OpenAM Single Sign-On (SSO) login for Magento [SAML] can be achieved by using our Magento SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. Our SSO solution will make Magento SAML 2.0 compliant Service Provider establishing trust between the Magento site and OpenAM to securely authenticate and login users to the Magento site. Our Magento Single Sign-On (SSO) solution helps to secure Magento sites behind the SSO login so that users are authenticated using their OpenAM login credentials. Seamless support for advanced SSO features like Attribute / Custom Mapping, Role Mapping etc.

SAML allows information to be exchanged between Service Providers and Identity Providers; SAML is the integration of Service Providers and Identity Providers. When a user attempts to log in, your Service provider delivers SAML assertions to Identity Provider, which contain information about the user. The assertion is received by Identity Provider, which validates it against your Service Provider settings before allowing the user access to your org.

Here we will go through a guide to configure SAML Single Sign-On SSO login between Magento site and OpenAM by considering OpenAM as IdP (Identity Provider) and Magento as SP (Service Provider). Our SSO plugin provides Unlimited user authentications from OpenAM. To know more about other features we provide in you Magento SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin, you can click here.

Steps to configure OpenAM SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Magento SAML SP

1. Setup OpenAM as IdP (Identity Provider)

Follow the steps below to configure OpenAM as IdP for Magento

 Configure OpenAM as IdP

• In the Magento SAML SP SSO plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. In this tab you will find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure OpenAM as the Identity Provider.

• Login to the OpenAM admin console.
• From the REALMS, select realms, under which you want to create hosted IDP. You will be redirected to the Realm overview page.
• Click on Create SAMLv2 Providers in the Realm Overview page.
  
  
• Click on Create Hosted Identity Provider. You will be redirected to the configuration page.
  
  
• Configure SAML IDP as given below.
  
  
  • Name: Name of the SAML IDP
  • Signing Key: Select the Signing key from the dropdown.
  • New Circle of Trust: Provide a name of the groups of IDP and SP that trust each other.
  • Attribute Mapping: Configure user profile attributes to be sent to the Service Provider application.
    
    
  • Click on the Configure button on the top right corner.
  • Verify the configuration from the Federation tab of OpenAM.

 Configure Remote Service Provider.

• Login to the OpenAM admin console.
• From the REALMS, select realms, under which you want to configure your application. You will be redirected to the Realm overview page.
• Click on Create SAMLv2 Providers.
  

• Click on Register Remote Service Provider. You will be redirected to the configuration page.
  
  
• Configure the Service Provider as given below.
  
  
  • Where does the metadata file reside: URL.
  • URL of metadata: Configure miniOrange plugin’s SAML Metadata here.
  • Circle of Trust: Add to existing.
  • Existing Circle of Trust: Select the Circle of Trust (group) in which your hosted IDP is located.
  • Attribute Mapping: Configure user profile attributes for mapping.
    
    
• Click on the Configure button on the top right corner.
• Verify the configuration from the Federation tab of OpenAM.
• Provide OpenAM SAML Metadata to Service Provider application(miniOrange plugin) and you can download the OpenAM metadata using the URL given below.
  [OpenAM ServerURL]/saml2/jsp/exportmetadata.jsp
  In case if you have multiple realms and hosted identity Provider configured then use the URL given below.
  [OpenAM ServerURL]/saml2/jsp/exportmetadata.jsp?entityid=[IdPentityID]&realm=/realmname

You have successfully configured OpenAM as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving OpenAM SSO login into your magento Site.

2. Configure Magento as SP (Service Provider)

• 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 Service 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 Service URL	SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL in the Federation Metadata document
X.509 Certificate	x.509 Certificate in the Federation Metadata document

• Click on Save button to save all your settings.

• To check if your Magento as SP is configured correctly, click the Test Configuration button.

3: Attribute Mapping (Optional). *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 Magento user attributes like firstname, lastname etc.
• While auto registering the users in your Magento site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Magento user details.
• Only NameID can be mapped to Magento's Email and Username characteristics with the free plugin. Multiple user attributes from the IdP, on the other hand, can be mapped to Magento attributes in the premium version of the plugin. You can map custom attributes that you've added to your IdP in addition to the default attributes.
• When a user performs SSO, the NameID value sent by the IdP will get mapped to the email and the username of the Magento user.


Username:	Name of the username attribute from IdP (Keep NameID by default)
Email:	Name of the email attribute from IdP (Keep NameID by default)
Group/Role:	Name of the Role attribute from Identity Provider (IdP)

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

4: Role Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

• You can specify a default role in the free plugin that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
• Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
• Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.

In this Guide, you have successfully configured OpenAM SAML Single Sign-On (OpenAM SSO Login) choosing OpenAM as IdP and Magento as SP using Magento SAML Sigle Sign-On (SSO) Login plugin .This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Magento site using OpenAM login credentials within minutes.

Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO) Login?
• What is SAML? How SAML SSO works?
• Magento SAML Single Sign On (SSO) Plugin.
• How to configure SSO with Azure AD
• How to configure SSO with Okta

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