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SAML Single Sign-On into Joomla using Okta

miniOrange Joomla SAML SP SSO plugin helps you to integrate your Joomla site to Okta using SAML 2.0 protocol. The miniOrange Joomla SAML SP Single Sign-on (SSO) plugin is simple to set up Okta SSO into Joomla and enable secure login into Joomla. As a result, users can access multiple Joomla applications with one login after authenticating with their Okta IDP credentials.

Our plugin is compatible with Joomla 3 as well as Joomla 4 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 the Joomla site and Okta by considering Okta as IDP (Identity Provider) & Joomla as SP (Service Provider).


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To setup Single Sign-On between Joomla and Okta, you can also follow this step by step Setup Video.


In this setup, Okta serves as the repository for storing users i.e. it will act as the IDP while Joomla is where users will log in using their credentials from Okta where Joomla SAML SP SSO Plugin will be installed.

  • Login into your Joomla site’s Administrator console.
  • From left toggle menu, click on System, then under Install section click on Extensions.
Install Joomla SAML SP Plugin

  • Installation of plugin is successful. Now click on Get Started!
Get Started with SAML SP Setup

  • Go to the Service Provider Metadata tab and scroll down to copy the SP-EntityID and the ACS URL.
Get Started with SAML SP Setup

  • Login to your Okta administrator.
  • Then click on the Applications tab from the side-panel and then select Applications.
Okta Dashboard

  • You will get the following screen. Click on Create App Integration button.
Create New Okta App

  • Select SAML 2.0 as Sign-On method and Click on Next button.
Create SAML 2.0 Okta App

  • In General Settings tab, enter App Name and click on Next button.
Configure Okta App

  • In Configure SAML tab, enter the required details:

Single Sign On URL ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL from the Service Provider Metadata tab of the Plugin
Audience URL (SP Entity ID) SP Entity ID / Issuer from the Service Provider Metadata tab of the Plugin
Default Relay State Relay State from the Service Provider Metadata tab of the Plugin
Name ID Format Select E-Mail Address as a Name Id from dropdown list
Application Username Okta username
Configure Okta Metadata

  • Configure Attribute Statements and Group Attribute Statements(Optional),then click on Next button.
Configure Okta Attribute Mapping

  • Navigate to the application you created and click on the Assignments Tab. Then click on Assign button to Assign People and Assign Groups.
Configure Okta Assign People

  • Once you Assign the user, click on Done button.
Configure Okta Assign Groups

  • Navigate to Sign On tab and navigate to the the SAML Signing Certificate section.
  • Click on Action dropdown for the Active certificate and then click on the View IdP Metadata option to get IdP Metadata which will be required for configuring your Service Provider.
Configure Okta Sign Certificate

  • You have successfully configured Okta as SAML Identity Provider, ensuring secure Okta Login into Joomla Site.

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

A. By uploading IDP metadata:

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

B. By Metadata URL:

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

C. 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.

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
Upload IdP
    Metadata

  • 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
Joomla Attribute Mapping

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

Note: You can see how Attribute Mapping works here.

  • 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.
Joomla Group Mapping

  • 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.

Note: You can see how Group/Role Mapping works here.

  • 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 available 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.
Joomla Group Mapping

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  • 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.

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