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

ADFS SAML Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that enables ADFS 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 ADFS by considering ADFS as IdP (Identity Provider & Joomla as SP (Service Provider).

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

Configuration Support and Free Trial

If you want support in configuring the plugin, or to integrate ADFS with Joomla, click on Free Configuration Setup button.

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

1. Configure ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) as IdP

• On ADFS, search for ADFS Management application.

• After opening the AD FS Management, select Relying Party Trust & then click on Add Relying Party Trust.

• Click the Start button from the Relying Party Trust Wizard pop up. But before that please make sure Claims aware is selected.

• Select the options for adding a relying party trust.
 Using Metadata URL
• In Select Data Source: Import data about the relying party published online or on the local network option & then add URL in Federation metadata address (Navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab from the plugin for getting SP Meatadata URL).

• If you have metadata URL then you can skip below steps of Import mentadata file and enter data manually, then start configuring from this step..

 Using Metadata XML file

• In Select Data Source: Import data about the relying party from a file option & then browse the metadata file(You can download the SP metadata file from the plugin under the Service Provider Metadata tab).


 Using Manual configuration

• In Select Data Source: Enter Data about the relying party manually & Click on Next.

• Enter Display Name & Click Next.
• Upload the certificate & click Next. Download the certificate from plugin & use the same certificate to upload on ADFS.
• Select Enable support for the SAML 2.0 WebSSO protocol & Enter ACS URL from the plugins Service Provider Metadata Tab. Click Next.

• Add Entity ID from plugins Service Provider Metadata Tab as Relying party trust identifier then click Add button & then click Next.

• Also download the Signing certificate from Service Provider Metadata Tab from the plugin.
• Select Permit everyone as an Access Control Policy & click on Next.

• Click the Next button from Ready to Add Trust & click Close.
• It will show you the list of Relying Party Trusts. Select the respective application & click on Edit Claim Issuance Policy.

• Click on Add Rule button.

• Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims & click on Next.

• Enter the following details & click on Finish.

Claim rule name:	Attributes
Attribute Store:	Active Directory
LDAP Attribute:	E-Mail-Addresses
Outgoing Claim Type:	Name ID


• Click Apply and then Ok.
• Select property of the application & add the certificate downloaded from the add-on.

• You can download your ADFS metadata, using following URL. You can use this metadata URL in the Service Provider Setup tab.
{ <https://Your-Domain/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml> }

* Windows SSO (optional)

 Steps to configure ADFS for Windows Authentication

• Open elevated Command Prompt on the ADFS Server and execute the following command on it:

setspn -a HTTP/##ADFS Server FQDN## ##Domain Service Account##

FQDN is Fully Qualified Domain Name (Example : adfs4.example.com)

Domain Service Account is the username of the account in AD.

Example : setspn -a HTTP/adfs.example.com username/domain

• Open AD FS Management Console and go to Authentication Policies section, edit the Global Authentication Policies. Check Windows Authentication in Intranet zone.

• Open Internet Explorer. Navigate to Security tab in Internet Options.
• Add the FQDN of AD FS to the list of sites in Local Intranet and restart the browser.
• Select Custom Level for the Security Zone. In the list of options, select Automatic Logon only in Intranet Zone.

• Open the powershell and execute following two commands to enable windows authentication in Chrome browser.

Set-AdfsProperties -WIASupportedUserAgents ((Get-ADFSProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents) + "Chrome")

Get-AdfsProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents

• You have configured ADFS for Windows Authentication. Now to add Relying Party for your Joomla you can follow these steps.

2. Configure Joomla as Service Provider

• Joomla 4 Configuration
• Joomla 3 Configuration

• 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 Upload IDP Metadata.
  • 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

   Add a button on your site login page with the following URL:

  

• 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 Upload IDP Metadata.
  • 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

   Add a button on your site login page with the following URL:

  

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 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)

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