SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) for WordPress using ADFS as IdP | ADFS SSO Login
ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) login for WordPress [SAML] can be achieved by using our WordPress SSO plugin. Our plugin is compatible with all the SAML compliant Identity Providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SAML SSO login between WordPress site and ADFS by considering ADFS as IdP (Identity Provider) and WordPress as SP (Service Provider).
Pre-requisites : Download And Installation
To configure ADFS as SAML IdP with WordPress, you will need to install the miniOrange WP SAML SP SSO plugin:
- Log into your WordPress (WP) instance as an Admin.
- Go to the WordPress Dashboard → Plugins and click on Add New.
- Search for WordPress Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin and click on Install Now.
- Once installed click on Activate.
Step-by-step Video to Setup SSO between WordPress and ADFS
Steps to configure ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into WordPress(WP)
1. Setup ADFS as IdP (Identity Provider)
Follow the steps below to configure ADFS as IdP
Configure ADFS as IdP
- In the miniOrange SAML SP SSO plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.
- On ADFS, search for ADFS Management application.
- In AD FS Management, select Relying Party Trust and click on Add Relying Party Trust.
- Select Claims aware from the Relying Party Trust Wizard and click on Start button.
Select Data Source
- In Select Data Source, select the data source for adding a relying party trust.
- Navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab from the plugin 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.
Note: In the next step enter the desired Display Name and click Next.
Choose Access Control Policy
- Select Permit everyone as an Access Control Policy and click on Next.
Ready to Add Trust
- In Ready to Add Trust click on Next and then Close.
Edit Claim Issuance Policy
- In the list of Relying Party Trust, select the application you created and click on Edit Claim Issuance Policy.
- In Issuance Transform Rule tab click on Add Rule button.
Choose Rule Type
- Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims and click on Next.
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.
- 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
Steps to configure ADFS for Windows Authentication
- Open elevated Command Prompt on the ADFS Server and execute the following command on it:
- 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.
- 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.
- Open the powershell and execute following two commands to enable windows authentication in Chrome browser.
- You have successfully configured ADFS for Windows Authentication.
setspn -a HTTP/##ADFS Server FQDN## ##Domain Service Account##
FQDN is Fully Qualified Domain Name (Example : adfs4.example.com)
Domain Service Account is the username of the account in AD.
Example : setspn -a HTTP/adfs.example.com username/domain
Set-AdfsProperties -WIASupportedUserAgents ((Get-ADFSProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents) + "Chrome")
Get-AdfsProperties | Select -ExpandProperty WIASupportedUserAgents;
2. Configuring WordPress as SP (Service Provider)
- Free
- Standard
- Premium
In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
- Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
- Enter the Identity Provider Name
- You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
B.Manual Configuration:
- Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
- Click on Test configuration to check the attributes and values sent by IDP.
Step 3: Attribute Mapping
- In the free plugin, only NameID is supported for Email and Username attributes of the WordPress user.
- When a user performs SSO, the NameID value sent by the IDP will get mapped to the email and username of the WordPress user.
Step 4: Role Mapping
- In the free plugin, you can choose a Default Role which will be assigned to all the non-admin users when they perform SSO.
- Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
- Select the Default Role and click on the Update button.
Step 5: SSO settings
- In the free plugin you can add a Single Sign-On button by enabling Add a Single Sign-On button on the WordPress Login Page toggle in Option 1.
- If your WordPress theme supports login widget, you can add a login widget to enable SP-Initiated SSO on your site.
- Navigate to Redirection and SSO links tab and follow the given steps given under Option 2: Use a Widget to add a login widget on your site.
In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
- Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
- Enter the Identity Provider Name
- You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
B.Manual Configuration:
- Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
- Click on Test configuration to check the attributes and values sent by 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 WordPress.
- In WordPress SAML plugin, go to Attribute/Role Mapping tab and fill up the following fields in Attribute Mapping section.
NOTE: If you click on Test Configuration button in Service Provider Setup tab and authenticate with your IDP, you can see a list of attributes sent by the IDP in the Attribute/Role mapping tab. This information can be used to provide the above mapping.
Step 4: Role Mapping
- Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
- Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
In the standard plugin, you can choose a default role which will be assigned to all the non-admin users when they perform SSO.
Step 5: SSO settings
- Auto-Redirection from site: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access your site will get redirected to the IDP login page and after successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the same page on your site which they were trying to access.
- Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 1: Auto - Redirection from site.
- Enable Redirect to IdP if user not logged in [PROTECT COMPLETE SITE]option.
- Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default WordPress login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the WordPress site.
- Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 2: Auto- Redirection from WordPress Login.
- Enable Redirect to IdP from WordPress Login Page option.
- SSO Links: You can add SSO links anywhere on your site using the Shortcode and Widget provided in Redirection and SSO Links tab > Option 3: SSO Links section of the plugin
In the Standard plugin you can enable SP-initiated SSO using the following options.
Steps:
Steps:
NOTE: Please enable the Backdoor login and note down the backdoor URL. This will allow you to access the WordPress login page in case you get locked out of the IDP.
In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
- Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
- Enter the Identity Provider Name
- You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
- In the Premium plugin, you can enable auto-sync for the metadata URL which will auto-update the plugin configuration as per the IDP metadata after a set interval of time
B.Manual Configuration:
- Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IdP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
- Click on Test configuration to check the attributes and values sent by IDP.
- In the Premium Plugin, you can provide the SAML Logout URL to achieve Single Logout on your WordPress site.
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 WordPress.
- In WordPress SAML plugin, go to Attribute/Role Mapping tab and fill up the following fields in Attribute Mapping section.
- Custom Attribute Mapping: This feature allows you to map any attribute sent by the IDP to the usermeta table of WordPress.
Step 4: Role Mapping
- From the Attribute Mapping section of the plugin, provide a mapping for the field named Group/Role. This attribute will contain the role related information sent by the IDP and will be used for Role Mapping.
- Navigate to role mapping section and provide the mappings for the highlighted roles.
- For example, If you want a user whose Group/Role attribute value is wp-editor to be assigned as an Editor in WordPress, just provide the mapping as wp-editor in the Editor field of Role Mapping section.
This feature allows you to assign and manage roles of the users when they perform SSO. Along with the default WordPress roles, this is compatible with any custom roles as well.
Step 5: SSO Settings
- Auto-Redirection from site: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access your site will get redirected to the IDP login page and after successful authentication they will be redirected back to the same page on your site which they were trying to access.
- Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 1 : Auto-Redirection from site.
- Enable Redirect to IdP if user not logged in [PROTECT COMPLETE SITE] option.
- Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default WordPress login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the WordPress site.
- Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 2: Auto- Redirection from WordPress Login.
- Enable Redirect to IdP from WordPress Login Page option.
- Login Button: You can add a customized login button anywhere on your site or WordPress login page by navigating to Option 3: Login Button section of Redirection and SSO Links tab.
- SSO Links: You can add SSO links anywhere on your site using the Shortcode and Widget provided in Option 4: SSO Links section of Redirection and SSO Links tab.
In the Premium plugin you can enable SP-initiated SSO using the following options.
Steps:
Steps:
NOTE: Please enable the Backdoor login and note down the backdoor URL. This will allow you to access the WordPress login page in case you get locked out of the IDP login.
In this Guide, you have successfully configured ADFS SAML Single Sign-On (ADFS SSO Login) choosing ADFS as IdP and WordPress as SP using miniOrange plugin-SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login.This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your WordPress (WP) site using ADFS login credentials within minutes.
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