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SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) into October CMS Using Azure AD
SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) into October CMS Using Azure AD
October CMS Single Sign-On ( SSO ) plugin gives the ability to enable SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) for your October CMS sites. Our October CMS SSO plugin is compatible with all the SAML compliant Identity providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML SSO between October CMS site and your Identity Provider.
Pre-requisites
To integrate your Identity Provider(IDP) with October CMS, you need the following items:
- October CMS should be installed and configured.
- Download any Front-end user management plugins - RainLab/Buddies.
Download and Installation
- Login to your October CMS site’s backend: https://example.com/backend.
- From the admin dashboard, go to Settings from the main navigation bar and select Updates & Plugins.
- Click on Install plugins and in the search bar type “SAML SSO”.
- Click on the SAML SP Single Sign-On - SSO search result and the plugin will start installing.
Step 1: Setup Azure AD as Identity Provider
- SP Entity ID
- ACS URL
Prerequisites:
Copy these values from the Service Provider Info tab of the SAML plugin.
Instructions:
Note: Enterprise app configuration is the recommended option for SAML . If you do not have Azure subscription or using free account please setup App Registration Configuration.
To perform Single Logout using Azure AD, the Atlassian instance (E.g. Jira,Confluence) must be https enabled.
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- Log in to Azure AD Portal
- Select ⇒ and Azure Active Directory ⇒ Enterprise Applications.
- Click on Create your own application. Then enter the name for your app, select the Integrate any other application you don't find in the gallery checkbox and click on Create button
- Click on Set up Single sign-on.
- The next screen presents the options for configuring single sign-on. Click on SAML.
- Edit the option 1 :Basic SAML Configuration to configure plugin endpoints.
- Enter the SP Entity ID for Identifier and the ACS URL for Reply URL from Service Provider Info tab of the plugin.
- Click on Save icon.
- By default, the following Attributes will be sent in the SAML token. You can view or edit the claims sent in the SAML token to the application under the User Attributes & Claims tab.
- You can add attribute using Add new claim
- You can add group attribute claim using Add a group claim
- Copy App Federation Metadata Url from setup tab.
- Click on User and groups from the applications left-hand navigation menu. The next screen presents the options for assigning the users/groups to the application.
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- Log in to Azure AD Portal
- Select ⇒ Azure Active Directory ⇒ App Registrations. Click on New Application Registration.
- Assign a Name and choose the account type. In the Redirect URI field, provide the ACS URL provided in Service Provider Info tab of the plugin and click on Register button.
- Now, navigate to Expose an API menu option and click the Set button and replace the APPLICATION ID URI with the plugin's SP Entity ID
- By default, some Attributes will be sent in the SAML token. If you're not getting group information. Then, add Token configuration for Group information.
- Click on Add groups claim
- Copy the Federation Metadata URL given below. Replace the '{tenant_ID}' part with your Directory/Tenant ID. This will be required while configuring the SAML plugin.
Federation Metadata URL https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_ID}/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml
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Steps 2 : October CMS as SP
- Click on Single Sign On menu option from the main navigation bar at the top of your page.
- You will see the Plugin Settings page. We will first configure the IdP Settings.
- Fill out the required fields according to the information provided by your Identity Provider. You can refer to the example given below.
- For Example:
- Click on Save button.
- The SP Settings tab has the data that you will need to provide to your IdP.
- Click on the Test Configuration button and the user details will be fetched. Test configuration will show the attributes that are received and are mapped by attribute mapping.
| IdP Name: | myIDP |
| IdP Entity Id: | https://login.xecurify.com/moas/ |
| SAML Login URL: | https://login.xecurify.com/moas/idp/samlsso |
| SAML x509 Certificate: | Certificate provided by your IdP. |
Step 3: Attribute Mapping
- Attribute Mapping feature allows you to map the user attributes sent by the IDP during SSO to the user attributes at October CMS.
- Go to Attribute Mapping menu option from the main navigation bar at the top of your page.
- It provides the Custom Atrribute Mapping feature in Premium plugin.
- Click on Single Sign On menu option from the main navigation bar at the top of your page.
- You will see the Plugin Settings page. We will first configure the IdP Settings.
- Fill out the required fields according to the information provided by your Identity Provider. You can refer to the example given below.
- For Example:
- Click on Save button.
- The SP Settings tab has the data that you will need to provide to your IdP.
- Click on the Test Configuration button and the user details will be fetched. Test configuration will show the attributes that are received and are mapped by attribute mapping.
| IdP Name: | myIDP |
| IdP Entity Id: | https://login.xecurify.com/moas/ |
| SAML Login URL: | https://login.xecurify.com/moas/idp/samlsso |
| SAML Logout URL: | https://login.xecurify.com/moas/idp/samllogout/ |
| SAML x509 Certificate: | Certificate provided by your IdP. |
Step 3: Attribute Mapping
- Attribute Mapping feature allows you to map the user attributes sent by the IDP during SSO to the user attributes at October CMS.
- Go to Attribute Mapping menu option from the main navigation bar at the top of your page.
- It also provide Custom Attribute mapping feature, which allows you to map any attribute sent by the IDP to the October CMS.
- You can map the attribute names received in Test Configuration to the user credentials of your October CMS users.
Step 4: SSO Button Component
- Click on CMS from the main navigation and select the page that you want to place the button on from the Pages menu on the left-hand side.
- Click on Components and click on SAML 2.0 SP to reveal the SSO Button component.
- Drag and drop the component on to your selected page. Hit save and preview.
- Click on the Single Sign-On (SSO) button to start the authentication flow for frontend users.
- The button for Backend login screen is generated automatically.
Step 5: SSO Options
- In the IDP Settings tab, you can configure Force Authentication to force login screen at IdP every time your users are redirected for SSO.
- You can configure the Login Binding type to choose the method of sending the SAML request.
- You can configure the Single Logout URL to send a logout request to the IdP when a user logs out of your OctoberCMS site.
- In the SP Settings tab, you can configure Auto-Redirect to redirect users to IdP when they land on your site.
- You can configure the Post-Login and Post-Logout URLs to redirect users after they SSO and Single Logout.
- You can access the documentation for more details by going to Settings > Updates & Plugins > SAML 2.0 SP.
Additional Resources
If you are looking for anything which you cannot find, please drop us an email on info@xecurify.com
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