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

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

1. Configure Fonteva as IdP

• Log in to Salesforce and navigate to setup.
• From the left menu, navigate to Security Controls Identity Provider, present under Administer menu option.

• Click on the Enable Identity Provider button. After enabling the Identity Provider, you should be able to see Salesforce metadata endpoints and certificate details. Click on the Download Metadata to get the information used in Joomla settings to do the Identity Provider set up.
  
  
• Under the Service Providers Section, click on Service Providers are now created via Connected Apps. Click here.

• Enter Connected App Name, API Name, and Contact Email.
  
  
• Under Web App Settings, check the Enable SAML checkbox and enter the following values:

  Entity ID	Enter SP Entity ID / Issuer from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
  ACS URL	Enter ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
  Subject Type	Enter Username
  Name ID Format	Set Sign SAML Assertion to True.
  Sign SAML Message	Set to urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent

• Click Save.
  
  

• Under the Profiles section, click on the Manage Profiles button and select the profiles you want to give access to login through this app.

• Under SAML Login Information, click on Download Metadata button to download the IDP metadata.


You have successfully configured Fonteva as SAML IDP (Identity Provider) for achieving Fonteva SSO login into your Joomla Site.

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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