Jenkins SAML Single Sign On (SSO) app gives you the ability to enable Single Sign-On (SSO or SAML SSO) through SAML 2.0 for Jenkins. With help of our Jenkins SAML SSO plugin one can easily authenticate the users into Jenkins.
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Jenkins SSO app is compatible with all SAML 2.0 Identity Providers like:- Azure AD, Keycloak, ADFS, Okta, Salesforce, Shibboleth 2, GSuite / Google Apps, miniOrange, OneLogin, Centrify, SimpleSAMLphp, OpenAM , PingOne, RSA, Oracle, Bitium , WSO2, Auth0, AuthAnvil and practically any SAML compliant Identity Provider.
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If you don't find your IDP listed and your application supports SAML 2.0 as an Identity Provider, you can follow the
guide given below to enable SSO into Jenkins using your application.
Step 1: Setup
Identity Provider to enable saml for your module.
Pre-requisite: You will need SAML information from your IDP to configure this app. Please get
SAML metadata from your Identity Provider. If your IDP does not have a metadata URL or XML,
please ask for the following information:
- Issuer/ Entity ID.
- SAML Login URL.
- SAML Logout URL (only if you want users to logout from IDP when they logout from atlassian
application. eg.Jira).
- X.509 Certificate.
- NameID format (optional).
- SAML Login binding type (optional).
- SAML Logout binding type (optional).
- Provide setup information to your Identity Provider so that they can configure atlassian application
as a SAML Service Provider for your account. You can provide them the SAML metadata URL or SAML
related information. We have given more information on how you can get each one of them below.
- Go to Service Provider Info and give the link shown below to your Identity
Provider. When you click on the link, you will be able to view the metadata for the SAML
Single Sign On app.

- If the Identity Provider does not accept metadata, you can give them SAML information manually. Go
to Service Provider Info tab and get the following information.
SP Entity ID / Issuer |
This value contains unique identifier for your Atlassian application. |
ACS URL |
This is the URL the IdP will return SAML authentication requests to. |
Single Logout URL |
This will terminate all server sessions established via SAML SSO. |
Audience URI |
IdP will prepare SAML authentication requests for. |
Recipient URL |
IdP will return SAML authentication requests to. |
Destination URL |
IdP will return SAML authentication requests to. |
Certificate |
This Certificate is used validate SAML request and used to decrypt encrypted
SAML assertions from the IDP. |
Step 2: Setup Jenkins as Service Provider
SP Configurations
You can configure SP settings in IDP in 2 ways:
- By uploading Metadata XML file
- Manual Configuration
A. By uploading Metadata XML file
- Click on Service Provider Metadata in SP Configuration section.
- Metadata xml file will be downloaded.
- Use this file to setup IDP.
B. Manual Configuration
- To Configure SP Settings at IDP copy below URL and paste in respective fields at IDP end.
- SP Entity ID: https://your-jenkins-domain
- Audience URI: https://your-jenkins-domain
- ACS URL: https://your-jenkins-domain/securityRealm/moSamlAuth
IDP Configuration
To Configure IDP enter the following details and press
apply and save the settings.
- IDP Entity ID
- Single Sign On URL
- Name ID Format
- X.509 Certificate
User Profile Configuration
- Select Username or Email for Login Jenkins account by:
- Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Username in Username Attribute textbox.
- Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Email in Email Attribute textbox.
- Select the checkbox Apply regex Pattern to the UserNameif the userID returned from SAML is not same as username of Jenkins.
- Enter the regular expression in REGEX Pattern textbox. It will be applied on user ID from SAML Response and will convert it into the username same as Jenkins.
For example, you can use regular expression ^.*?(?=@) to extract demo from username demo@example.com
Advanced Configurations
- Select the Do you want to create a new users? to allow user creation through SAML.
SP Configurations
You can configure SP settings in IDP in 2 ways:
- By uploading Metadata XML file
- Manual Configuration
A. By uploading Metadata XML file
- Click on Service Provider Metadata in SP Configuration section.
- Metadata xml file will be downloaded.
- Use this file to setup IDP.
B. Manual Configuration
- To Configure SP Settings at IDP copy below URL and paste in respective fields at IDP end.
- SP Entity ID: https://your-jenkins-domain
- Audience URI: https://your-jenkins-domain
- ACS URL: https://your-jenkins-domain/securityRealm/moSamlAuth
IDP Configuration
To Configure IDP enter the following details and press
apply and save the settings.
- IDP Entity ID
- Single Sign On URL
- Single Logout URL
- Name ID Format
- X.509 Certificate
User Profile Configuration
- Select Username or Email for Login Jenkins account by:
- Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Username in Username Attribute textbox.
- Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Email in Email Attribute textbox.
- Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to full name in Full Name Attribute.
- Select the checkbox Apply regex Pattern to the UserNameif the userID returned from SAML is not same as username of Jenkins.
- Enter the regular expression in REGEX Pattern textbox. It will be applied on user ID from SAML Response and will convert it into the username same as Jenkins.
For example, you can use regular expression ^.*?(?=@) to extract demo from username demo@example.com
Advanced Configurations
- Select the Do you want signed requests? to send signed login and logout requests. Requests will be signed using public certificate from option Download SP Certificate in SP Configuration section.
- Select the Do you want to create a new users? to allow user creation through SAML.
- Select the Do you want to update Attributes of Existing Users? to update attributes of existing user's each time they sign in Jenkins through SSO.
- To Add custom AttributeS select Add option.
- Set Attribute Name as the one set in IDP eg. lname
- Set display name in user proprties as one you want it appear in jenkins user's config.xml file and in user's configure tab.
- To assign default group to users created through SSO add group name in Assign group to new Users option. Multiple groups can be added using ,(Comma) separater
- If Do you want to disable Default login option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default Jenkins login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the Jenkins base URL.
- Copy backdoor URL and save it for emergency.
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