SAML Single Sign-On into Joomla using Gluu Server

miniOrange Joomla SAML SP SSO plugin helps you to integrate your Joomla site to Gluu Server using SAML 2.0 protocol. Our user-friendly plugin simplifies the process of setting up Single Sign-on (SSO) with Gluu Server in Joomla, ensuring a secure login experience. This enables users to access various Joomla sites effortlessly using their Gluu Server IDP credentials.

Our plugin is designed to be compatible with Joomla 3, 4 as well as 5 and works seamlessly with all SAML 2.0 compliant Identity Providers. For a detailed overview of the comprehensive features offered by the Joomla SAML SP plugin, please visit our page here. Below, we provide a step-by-step guide on configuring SAML SSO login between your Joomla site and Gluu Server, with Gluu Server serving as the Identity Provider (IDP) and Joomla as the Service Provider (SP).

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

1. Download and setup Joomla SAML SP Plugin

• Download the zip file for the miniOrange SAML SP plugin for Joomla.
• Log in to your Joomla site's Administrator console.
• In the left-hand toggle menu, go to System and then click on Extensions under the Install section.
• Click on the "Or Browse for file" button to browse and locate the plugin file that you downloaded earlier, then proceed to install it.

• The plugin installation has been successfully completed. Next, click on "Get Started!" to proceed.

• Go to the Service Provider Metadata tab and scroll down to copy the SP EntityID and the ACS URL.

2. 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

Support Unspecified NameId Format None

defaultAuthenticationMethods 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.

3. Configure Gluu Server with Joomla

In Joomla SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab. Here are the ways to configure the plugin:

By Metadata File:

• In Joomla SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab, then click on Upload IDP metadata.
• Upload the Metadata file (downloaded from Gluu Server) and click on the Upload button.


 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 URL, X.509 Certificate value fields respectively in the plugin.

IdP Entity ID or Issuer SAML Entity ID in the Federation Metadata document

Single Sign-On URL SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL in the Federation Metadata document

X.509 Certificate Value X.509 Certificate in the Federation Metadata document

• Click on Save button and then Test Configuration button.

• Congratulations! We have successfully configured Joomla SAML Service Provider with Gluu Server as Identity Provider.

4. How does SAML SSO login work?

• Copy the SSO URL from the Service Provider Setup tab.

• Open a new browser/private window and enter the copied SSO URL.
• You will be redirected to the Gluu Server login page. Enter the Gluu Server credentials. After successful authentication, the user will be redirected back to the Joomla site.

5. Attribute Mapping - Licensed feature.

• Attributes are user details that are stored in your Identity Provider. To learn more about Attribute Mapping, click here.
• Attribute Mapping helps you to get user attributes from your Identity Provider (IDP) and map them to Joomla user attributes like firstname, lastname, address, phone etc.
• 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)

First Name: Name of the first name attribute from IdP

Last Name: Name of the last name attribute from IdP

• You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.

Step 6. Group Mapping - Licensed feature.

• Group/Role mapping helps you to assign specific roles to users of a certain group in your Identity Provider (IdP). To learn more about Group Mapping, click here.
• While performing SSO, the users are assigned roles based on the group they are mapped to.

Step 7. Redirection & SSO Links.

• Go to the Login Settings tab. You can add a SSO URL to Perform SAML SSO in your Joomla site by following the steps mentioned.

• There are multiple features availabe in this tab like Auto redirect the user to Identity Provider and Enable Backend Login for Super Users. To use these features, click on the respective checkboxes.

Congratulations, you have successfully configured the miniOrange SAML SP plugin with your Gluu Server as IDP.

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If you encounter any problems or have questions, feel free to contact us. You can send your query via the Support button within the plugin or email us at joomlasupport@xecurify.com.

Additional Resources.

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Configure Azure AD as Identity Provider(IdP)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• How to configure SSO with Azure AD Identity Provider
• How to configure SSO with ADFS
• How to configure SSO with Salesforce
• How to configure SSO with Okta
• How to configure SSO with Google Apps

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