DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with OneLogin 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 OneLogin considering OneLogin as IdP.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

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

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

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.

• Just Click on the pencil icon as mentioned in the image below to configure the DNN SAML Authentication Provider.

• You have finished with the Installation of the authentication provider on your DNN site.

2. Configure OneLogin as Identity Provider

Follow the steps below to configure OneLogin as IdP

  Configure OneLogin as IdP

• In the miniOrange DNN SAML SSO Module, navigate to Service Provider Settings section. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.

• Go to https:// <your_domain>.onelogin.com and login into OneLogin.
• Log into OneLogin as an Administrator and go to Apps Company Apps Add Apps from the Navbar.

• In the search box, type SAML Test Connector (SP) and click on the App to add it.

• Enter the display name and click Save.
• In General Settings, enter App Name and click on Next.
• After saving, go to Configuration Tab and enter the following:


ACS (Consumer) URL Validator	ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from Step2 of the plugin under Identity provider settings Tab.
ACS (Consumer) URL	ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from Step2 of the plugin under Identity provider settings Tab.
Single Logout URL	Enter Single Logout URL from the Identity Provider Settings tab of the module.

• Click on Save.

  Assigning Groups/People

• Go to SSO tab. Note down the URL/Endpoints. These will be required while configuring the plugin.

• You have now successfully configured OneLogin as IDP

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.

• After configuring your Identity Provider, it will provide you with IDP Entity ID, IDP Single Sign On URL and x.509 Certificate. Configure these values under IDP Entity ID, Single Sign-On Url and SAML X509 Certificate fields respectively. (Refer to the Metadata provided by Identity Provider)
• Click Update to Save your IDP details.

4. Testing SAML SSO

• Click on the Test Configuration button to test the configuration.

You can even configure the ASP.NET SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) module with any identity provider such as ADFS, 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.

5. Additional Resources

• DNN SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• DNN OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO)
• ASP.NET SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• nopCommerce SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Umbraco SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)