Joomla SAML Single Sign-On SSO Login using Drupal as IDP

Drupal Joomla SSO Integration will allow you to configure Single Sign On ( SSO ) login between your Drupal site and Joomla. Joomla SAML SSO integrate with your Drupal site will help your users to login into Joomla using their Drupal credentials.
We provide Drupal SAML IDP Single Sign On (SSO) module which is compatible with Drupal 7, Drupal 8 and Drupal 9. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML IDP SSO login between Drupal site and Joomla considering SP and Drupal as IDP.
If you have any queries or if you need any sort of assistance in configuring the module, you can contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you configure the Drupal SAML IDP 2.0 Single Sign On (SSO) - SAML Identity Provider module.

Steps to configure Joomla SAML Single Sign-on ( SSO ) Login into Drupal website

2. Configure Drupal as Identity Provider

• Navigate to the Configuration tab and Select Drupal SAML IDP Configuration.

• In the IDP Metadata, Copy the IDP Entity ID/Issuer, SAML Login URL and Certificate (Optional) and Keep it handy.

• In the miniOrage SAML Identity Provider module, go to Service Provider Setup tab of the module. There are two way to configure Drupal SAML IDP Configuration Single Sign-On (SSO) module:

A. By Uploading SP Metadata

• Click on Upload SP Metadata link.
• Click on Upload Metadata File and click on Upload File to fetch your information.
• You can either Upload Metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata button.


B. Manual Configuartion

• Provide the required settings (i.e. Service Provider Name, SP Entity ID/Issuer, ACS URL and X.509 Certificate) find to your Service Provider Joomla and click on Save Configuration button to save your configuration.

Service Provider Name	Enter name of Service Provider
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Copy SP-EntityID / Issuer from Joomla Dashboard and paste it.
ACS URL	Copy ACS URL / Single Sign-On URL (SSO) from Joomla Dashboard and paste it.
X.509 Certificate	Copy and Download Certificate (Optional) from Joomla Dashboard and paste it.

3. Configure Joomla as Service Provider

Follow the following steps to Configure Joomla as SP

 Configure Joomla as SP

• Login with your Joomla Admin Account credentials.
• Go to System tab.

• Select Extension from the Install section.

• Click on Install from Web.

• Also, you can search for SAML SP in search box and click on Search Icon.

• Select miniOrange SAML SSO for Joomla plugin.

• Click on Install button to enable the plugin into the joomla site.

• In the Components tab from the left menu sidebar and click on miniOrange SAML Single Sign-On then select Service Provider Setup tab.

• In the miniOrange SAML SP plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two way to configure miniOrage Joomla SAML Single Sign-On SP plugin:

A. By Upload IDP Metadata

• Click on Upload IDP Metadata button.
• Click on Upload Metadata and click on Upload to fetch your information.
• You can either Enter metadata URLand click on Fetch Metadata button.


B. Manual Configuration

• Provide the required settings (i.e. Select your Identity Provider for Guide, IdP Entity ID, NameID Format, Single Sign-On Service URL and X.509 Certificate) find to your Identity Provider Drupal (Drupal as SAML SP).

IdP Entity ID	Copy IDP Entity ID/Issuer from IDP Metadata and paste it.
NameID Format	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Single Sign-On Service URL	Copy SAML Login URL from IDP Metadata and paste it.
X.509 Certificate	Copy and Download Certificate (Optional) from IDP Metadata and paste it.


• Scroll down and click on checkbox to Enable Login with SAML option & Add SSO link on login page (Enter SSO link name as per your chioce). Then, click on Save button to test your configuration.

• Click on Test Configuartion button to test your connection then click on Done.

• In the miniOrange SAML SP plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. Here, you can find the Service Provider Metadata such as SP-EntityID / Issuer, ACS URL / Single Sign-On URL (SSO) and Certificate (Optional) which are required to configure the Identity Provider (Drupal), Copy it and keep it handy.


4. Attribute Mapping

• In Drupal dashboard, navigate to Mapping tab.
• In the ATTRIBUTE MAPPING (OPTIONAL) section, enter the following information and click on Save Configuartion.


5. SSO Testing

• In Joomla dashboard, navigate to Service Provider Setup tab then scroll down and copy the SSO URL.

• Redirect to the Drupal login page, enter your Drupal credentials, and you will be automatically logged into your Joomla site within a second.

• Go to the Drupal dashboard, navigate to the Service Provider Setup tab, and then click the Test Configuration button. You will be automatically logged into the Joomla site without entering any credentials.

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Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• what is SSO? How works SAML SSO authentication?
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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