Integrate Jira SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) login with Drupal as IDP

Drupal Jira SSO Integration will allow you to configure Single Sign On ( SSO ) login between your Drupal site and Jira. Jira SAML SSO integrate with your Drupal site will help your users to login into Jira using their Drupal credentials.
We provide Drupal SAML IDP Single Sign On (SSO) module which is compatible with Drupal 7, Drupal 8 and Drupal 9. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML IDP SSO login between Drupal site and Jira considering SP and Drupal as IDP.
If you have any queries or if you need any sort of assistance in configuring the module, you can contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you configure the Drupal SAML IDP 2.0 Single Sign On (SSO) - SAML Identity Provider module.

Steps to configure Jira SAML Single Sign-on ( SSO ) Login into Drupal website

1. Configure Drupal as Identity Provider

• Navigate to the Configuration tab and Select Drupal SAML IDP Configuration.

• In the IDP Metadata, Copy the IDP Entity ID/Issuer, SAML Login URL and Certificate (Optional) and Keep it handy.

• In the miniOrage SAML Identity Provider module, go to Service Provider Setup tab of the module. There are two way to configure Drupal SAML IDP Configuration SSO module:

A. By Uploading SP Metadata

• Click on Upload SP Metadata link.
• Click on Upload Metadata File and click on Upload File to fetch your information.
• You can either Upload Metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata button.


B. Manual Configuration

• Provide the required settings (i.e. Service Provider Name, SP Entity ID/Issuer, ACS URL and X.509 Certificate) find to your Service Provider Jira and click on Save Configuration button to save your configuration.

Service Provider Name	Enter name of Service Provider
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Copy SP Entity ID / Issuer (a.k.a Audience URL) from Jira Dashboard
ACS URL	Copy ACS URL (a.k.a Destination and Recipient URL) from Jira Dashboard
X.509 Certificate	Copy and Download certificate from Jira Dashboard

3. Pre-integration: Jira SAML Configuration

• To integrate Drupal as Identity Provider ( IDP ) with Jira, you need the following items:
1. Jira should be installed and configured
2. Jira Server is HTTPS enabled (optional)
3. Admin credentials are set up in Jira
4. Valid Jira Server and Data center license

4. Configure SSO Application in Jira

• Go to https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/download and log into your Jira instances as an admin.
• Navigate to the settings menu and click on Manage Apps.

• Click on Find New Apps or Find New Add-ons from the left-hand side of the page.
• Locate Jira SSO / Single Sign On, Jira SAML SSO via search.
• Click Try Free to begin a new trial or Buy Now to purchase a license for Jira SSO / Single Sign On, Jira SAML SSO.

• Enter your information and click Generate license when redirected to MyAtlassian.
• Click on Apply license.

5. Integrating Drupal with Jira

 Configuring Single IDP

With the information you have been given by Your Drupal SAML IDP module, you can configure SP in 3 way:

• By Metadata URL
• By Uploading Metadata XML file
• Manual Configuration

• Click on Import from Metadata in SSO Endpoints tab
• Select IDP: Import from Metadata URL
• Enter IDP metadata URL: Enter your metadata URL
• Click Import

• Click on Import from Metadata in SSO Endpoints tab
• Select IDP: Import from Metadata File
• Upload metadata file
• Click Import

Go to SSO Endpoints tab and enter the following details:

• IDP Name
• IDP Entity ID / Issuer
• Single Sign On URL
• Single Logout URL
• NameID Format
• IDP Signing Certificate
You have successfully completed your Jira SAML Single Sign On (SSO) App Service Provider side Configuration.


IdP Entity ID / Issuer	You can received IDP Entity ID/Issuer from IDP Metadata tab in Drupal SAML IDP module and paste it
Single Sign On URL	You can received Single Sign On URL from IDP Metadata tab in Drupal SAML IDP module and paste it
Single Logout URL	You can received Single Logout URL from IDP Metadata tab in Drupal SAML IDP module and paste it
Certificate	Download the IDP Signing Certificate from IDP Metadata tab in Drupal SAML IDP module and paste it



• Click on the SP Information tab. Here, you can find the Service Provider Information such as SP Entity ID / Issuer, ACS URL, Single Logout URL and Certificate which you will require in Drupal as IDP to configuration.

• In Drupal's Service Provider Setup tab and paste the copied SP Entity ID or Issuer and ACS URL ( copied from the Jira Portals ) in the SP Entity ID or Issuer and ACS URL text-field.

6. Setting up Jira User Profile attributes

If your users are stored in a directory that is Read Only, please check Disable Attribute Mapping in User Profile tab.

• Go to the SSO Endpoint tab, scroll down the page then click on Save Configuration.
• Now, scroll down page and click on Test Configuration button then show information Drupal as IDP.

In this Guide, You have successfully configured Jira as Service Provider (Jira as SP) SSO Login into Drupal as Idp (Drupal as SAML Identity Provider).

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Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• what is SSO? How works SAML SSO authentication?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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