Shibboleth2 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) into Joomla

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Steps to Integration Shibboleth2 Single Sign-On (SSO) with Joomla SAML SP

1. Configure Shibboleth2 as Identity Provider

• In conf/relying-party.xml, configure Service Provider like this
<MetadataProviderxsi:type="InlineMetadataProvider" xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata" id="MyInlineMetadata">
  <EntitiesDescriptorxmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">
    <md:EntityDescriptorxmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" entityID="<ENTITY_ID_FROM_PLUGIN>">
      <md:SPSSODescriptorAuthnRequestsSigned="false" WantAssertionsSigned="true" protocolSupportEnumeration=
          "urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
        <urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameidformat:emailAddress</md:NameIDFormat>
        <md:AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:https-POST"
          Location="<ACS_URL_FROM_PLUGIN>" index="1"/>
      </md:SPSSODescriptor>
    </md:EntityDescriptor>
  </EntitiesDescriptor>
</MetadataProvider>
• Make sure your Shibboleth server is sending Email Address of the user in Name ID. In attribute-resolver.xml, get the email attribute as Name ID:
<resolver:AttributeDefinitionxsi:type="ad:Simple" id="email" sourceAttributeID="mail">
   <resolver:Dependency ref="ldapConnector" />
   <resolver:AttributeEncoderxsi:type="enc:SAML2StringNameID" nameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:
    nameid-format:emailAddress"/>
</resolver:AttributeDefinition>

• In attribute-filter.xml, release the email attribute:
<afp:AttributeFilterPolicy id="releaseTransientIdToAnyone">
<afp:PolicyRequirementRulexsi:type="basic:ANY"/>
  <afp:AttributeRuleattributeID="email">
    <afp:PermitValueRulexsi:type="basic:ANY"/>
  </afp:AttributeRule>
</afp:AttributeFilterPolicy>

• Restart the Shibboleth Server.
• You need to configure these endpoints in the Service Provider.

IDP Entity ID	https://<your_domain>/idp/shibboleth
Single Login URL	https://<your_domain>/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO
X.509 Certificate	The public key certificate of your Shibboleth server

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 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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• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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