SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) For Shopify Using ADFS as Identity Provider
ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) for Shopify store, miniOrange provides a ready-to-use solution. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to the Shopify store using ADFS within minutes.
Pre-requisite: Single Sign-On - SSO Application
To configure Shopify SSO with ADFS as IDP, you will need to install the miniOrange Single Sign On - SSO Login Application on your Shopify store:
miniOrange Provides Secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access to your Shopify store(both plus and Non-plus Stores).
Step by Step guide for Configuring ADFS as IDP for SSO into Shopify
1. Configuring miniOrange as Service Provider (SP) in ADFS
- On ADFS, search for the ADFS Management application.
- After opening the ADFS Management, select Relying Party Trust and then click on Add Relying Party Trust.
- Select Claims Aware from the Relying Party Trust Wizard and click on the Start button.
Select Data Source
- In Select Data Source, select the data source for adding a relying party trust.
- Now go to your Shopify store and navigate to the App section and click on Single Sign On - SSO login application.
- Click on the Setup IDP button in the left navigation bar.
- Click on Configure SSO >> Add Identity Provider.
- Select SAML protocol. Now click on the Click here link to get miniOrange metadata as shown in the Screen below.
- Under SP - INITIATED SSO section, do the following:
- Copy the Metadata URL as shown in the below image.
- Select Import data about the relying party published online or on the local network option and add the metadata URL in the Federation metadata address.
- Click on Next.
Note: In the next step enter the desired Display Name and click Next.
Specify
Display Name
Choose Access Control Policy
- Select Permit everyone as an Access Control Policy & 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 the Issuance Transform Rule tab, click on Add Rule >> OK button.
Choose Rule Type
- Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims and click on Next.
Configure Claim Rule
- Enter the following details & click on Finish.
| Claim rule name: | Attributes |
| Attribute Store: | Active Directory |
| LDAP Attribute: | E-Mail-Addresses |
| Outgoing Claim Type: | Name ID |
2. Configure ADFS as Identity Provider (IDP) in miniOrange
- Now go to your Shopify store and click on the Setup IDP button in the top left in the
navigation
bar.
- From the left navigation bar select Configure SSO.
- Select SAML. Click on Import IDP metadata.
- Choose the appropriate IDP name. Browse for the file downloaded in Step 1.
- Click on Import.
- As shown in the below screen the IDP Entity ID, SAML SSO Login URL, and x.509 Certificate will be
filled from the file imported.
- Click on Save.
3. Test Connection
- Go to Configure SSO tab.
- Click on the Select >> Test Connection option against the Identity Provider you configured.
- On entering valid ADFS credentials you will see a pop-up window as shown in the below screen.
Troubleshooting
invalid_request
This may be because your primary domain would be different from your Shopify domain. To check your primary domain and make SSO work, follow the steps given here.
shopify_plan_expired
This issue arises when either the trial period of your Development plan is expired. Or if your plan is not auto-renewed from the Shopify end. Contact us at shopifysupport@xecurify.com to resolve the plan upgrade issue and get smooth functioning of the SSO – Single Sign On Application.
invalid_attributes_received
As email is a required entity in Shopify for account creation as well as login operation, Single Sign On is not successful in this case. To resolve this error, please follow given here.
encountered_an_error
When I am performing SSO, I am getting ‘Please verify if Shopify App is installed’ error. To resolve this error, please follow given here.
If your error or query is not listed here, click here to see others.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
I have followed the steps to set IdP but where can I check SSO?
Follow the steps outlined here. to configure SSO in Shopify with your preferred IDP.
I installed the Shopify SSO application. I clicked on the “SETUP IDP” option but nothing opened up.
Redirection to any other site might be blocked in the browser. Please follow the steps given here to resolve the issue.
When I try to perform SSO, I get redirected to the “Incorrect App Configuration” page and then after subsequent attempts, I get redirected to https://store.xecurify.com/moas/login page.
You might be trying to perform SSO in the different tab of the same browser where you have opened
our Single Sign-On – SSO Application or accessed the configuration portal of our application. In
this case, SSO will be restricted due to security reasons.
Try to perform Single Sign On in a new incognito/private window or in a different
browser in order to make SSO work.
After performing SSO, I want my customers to redirect to the collections or discount offer page.
Follow the steps outlined here. to redirect your customer to collections/cart or any other page.
Choose your preferred Identity Provider and start setting up SSO for Shopify right away
Additional Resources
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