How to Setup Single Sign-On into Joomla with IBM Security Verify as IDP

miniOrange Joomla SAML SP SSO plugin helps you integrate your Joomla site with IBM Security Verify using the SAML 2.0 protocol. The miniOrange Joomla SAML SP Single Sign-on (SSO) plugin makes it simple to set up IBM Security Verify SSO in Joomla and enable secure login in Joomla. As a result, users can access multiple Joomla applications with one login after authenticating with their IBM Security Verify IDP 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 the Joomla site and IBM by considering IBM Security Verify as an IDP (Identity Provider) & Joomla as SP (Service Provider).

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

Joomla SAML Handbook

This detailed Handbook for the Joomla SAML SP Single Sign On plugin gives an in-depth explanation of the features of the plugin.

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Steps to Setup Joomla Single Sign-On with IBM Security Verify as an IDP

1. Install Joomla Single Sign-On Plugin

• Go to your Joomla dashboard.

• Click on System from the sidebar, then go to Extensions.

• Here you can install the Joomla Single Sign-On plugin in the following ways:
• Install through Zip file
• Download the plugin zip file from the link here.
• Then in the Upload Package File section, click on the Browse for file and upload the file.

• Install the plugin from the Web
• Go to the Install from Web tab and search for SAML SSO.
• Now click on SAML SSO for Joomla from the search results and install the plugin.

• Finally click on Start using miniOrange SAML SP plugin.

• You have successfully installed the miniOrange Joomla Single Sign-On plugin.

2. Configure IBM Security Verify as IDP

• Go to your Joomla dashboard then under miniOrange SAML Single Sign-On click on Service Provider Metadata.

• Here scroll down a bit and copy the SP-EntityID and the ACS URL. We will need these later while configuring IBM Security Verify.

• Now log into your IBM Security Verify dashboard here.

• Here under Applications on the sidebar, click on Applications.

• Click on add application.

• A Select Application Type popup window will appear. Here click on Custom application and then click on add application.

• Now give the custom application a name, and also give a Company name in the general tab.

• Go to the Sign-On tab and paste the SP-EntityID which we copied earlier, in the Provider ID space. Then paste the ACS URL in the Assertion consumer service URL (HTTP-POST) and Service provider SSO URL spaces.

• Scroll down a bit and select the samlsp option from the Service provider signer certificate dropdown menu.

• In the Sign-On tab, scroll to the right and copy the metadata URL as show in the image below. We will require the metadata URL while configuring the Joomla SAML SP plugin.

• You have now successfully configured IBM Security Verify as an IDP.

3. Configure Joomla SAML SP plugin

• Go to your Joomla dashboard, then under miniOrange SAML Single Sign-On click on Service Provider Setup.

• Click on the Upload IDP metadata button.

• Here paste the metadata URL copied earlier in the Enter metadata URL space. Then click on Fetch metadata.

• You have successfully copied the IDP metadata.

• Finally click on the Test configuration button to test if you have configured the plugin correctly.

• Congratulations you have successfully configured Joomla SAML Service Provider with IBM Security Verify as Identity Provider.

4. Configure Attribute Mapping (Premium feature included with Business Trial)

• 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.
• Go to your Joomla dashboard, then under miniOrange SAML Single Sign-On click on Attribute Mapping to configure.

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

5. Configure Group Mapping (Premium feature included with Business Trial)

• 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.
• Go to your Joomla dashboard, then under miniOrange SAML Single Sign-On click on Group Mapping to configure.

6. 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 configuration. Still, if you are facing any difficulty please mail us on joomlasupport@xecurify.com.

Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)
• AZURE AD SINGLE SIGN ON
• Configure Azure AD as Identity Provider(IdP)
• What is AZURE AD
• AZURE AD 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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