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DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with ADFS As IDP


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

Download and Install the authentication provider in DotNetNuke

  • Download the package for DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) authnetication provider.
  • Upload the installation package dnn-saml-single-sign-on_xxx_Install by going in Settings > Extension > Install Extension.

Steps to configure ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into DotNetNuke

1. Add authentication provider on DNN page

  • Now under the Installed extensions tab select Authentication Systems.Here you can see the miniOrange DNN SAML Authentication Plugin.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Search module in DNN
  • Just Click on the pencil icon as mentioned in the image below to configure the DNN SAML Authentication Provider.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Search module in DNN
  • Now go to the site settings tab. Here you can see the DNN SAML Authentication Provider Dashboard.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Authentication Provider Dashboard
  • You have finished with the Installation of the authentication provider on your DNN site.

2. Configure ADFS as Identity Provider

  • First, search for ADFS Management application on your ADFS server.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - adfs server
  • In ADFS Management, select Relying Party Trust and click on Add Relying Party Trust.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - Add Relying Party Trust
  • Select Claims aware from the Relying Party Trust Wizard and click on Start button.
  •  DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - Claims Aware
DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Select Data Source
  • In Select Data Source, select the data source for adding a relying party trust.

  • Navigate to Service Provider Metadata section from the ASP.NET SAML module and copy the Metadata URL.
  • Select Import data about the relying party published online or on the local network option and add the metadata URL in Federation metadata address.
  • Click on Next.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - support for the SAML 2.0 Wizard Metadata

    Note: In the next step enter the desired Display Name and click Next.

DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Choose Access Control Policy
  • Select Permit everyone as an Access Control Policy and click on Next.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - for SAML 2.0 Wizard Multi-Factor
DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Ready to Add Trust
  • In Ready to Add Trust click on Next and then Close.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - SAML 2.0 Wizard Edit Claim
DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Edit Claim Issuance Policy
  • In the list of Relying Party Trust, select the application you created and click on Edit Claim Issuance Policy.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - SAML 2.0 Wizard Edit Claim
  • In Issuance Transform Rule tab click on Add Rule button.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - for SAML 2.0 Wizard Claim Rule
DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Choose Rule Type
  • Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims and click on Next.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - for SAML 2.0 Configure_LDAP Attributes
DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Configure Claim Rule
  • Add a Claim Rule Name and select the Attribute Store as required from the dropdown.
  • Under Mapping of LDAP Attributes to outgoing claim types, Select LDAP Attribute as E-Mail-Addresses and Outgoing Claim Type as Name ID.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - for the SAML 2.0 Add Transform Claim Rule
  • Once you have configured the attributes, click on Finish.
  • After configuring ADFS as IDP, you will need the Federation Metadata to configure your Service Provider.
  • To get the ADFS Federation Metadata, you can use this URL
    https://< ADFS_Server_Name >/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml
  • You have successfully configured ADFS as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) Login

Windows SSO (Optional)

Follow the steps below to configure Windows SSO

DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Steps to configure ADFS for Windows Authentication
  • Open elevated Command Prompt on the ADFS Server and execute the following command on it:
    • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img setspn -a HTTP/##ADFS Server FQDN## ##Domain Service Account##
    • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img FQDN is Fully Qualified Domain Name (Example : adfs4.example.com)
    • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Domain Service Account is the username of the account in AD.
    • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - miniorange img Example : setspn -a HTTP/adfs.example.com username/domain
  • Open AD FS Management Console, click on Services and go to the Authentication Methods section. On the right, click on Edit Primary Authentication Methods. Check Windows Authentication in Intranet zone.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - Primary Authentication DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - Management Application
  • Open Internet Explorer. Navigate to Security tab in Internet Options.
  • Add the FQDN of AD FS to the list of sites in Local Intranet and restart the browser.
  • Select Custom Level for the Security Zone. In the list of options, select Automatic Logon only in Intranet Zone.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - for the SAML 2.0 Wizard_Enable SAML
  • Open the powershell and execute following two commands to enable windows authentication in Chrome browser.
    • Set-AdfsProperties -WIASupportedUserAgents ((Get-ADFSProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents) + "Chrome")
      Get-AdfsProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents;
  • You have successfully configured ADFS for Windows Authentication.

3. Configure DotNetNuke SAML Authentication Provider as Service Provider

  • For configuring application in the authentication provider, click on the Add new IdP button in the Identity Provider Settings tab.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Select identity provider

    A] Select your Identity Provider

  • Select ADFS from the list. You can also search for your Identity Provider using the search box.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Select identity provider

    B] Configure your Identity Provider

  • Under the Service Provider Settings tab, you can download SP metadata as a XML document or copy the metadata url.
  • Alternatively, copy and paste the SP Entity ID and ACS Url from the SP metadata Table to your ADFS configuration page.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Download DNN as SP metadata

    C] Configure your Service Provider

  • To upload IdP's metadata, you can use the Upload IdP metadata button under the Identity Provider Settings tab, if you have the IdP metadata URL or the IdP metadata .xml file.
  • Alternatively, you can copy the IDP Entity ID and Single Sign-On Url values from the IdP and fill them up under the Identity Provider Settings tab.
  • DNN SAML SSO - Test DNN SAML SSO

4. Testing SAML SSO

  • Click the Test Configuration button to verify if you have configured the plugin correctly.
  • On successful configuration, you will get Attribute Name and Attribute Values in the Test Configuration window.
  • DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using ADFS as IDP - ADFS SSO Login - test result

5. 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.
  • DNN OAuth SSO - DNN OAuth Attribute Mapping

6. Get the Single Sign-On (SSO) link for your application

  • You can find the SSO Link in the Action dropdown in Applications List of the authentication provider.
  • DNN OAuth SSO - DNN OAuth widget

You can even configure the ASP.NET SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) module with any identity provider such as ADFS, Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Bitium, centrify, G Suite, JBoss Keycloak, Okta, OneLogin, Salesforce, AWS Cognito, OpenAM, Oracle, PingFederate, PingOne, RSA SecureID, Shibboleth-2, Shibboleth-3, SimpleSAML, WSO2 or even with your own custom identity provider. To check other identity providers, click here.

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