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

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

1. Configure SecureAuth as IdP

• Log in to your SecureAuth IDP Admin console.
• Now go to Post Authentication tab.
• In the Post Authentication section, set Authenticated User Redirect to SAML 2.0 (SP Initiated) Assertion.



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• In the User ID Mapping section, make the following entries:

  User ID Mapping	Set to Email 1.
  Name ID Format	Set to urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format-unspecified.
  Encode to Base64	Set to False.

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• In the SAML Assertion / WS Federation section, make the following entries:
  
  

  WSFed Reply To /SAML Target URL	Enter ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
  SAML Consumer URL	Enter SP Entity ID / Issuer from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
  WSFed/SAML Issuer	Enter unique name that identifies the SecureAuth IDP to the application (as the SAML ID). This value is shared with the application and can be any word, phrase, or URL, but must match exactly in the SecureAuth IDP and joomla configurations. For example, https://secureauthfqdn/realm12
  SAML Recipient	Enter Recipient URL from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin
  Sign SAML Assertion	Set Sign SAML Assertion to True.
  Sign SAML Message	Set Sign SAML Message to False.

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• Leave the default value in the Signing Cert Serial Number field
• Set the Domain to the SecureAuth IDP appliance URL or IP Address to download the metadata file. For example, https://secureauthfqdn


• Click on Download link to download the SecureAuth IDP metadata file or note down the given information and keep it handy to configure the plugin.
  
  

You have successfully configured SecureAuth as SAML IDP (Identity Provider) for achieving SecureAuth 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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