Joomla OAuth Client Integration with Okta Single Sign-On (SSO)
Set up Single Sign-On (SSO) on your Joomla site via Okta OAuth provider with the help of Joomla OAuth & OpenID Connect plugin. Integrating Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) into Joomla using OAuth 2.0 authentication protocol allows your users to securely login into your Joomla websites and applications by authenticating with Okta OAuth provider. The Okta OAuth Joomla plugin also provides advanced features such as, Auto create users, Attribute Mapping, Group Mapping etc.
Visit our Joomla OAuth Client Plugin page to learn more about the features and Pricing plans we offer for the Joomla OAuth Single Sign-on (OAuth & OpenID connect) plugin.
Pre-requisites for setting Okta OAuth SSO with Joomla
Steps to Install Joomla OAuth Client Plugin
- Download the zip file for the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin for Joomla.
- Login into your Joomla site’s administrator console.
- From left toggle menu, click on System, then under Install section click on Extension.
- Upload the downloaded zip file to install the Joomla OAuth Client plugin.
- Installation of the plugin is successful. Now click on Start Using miniOrange OAuth Client plugin.
- Under Configure OAuth -> Pre-Configured Apps tab, select your OAuth Provider. You can also search for custom OAuth or custom OpenID application in the search bar, and configure your own custom provider.
Steps to configure Okta OAuth SSO into Joomla
1. Configure Okta as OAuth Provider
- After selecting your OAuth provider, you will be redirected to the Step 1 [Redirect URL] tab. Now copy the Callback/Redirect URL which we will use to configure Okta as OAuth Server, then click on the Save & Next button.
- Now go to https://www.okta.com/login and log into your Okta account.
- Go to the Okta Admin panel. Go to Applications -> Applications.
- You will get the following screen. Click on Create App Integration button.
- Select Sign in method as the OIDC - OpenID Connect option and select Application type as Web application, click on Next button.
- You will be redirected to the app details page. Enter App integration name and Sign-in redirect URLs which we copied as Callback/Redirect URL.
- Scroll down and you will see the Assignments section. Select an option for controlled access as Allow everyone in your organization to access, untick the Enable immediate access with Federation Broker Mode and then click on Save button.
2. Configure Client ID and Secret
- Now you will get the Client ID and Client Secret . Keep these credentials handy for configuring miniOrange OAuth Client Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin.
- From right top header, you will get your domain name. Keep the domain name handy.
- Go to the Step 2 [Client ID & Secret] tab of the Joomla OAuth Client plugin, here paste the Client ID, Client Secret and Tenant. Click on the Save Configuration button.
Note: Copy the Okta domain to configure Joomla OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. eg.( https://dev-32414285-admin.okta.com ) then your domain is dev-32414285.okta.com .
2.1. Scope & Endpoints
- Scope & Endpoints are given below, which are required for configuring Joomla as OAuth Client plugin to configure Okta as a custom OAuth or OIDC provider.
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Scope:
openid email
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Authorize Endpoint:
https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/authorize
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Access Token Endpoint:
https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/token
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Get User Info Endpoint:
https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/userinfo
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Custom redirect URL after logout:[optional]
https://{yourdomain.okta}.com/login/signout?fromURI= <your url>
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Set Client Credentials:
In Header Only
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3. Configure Attribute Mapping
- Go to Step 3 [Attribute Mapping] tab and click on Test Configuration button.
- You will be able to see the attributes in the Test Configuration output as follows.
- Now go to the Step 3 [Attribute Mapping] tab and Select the attribute name for Email and Username from dropdown. Then click on Finish Configuration button.
User Attribute Mapping is mandatory for enabling users to successfully login into Joomla. We will be setting up user profile attributes for Joomla using below settings.
4. Setup Login/SSO URL
- Now go to Step 4 [SSO URL] tab, here copy the Login/SSO URL and add it to your Site by following the given steps.
- Now logout and go to your Joomla site's pages where you have added this link. You will see a login link where you placed that button. Click on this button to perform SSO.
5. Fetch Okta Groups
- Click on the Sign On tab in your Okta application.
- Go to the OpenID Connect ID Token section by scrolling down.
- Under Group claims filter section, enter groups as the default name, and then select Matches regex from the drop down list and enter .* (without spaces) to return all the user's Groups. Click on Save button.
6. Steps to Create Custom Claims in Okta
- Go to the Okta Admin panel ->Security -> API.
- Click on Add Authorization Server button.
- After creating a new Authorization Server, click on the Edit icon as shown below.
- Go to Claims and click on Add Claim button.
- After creating a custom claim, go to Access Policies and select Add Policy.
- After creating a new policy in the Access Policies tab, click on Add rule button.
- Give a name to the rule. Keep other settings as default and click on Create rule.
In this guide, you have learned how to configure Joomla Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) by configuring Okta as OAuth Provider and Joomla as OAuth Client using our Joomla OAuth & OpenID Connect plugin.This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Joomla site using Okta login credentials within minutes.
Additional Resources
- What is OAuth 2.0?
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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