Integration of Nextcloud Single Sign-on (Nextcloud SSO) with Joomla using OAuth 2.0 Protocol. The miniOrange Joomla OAuth / OpenID Connect Single Sign-on (SSO) plugin makes it simple to set up Nextcloud SSO into Joomla and enable secure login into joomla. As a result, users can log in to Joomla and access the site by authenticating with their Nextcloud OAuth provider credentials.
Visit our Joomla OAuth Client Plugin webpage to learn more about the features and plans we offer for the Joomla OAuth Single Sign-on (OAuth & OpenID connect) plugin.
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Steps to configure Nextcloud Single Sign-On (SSO) into Joomla
1. Setup Nextcloud as OAuth Provider
- Sign-in with an administrator account to your Nextcloud server.
- Open the menu in the top-right corner and select Settings. On the next page, select the Security in the "Administration" section on the left.
- At the bottom of the next page you see the list of registered clients, (which is empty initially). Below "Add client", enter the name of your OAuth Client in the first field (Name). Note that the name that you enter
here will be displayed to your client users.
- In the second field (Redirection URI), enter the URL of your OAuth Client followed.
- Click Add to save. Afterwards, you will get Client Identifier and Secret .
- Now you can connect OAuth client with NextCloud (OAuth Provider) and the following endpoints are:
| Authorization endpoint: |
https://< your-nextcloud-domain >/apps/oauth2/authorize
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| Token endpoint: |
https://< your-nextcloud-domain >/apps/oauth2/api/v1/token
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| User info endpoint: |
https://< your-nextcloud-domain >/ocs/v2.php/cloud/user?format=json
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You have successfully configured Nextcloud as OAuth Provider for for achieving Nextcloud Single Sign-On (SSO) with Joomla for user integration.
2. Configure Joomla as OAuth Client
- Download the zip file for the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin for Joomla from the link here.
- 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.
- From left toggle menu click on Components, then click on miniOrange OAuth Client , then click on Configure OAuth tab.
- Under Configure OAuth tab . Select your OAuth Provider. (If your OAuth Provider not listed then click on Custom OAuth/ Custom OpenID connect App .)
- Fill in the details you received from your OAuth Provider.
- Copy the Redirect/Callback URL given in the plugin and click on the Save Settings button to save details in your OAuth Provider. Then click on Test Configuration button.
- After click on the Test Configuration button and copy the email and name attributes and save these attributes in Email Attribute and Name Attribute text field respectively. Now click on the Save Attribute Mapping button to save your configurations.
- Use the Login URL to perform the SSO of your pre-configured OAuth/OpenID Connect Provider, (After completing test configuration please copy the Login URL and Add a button on your site login page).
- 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.
- Congratulations, you have successfully configured the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin with your desired OAuth Provider.
- Click on the Upgrade Plans tab to check out our complete list of features and various licensing plans. OR you can click here to check features and licensing plans
- If you want to purchase any of the paid version of the plugin, you have to register/login with us in Account Setup tab. OR you can register/login Here
- 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.
- Download the zip file for the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin for Joomla from the link here.
- Login into your Joomla site’s administrator console.
- Go to Extension Manage Install in the top navigation bar to install the plugin.
- Upload the downloaded zip file to install the OAuth Client plugin.
- Navigate to Extensions Manage Manage and search for miniorange in the Search bar provided to see the list of the components.
- Go to Components MiniOrange OAuth Client Configure OAuth tab from the top navigation bar to go to the configuration page of the plugin.
- Select your OAuth Provider from the Select Application dropdown. In case your OAuth Provider is not listed in the drop down, please select Custom OAuth Provider to continue.
- Fill in the details you received from your OAuth Provider.
- Copy the Redirect/Callback URL given in the plugin and click on the Save Settings button to save details in your OAuth Provider.
- Click on the Test Configuration button and copy the email and name attributes and save these attributes in Email Attribute and Name Attribute text field respectively. Now click on the Save Attribute Mapping button to save your configurations.
- Use the Login URL to perform the SSO of your pre-configured OAuth/OpenID Connect Provider, (After completing test configuration please copy the Login URL and Add a button on your site login page).
- 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.
- Congratulations, you have successfully configured the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin with your desired OAuth Provider.
- Click on the Upgrade Plans tab to check out our complete list of features and various licensing plans. OR you can click here to check features and licensing plans
- If you want to purchase any of the paid version of the plugin, you have to register/login with us in Account Setup tab. OR you can register/login Here
- 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.
Using our Joomla OAuth Client plugin, you have successfully configured Joomla Nextcloud Single Sign-On (SSO) by Nextcloud as OAuth Provider and Joomla as OAuth Client. This solution ensures that you are ready to provide
safe access to your Joomla site using Nextcloud login credentials in minutes.
Additional Resources
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