Okta Single Sign-On SSO into TYPO3 with OAuth/OpenID Connect | Okta OIDC Login
Typo3 OAuth 2.0 Authentication and Authorization Single Sign-On (SSO) extension allows your Frontend & Backend (Admin & Customer) users to seamlessly login into Typo3 site using Okta credentials. The Typo3 OAuth / OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) extension makes it easy to use OAuth2 to set up Okta Login on Typo3 (Okta Single Sign on).
The Typo3 OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) extension makes it possible to log into Typo3 securely using any OAuth and OpenID Connect provider such as Azure AD, Azure B2C, Okta, Keycloak, Salesforce etc. Advanced Single Sign-On (SSO) features such as user profile Attribute Mapping, Role Mapping, and so on are also supported in this extension. Click here to read more about the Typo3 OAuth Single Sign-On (OAuth & OpenID Connect Client) extensions's premium features.
In this guide, We'll go over how to set up SSO between Typo3 and Okta. Users should be able to log in to Typo3 through Okta by the end of this guide.
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Pre-requisites : Download And Installation
Installing OAuth Client / OpenID Connect extension in TYPO3
- Use the below command to install the extension using composer:
composer req miniorange/miniorange_oidc - Now search for the "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
- After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
- After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
- If you are not a premium customer you can seamlessly login by submitting miniOrange credentials.
- After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
- Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
- Download the zip file of the OAuth / OIDC extension from TYPO3 marketplace
- Go to your TYPO3 backend, and click on Extensions section at the left side of your screen.
- Upload the zip file,as represented in the below image.
- Now search for the "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
- After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange OpenIDConnect" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
- After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
- If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
- After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
- Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
Integrate extension with TYPO3
- Click on the Pages from the left navigation.
- Then you need to create a folder to store the frontend users in it by right clicking on the Home page and select New subpage.
- Select Folder type from the dropdown.
- Name the folder as Website Users and click on the Save.
- Go to behaviour tab and add Website Users in it.
- If you see a hyphen sign in red on the created folder, it means that the folder is not enabled. You can then enable it by right clicking on that folder and clicking Enable.
- You need to add two STANDARD pages within the HOME page. If you are using Premium Plugin you can create three pages.
- Here we will consider Page Names as: FEOIDC, RESPONSE, LOGOUT (Logout is optional for premium customers).
- To create a FEOIDC page, right click on Home page then select New subpage and select STANDARD type from dropdown.
- Add Page Title as FEOIDC and click Save.
- Then again Click on FEOIDC Page and click on Add content. Go to plugins and add FEOIDC Plugin and click on the Save.
- Navigate to plugin tab and select FEOIDC plugin.
- Add website users in Record Storage Page and save the settings.
- You can enable the FEOIDC page by right clicking and selecting Enable option.
- If you need to make changes in URL segment, which will also be your initial SSO URL, right click on FEOIDC page, select edit and click on "toggle URL" button to set URL according to your way.
- Follow the same steps to create and configure Standard pages of Response.
- Ensure you will be selecting Response Plugin for Response page.
- Keep the FEOIDC and RESPONSE page urls handy as you will need them while configuring the OAuth/OpenID Connect extension.
Steps to configure Okta OAuth & OpenID Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3
1. Setup Okta as OAuth Provider
Follow the steps below to configure Okta as OAuth Provider
Configure Okta as OAuth Provider
- First of all, 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 Add Application button.
- Click on create new app to create an app.
- Choose Web as platform, OpenID Connect as Sign on method and click on Create.
- You will be redirected to the app details page. Enter Application name and Login Redirect URIs. Copy Redirect / Callback URL from the plugin to Configure Login Redirect URL. Click on Save.
- You will be brought to App details page. Scroll down to Client Credentials section.
- Copy these credentials in Typo3 OAuth Single Sign On (SSO) Plugin configuration on corresponding fields.
You have successfully configured Okta as OAuth Provider for achieving Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) with Typo3 for user authentication.
2. Configuring Typo3 as OAuth Client
- After successfully configuring OAuth Provider, enter the OAuth Provider Name, Client ID, Client Secret, Scope and provided endpoints.
Please refer below Endpoints to configure the OAuth client
Scope: openid email Authorize Endpoint: https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/authorize Access Token Endpoint: https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/token Get User Info Endpoint: https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/userinfo - Click on the Save button to save the settings.
- Click on the Test Configuration button.
- You will see all the values returned by your OAuth Provider to Typo3 in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your OAuth Provider to return this information.
- You have successfully configured your Typo3 as an OAuth Client. Now you can create your custom SSO button in your Typo3 Frontend site and embed the FEOIDC page URL to it to initiate the SSO.
3: Attribute Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.
- You can map attributes in the Attribute Mapping tab. Only username and email are allowed to be mapped in free version of the extension. However, in the premium version of the extension, you can map various attributes coming from your OAuth Provider to the attributes present in your Typo3 site.
4: Group Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.
- You can specify a default role in the free extension that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
- Go to Group mapping tab and navigate to Group Mapping section.
- Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
By configuring Okta as an OAuth Provider and Typo3 as an OAuth Client using our Typo3 OAuth Client extension, you have successfully installed Typo3 Okta Single Sign-On (SSO). Within minutes, you'll be able to provide safe access to your Typo3 site utilising Okta login credentials thanks to this solution.
Additional Resources
- What is Single Sign-On (SSO) Login?
- What is OAuth 2.0?
- How OAuth works?
- Typo3 OAuth and OpenID Single Sign On (SSO) Plugin.
- Typo3 SAML Single Sign On (SSO) Plugin.
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