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

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

1. Configure Gluu Server as IdP

Note: In order to support SAML SSO, the Gluu Server must include the Shibboleth SAML IDP.

• Login to Gluu server Admin Console.
• From the navigation panel, click on SAMLAdd Trust Relationships.

• Configure the following in Trust Relationship Form:
  • Display Name: Joomla SAML App (Enter any name for identifying the application)
  • Description: Provide a suitable description for you application
  • Entity Type: Single SP
  • Metadata Location: File
  
• From the Service Provider Metadata tab in the plugin, download the Metadata XML File.
• Upload the Metadata file in SP Metadata File.
• Now tick the Configure Relying Party checkbox and click on Configure Relying Party link.

• You will be shown the Relying Party Configurations page.
• From Available Profile Configurations, select SAML2SSO and click on Add to add SAML2SSO to Selected Profile Configurations.
• In SAML 2 SSO Profile, configure the following:

signAssertions	Never
signRequests	Conditional
encryptAssertions	Conditional
defaultAuthenticationMethods	None
Support Unspecified NameId Format	Tick the checkbox

• From Available NamedId Formats, select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress and
  urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified and add it to the Selected NamedId Formats.
• Click on Save button.

• From the Release Additional Attributes section on the right, add the attributes you want to send to the Service Provider.
• Click on Update button.

• Gluu's SAML IDP metadata can be found at https://HOSTNAME/ IDP/shibboleth. This will be required to configure the plugin in Service Provider.

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

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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