Joomla Single Sign On (SSO) using PingOne as IdP

Step 1: Setup PingOne as Identity Provider

All the information required to configure the PingOne i.e. plugin’s metadata is given in the Service Provider Metadata tab of the miniOrange plugin.

• Login to your PingOne environment as the administrator. Click on your ProfileAdmin.
• Go to ApplicationsAdd ApplicationNew SAML Application.
• Enter the application details and click Continue to Next Step. Application Name, Application Description, and Category are required fields. For logos and icons, PNG is the only supported graphics format.

 Provide the SAML configuration details for the application.

1.Signing: In the dropdown list, select the signing certificate you want to use.

2.SAML Metadata: Click Download to retrieve the SAML metadata for PingOne. This supplies the Ping    One connection information to the application.

3.Protocol Version: Select the SAML protocol version appropriate for your application.

4.Upload Metadata: There are 3 ways to provide service provider metadata to PingOne



Method 1:


• Click on use URL
• Enter Service provider metadata URL from Service provider setup tab of miniOrange plugin.
Method 2:


• Click Choose File to upload the application’s metadata file. The entries for ACS URL and Entity ID will then be supplied for you.
Method 3:


• Go to Service Provider Metadata tab of miniOrange plugin. You can find ACS URL, Entity ID, Single logout URL you will need to enter this information manually.

5.Single Logout Endpoint: The URL to which our service will send the SAML Single Logout (SLO) request    using the Single Logout Binding Type that you select).

6.Single Logout Response Endpoint: The URL to which your service will send the SLO Response.

7.Single Logout Binding Type: Select the binding type (Redirect or POST) to use for SLO.

8.Primary Verification Certificate: Click Choose File to upload the primary public verification certificate    to use for verifying the SP signatures on SLO requests and responses.

9.Signing Algorithm: Use the default value or select the algorithm to use from the dropdown list.



 Optional:

I.Encrypt Assertion: If selected, the assertions PingOne sends to the SP for the application will   be encrypted.

II.Encryption Certificate: Upload the certificate from miniOrange plugin to use to encrypt the    assertions.

III.Encryption Algorithm: Choose the algorithm to use for encrypting the assertions. We    recommend AES_256 (the default), but you can select AES_128 instead.

IV.Transport Algorithm: The algorithm used for securely transporting the encryption key.    Currently, RSA-OAEP is the only transport algorithm supported.

V.Force Re-authentication: If selected, users having a current, active SSO session will be    re- authenticated by the identity bridge to establish a connection to this application.



• Click Continue to Next Step. The SSO Attribute Mapping page is displayed.

• The summary information for the application configuration is then displayed on a new page and the new SAML application is added to your My Applications list.

Step 2: Setup your Joomla site as Service provider

• You can configure your IDP using one of these 3 methods:

 By Metadata URL:

• Enter Identity Provider Name.
• Click on Upload Metadata URL in Service Provider Setup tab.
• Enter your metadata URL.
• If your IDP changes certificates at intervals, you should select Update IDP settings by pinging metadata URL (We will store the metadata URL)
• Click Fetch Metadata.


 By uploading Metadata XML file:

• Enter Identity Provider Name.
• Click on Upload Metadata URL in Service Provider Setup tab.
• Click on Browse and select a metadata XML file.
• Click Upload.


 Manual Configuration:

• Go to Service Provider Setup tab and enter the following details.

Identity Provider Name:	Enter your IdP name. For example : PingOne
SAML Login URL:	The SSO URL that you noted while configuring the Joomla site in PingOne.
IdP Entity ID or Issuer:	The Entity ID that you noted while configuring the Joomla site in PingOne.
X.509 Certificate:	Open the downloaded certificate in the Notepad. Copy/paste the entire content of the file here.

• Now click on Save Configuration.
• You can Test Configuration By clicking on Test Configuration.