DNN OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) Using PingFederate As OAuth Provider

Overview

DNN OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication provider gives the ability to enable OAuth Single Sign-On for your DotNetNuke site using PingFederate as the OAuth Provider. Using Single Sign-On you can use only one password to access your DotNetNuke site and services. Our authentication provider is compatible with all the OAuth compliant identity providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between DNN and PingFederate.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

• Download the DNN Oauth Single Sign On authentication provider with above link.

• Upload the installation package dnn-oauth-single-sign-on_xxx_Install by going in Settings > Extension > Install Extension.

• Navigate to the Installed Extensions tab and select Authentication Systems. You will find the miniOrange DNN OAuth Authentication Provider listed there.

• Click on the pencil icon (as shown in the image below) to begin configuring the DNN OAuth Authentication Provider.

• Proceed to the Site Settings tab. Here, you will see the DNN OAuth Authentication Provider Dashboard, where you can manage the configuration.

• You have now successfully completed the installation of the Authentication Provider on your DNN site.

Steps to configure DNN Single Sign-On (SSO) using PingFederate as IDP

1. Configure Authentication Provider for Setting up OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO)

• For configuring application in the authentication provider, click on the Add New Provider button in the Identity Provider Settings tab.

• Select Ping Federate as Identity Provider from the list. You can also search for your Identity Provider using the search box.

2. Configure PingFederate as OAuth Provider

Step 1.1: Get the OAuth Playground files from PingIdentity

• In a browser, go to the Developer Tools page on the Ping Identity website.
• Click the OAuth Playground Download button. If requested, log in to your Ping Identity account. Your browser downloads the OAuth Playground ZIP file.
• Extract the contents from the ZIP file.

Step 1.2: Install the OAuth Playground

• Copy the contents of the /dist/deploy directory to /pingfederate/server/default/deploy in PingFederate.
• Merge the contents of the /dist/conf directory into /pingfederate/server/default/conf in PingFederate.

Step 1.3: Configure the OAuth Playground

• Open the OAuth Playground by going to https://<pf_host>:9031/OAuthPlayground in a browser.

• Click the Setup button. The Setup wizard appears.
• Follow the wizard's instructions and click on Next.




You have successfully configured PingFederate as an OAuth Provider for your DNN site, allowing users to securely access their digital resources using a single set of login credentials and improve user authentication authority using Ping Single Sign-On (SSO) login.

Ping Federate Endpoints and Scope:

3. Configuring OAuth Provider

• Copy the Redirect/Callback URL and provide it to your OAuth provider.

4. Configuring OAuth Client

• Configure Client ID, Client Secret, update the endpoints if required and save the settings.

5. Test Configuration

• Now go to the Identity Provider Settings tab.

• Under the select actions click on the Test Configuration button to verify if you have configured the authentication provider correctly.

• On successful configuration, you will get Attribute Name and Attribute Values in the Test Configuration window.

6. Attribute Mapping

• For attribute mapping select the Edit Configuration from the select actions dropdown.

• Map email and username with Attribute Name you can see in Test Configuration window and save the settings.

You can configure the ASP.NET OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) with any identity provider such as Azure AD, Azure B2C, Keycloak, Okta, OneLogin, Salesforce, AWS Cognito, PingFederate, Auth0, ClassLink, WSO2, Discord or even with your own custom identity provider. To check other identity providers, click here

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Get in Touch

Please reach out to us at dnnsupport@xecurify.com, and our team will assist you with setting up the DNN OAuth Single Sign On. Our team will help you to select the best suitable solution/plan as per your requirement.