Joomla OAuth Client Integration with NextCloud Single Sign-On (SSO)
Set up Single Sign-On (SSO) on your Joomla site via Nextcloud OAuth provider with the help of Joomla OAuth & OpenID Connect plugin. Integrating Nextcloud 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 Nextcloud OAuth provider. The Nextcloud 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 : Download And Installation
Steps to Configure Nextcloud Single Sign-On (SSO) into Joomla
1. 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 tab. Select Nextcloud as an OAuth Provider.
- Copy the Callback / Redirect URL which is needed while configuring Nextcloud as OAuth Server.
2. Configure NextCloud as an OAuth Provider
- Sign in with an administrator account to your Nextcloud server.
- Open the menu in the top-right corner and select the Administrator Settings. On the next page, select the Security in the "Administration" section on the left.
- At the bottom of the 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 which is copied from here.
- Click Add to save. Afterwards, you will get Client Identifier and Secret .00
- The Client Identifier will be the Client ID and the Secret will be your Client Secret.
3. Integrating Joomla with NextCloud
- Now go to the Joomla OAuth Client plugin, under Configure OAuth tab, enter the all the details. Then click on Save Settings and then click on Test Configuration.
- Now you can connect OAuth client with NextCloud (OAuth Provider) and the following endpoints are:
- Once you click on Test Configuration button, You will be able to see the attributes in the Test Configuration output as follows.
Nextcloud Endpoints and Scope:
| Scope: | user:read:email |
| Authorization endpoint: | https://< your-nextcloud-domain >/apps/oauth2/authorize |
| Access Token endpoint: | https://< your-nextcloud-domain >/apps/oauth2/api/v1/token |
| Get user info endpoint: | https://< your-nextcloud-domain >/ocs/v2.php/cloud/user?format=json |
4. User Attribute Mapping
- Once you click on Test Configuration button, you will be able to see the attributes in the Test Configuration output as follows.
- Under the Attribute Mapping section map the Attribute Names from the Test Configuration table.(refer the screenshot above)
- Go to the Attribute Mapping section in the plugin and map the Attribute Names from the Test Configuration table. Now enter Group Attribute name on the given field. (Refer to the screenshot)
- Under the Role Mapping tab check the Enable Role Mapping checkbox. Assign the Role/Group names to the desired groups in Joomla and click on the Save Role Mapping settings button.
- Now you can use Login / SSO URL to perform SSO.
- 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.
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- 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
- Authorization Grant
- Implicit Grant
- Client Credentials
- What is OAuth 2.0?
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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5. Role/Group mapping [Premium]
6. Login Settings
7. Supported Grant Types
In this guide, you have successfully configured Joomla Nextcloud Single Sign-On (SSO) by configuring Nextcloud as OAuth Provider and Joomla as OAuth Client using our Joomla OAuth Client plugin.This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Joomla site using Nextcloud login credentials within minutes.
Additional Resources
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