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

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

1. Configure SiteMinder as IdP

• Log in to your CA SSO portal as a SiteMinder Single Sign-On administrator.
• Click on Federation tab.
• Now go to Partnership Federation Entities.
• 

Create a Local Identity Provider

• Click on Create Entity.

• To create a local entity, configure the following:

Entity Location	Local
Entity Type	SAML2 IDP
Entity ID	Enter an ID for your local identity provider for identification.
Entity Name	Create a name for your local identity provider.
Base URL	Enter the fully-qualified domain name for the host service SiteMinder SSO Federation Web Services.
Signed Authentication Requests Required	No
Supported NameID format	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified



Create a Remote Service Provider

• Download Metadata XML File from the Service Provider Metadata Tab of the miniOrange SAML Single-Sign-On plugin.
• Click on Import Metadata and upload the downloaded XML metadata file.

• For Import As, select Remote Entity.
• Provide a name for the Remote Service Provider Entity.


Create a Partnership between SP and IDP

• For creating a partnership, configure the following:
  

  Add Partnership Name	Enter a name for your partnership.
  (Optional) Description	Enter a relevant description for your partnership.
  Local IDP ID	Enter the Local Identity Provider ID created while adding a Local Entity.
  Remote SP ID	Enter the Remote Service Provider ID created while adding a Remote Entity.
  Base URL	This field will be pre-populated.
  Skew Time	Enter any skew time required by your environment.
  User Directories and Search Order	Select the required directories in the required search order.

• On the Federation Users page, add the users you want to include in the partnership.
• In the Assertion Configuration section, configure following:
  • Name ID Format: Email Address
  • Name ID Type: User Attribute
  • Value: mail
  • (Optional) Assertion Attributes: Specify any application or group attributes that you want to map to users

• In the SSO and SLO section, perform the following steps:
  • SSO Binding: HTTP-POST
  • Transactions Allowed: Both IDP and SP initiated

• In the Signature and Encryption section, select Post Signature as Sign Both.



Activate Partnership

• In the Federation Partnership List, expand the Action dropdown for your partnership and click Activate.
• To get the IDP metadata, Click the Action button and click Export Metadata. This data will be used to configure the plugin.

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