SAML Single Sign-On into Joomla using OpenAM | OpenAM SSO | Login using OpenAM

OpenAm SAML Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that enables OpenAm users to access multiple Joomla applications with one login and one set of credentials.

Our plugin is compatible with Joomla 4 as well as with all the SAML 2.0 compliant Identity Providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML SSO login between Joomla site and OpenAm by considering OpenAm as IdP (Identity Provider & Joomla as SP (Service Provider).

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Steps to Integrate OpenAm Single Sign-On (SSO) with Joomla SAML SP

1. Configure OpenAm as IdP

All the information required to configure the OpenAm i.e. plugin’s metadata is given in the Service Provider Info tab of the miniOrange plugin.

Note: – You can skip this step and navigate to Configure Remote Service Provider if you have already configured OpenAm hosted IDP.

• Login to the OpenAM admin console.
• From the REALMS, select realms, under which you want to create hosted IDP. You will be redirected to the Realm overview page.
• Click on Create SAMLv2 Providers in the Realm Overview page.
  
  
• Click on Create Hosted Identity Provider. You will be redirected to the configuration page.
  
  
• Configure SAML IDP as given below.
  
  
  • Name: Name of the SAML IDP
  • Signing Key: Select the Signing key from the dropdown.
  • New Circle of Trust: Provide a name of the groups of IDP and SP that trust each other.
  • Attribute Mapping: Configure user profile attributes to be sent to the Service Provider application.
    
    
  • Click on the Configure button on the top right corner.
  • Verify the configuration from the Federation tab of OpenAM.

• Login to the OpenAM admin console.
• From the REALMS, select realms, under which you want to configure your application. You will be redirected to the Realm overview page.
• Click on Create SAMLv2 Providers.
  
  
• Click on Register Remote Service Provider. You will be redirected to the configuration page.
  
  
• Configure the Service Provider as given below.
  
  
  • Where does the metadata file reside: URL.
  • URL of metadata: Configure miniOrange plugin’s SAML Metadata here.
  • Circle of Trust: Add to existing.
  • Existing Circle of Trust: Select the Circle of Trust (group) in which your hosted IDP is located.
  • Attribute Mapping: Configure user profile attributes for mapping.
    
    
• Click on the Configure button on the top right corner.
• Verify the configuration from the Federation tab of OpenAm.
• Provide OpenAm SAML Metadata to Service Provider application(miniOrange plugin) and you can download the OpenAm metadata using the URL given below.
  [OpenAm ServerURL] /saml2/jsp/exportmetadata.jsp
  In case if you have multiple realms and hosted identity Provider configured then use the URL given below.
  [OpenAm ServerURL] /saml2/jsp/exportmetadata.jsp ?entityid= [IdPentityID]&realm=/ realmname

2. Configure Joomla as Service Provider

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

 By Metadata URL :

• Click on Upload IDP Metadata.

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


 By Uploading Metadata File:

• Click on choose metadata file and click on Upload.


 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 Service 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 Service URL	SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL in the Federation Metadata document
X.509 Certificate	x.509 Certificate in the Federation Metadata document




• Click on Test Configuration.

3. Attribute Mapping - Premium Feature (Included with Business Trial)

• 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 etc.
• While auto registering the users in your Joomla site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Joomla user details.
• In Joomla SAML plugin, 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)
  Group/Role:	Name of the Role attribute from Identity Provider(IdP)


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

4. Group Mapping (It is Optional to fill this). This is Premium feature.

• 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.

5. Redirection & SSO Links

• Go to Login Settings tab. There are multiple features availabe in this tab like Auto redirect the user to Identity Provider and Enable Backed Login for Super Users. To use these features, click on the respective checkboxes.


You have successfully completed your miniOrange SAML 2.0 SP configurations. Still, if you are facing any difficulty please mail us on joomlasupport@xecurify.com .

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Additional Resources.

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)
• How to configure SSO with Okta
• How to configure SSO with Google Apps
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Miniorange Joomla SAML Single sign-on(web SSO) supports multiple known IDPs like WSO2, Azure AD, Salesforce,
Shibboleth, Onelogin, Okta, SimpleSamlPhp, Google apps, Bitium, OpenAm, miniorange IDP, Centrify and many more.

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