entity ID in the Federation Metadata document
Single Sign-On URL	SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL in the Federation Metadata document
X.509 Certificate Value	X.509 Certificate in the Federation Metadata document

Step 4: Attribute Mapping - 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 Joomla user attributes like firstname, lastname, address, phone etc.
While auto registering the users in your Joomla site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Joomla user details.
Go to Attribute 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)
Name:	Name of the name attribute from IdP

You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.

Note: You can see how Attribute Mapping works here.

Step 5: Group Mapping - Premium Feature

Group/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.

Group/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.

Note: You can see how Group/Role Mapping works here.

Step 6: Redirection & SSO Links

Go to Login Settings tab. You can add login Url to Perform SAML SSO in your Joomla site by following the steps below.
There are multiple features available in this tab like Auto redirect the user to Identity Provider and Enable Backend Login for Super Users. To use these features, click on the respective checkboxes.

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In case, you are facing some issue or have any question in mind, you can reach out to us by sending us your query through the Support button in the plugin or by sending us a mail at joomlasupport@xecurify.com.

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