Joomla SAML SP Template

3. Configure Joomla as Service Provider

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

By Uploading Metadata File:

• In Joomla SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab, then click on Upload IDP metadata.

By Metadata URL:

• Enter Metadata URL (Copy from IDP app) and click on Fetch Metadata.

 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 fields respectively in the plugin.
  

• Click on Save button and then Test Configuration button.

• Once the test configuration is successful you will get the following window.

• Congratulations we have successfully configured Joomla SAML Service Provider.

4. Attribute Mapping - 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, address, phone etc.
• While auto registering the users in your Joomla site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Joomla user details.
• 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)

Name: Name of the 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 5. Group Mapping - This is Premium feature.

• Group/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.

Step 6. Redirection & SSO Links.

• Go to Login Settings tab. You can add login Url to Perform SAML SSO in your Joomla site by following the steps below.
• 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.

• Click on the Upgrade Plans tab to check out our complete list of features and various licensing plans. OR you can click here to check features and licensing plans.
• If you want to purchase any of the paid version of the plugin, you have to register/login with us in Account Setup tab. OR you can register/login here.
• In case, you are facing some issue or have any question in mind, you can reach out to us by sending us your query through the Support button in the plugin or by sending us a mail at joomlasupport@xecurify.com.

Additional Resources.

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)
• 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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