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Setup Single Sign-On (SSO) for the Shopify Store Using PingFederate as an Identity Provider

miniOrange allows Pingfederate to act as an IDP (Identity Provider), which allows users to Single Sign-On (SSO) into Shopify using Pingfederate Credentials. Our application is compatible with all the SAML / OAuth-compliant Identity Providers. We will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) into Shopify using Pingfederate as IdP (Identity Provider) and Shopify store as SP (Service Provider).

Pre-requisite: Single Sign-On SSO Application

To configure SSO with Pingfederate as IDP, you will need to install the miniOrange Single Sign On - SSO Application on your Shopify store:

Shopify Single Sign-On (SSO)

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miniOrange Provides Secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access to your Shopify Store(both plus and non-plus Stores).

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Step by Step guide for Single Sign-On in Shopify Store Using Pingfederate

1. Configure miniOrange as a Service Provider (SP) in Pingfederate

Login to your Ping Federate User Admin dashboard.
Click on the OAuth Server in the left navigation menu.
Under Clients, click on Create New.

Enter the Client ID, Name, and Description. Select Client Secret in Client Authentication and click on Generate Secret. Take note of your Client ID & Client Secret.

To get the Redirect URL:
- Go to your Shopify store, click on the Apps tab, and select the Single Sign On - SSO Login application.
- Click on the Setup IDP button in the top left of the navigation bar.
- From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider.
- Copy the Callback URL as the Redirect URL required for the next step.
Back in Ping Federate, copy the Redirect/Callback URL enter it in the Redirect URIs field, and click on Add. Select the Authorization Code grant type and click on Save.

You have completed your Ping Federate App OAuth configurations.

2. Configure Ping Federate as OAuth 2.0 Provider in miniOrange.

Again, go to your Shopify store, click on the Apps tab, and select the Single Sign On - SSO Login application.

shopify app section - single sign on application

Click on the Setup IDP button in the top left in the navigation bar.

Single Sign-On (SSO)for Shopify (Plus and Non Plus), Configure IDP for enabling Single Sign-On (SSO)

From the left of the navigation bar select Identity Provider. Select Oauth.
Enter the following values.

IdP Name	Custom Provider
IdP Display Name	Choose the appropriate Name
OAuth Authorize Endpoint	https://{your-base-url}/as/authorization.oauth2
OAuth Access Token Endpoint	https://{your-base-url}/as/token.oauth2
Client ID	From step 1
Client secret	From step 1
Scope	openid

You have successfully completed Shopify side configuration.

3. Test Connection

Go to Configure SSO tab.
Click on Select >> Test Connection option against the Identity Provider you configured.

Pingfederate Single Sign On SSO test connection

On entering valid Pingfederate credentials you will see a pop-up window which is as shown in the below screen.

Pingfederate Single Sign On SSO SucessTestConnection

Hence you have configured SSO between the Shopify and Discord.

4. Testing SSO for your Shopify Store

Go to your Shopify Store login page.(https://<your-shopify-storedomain>/account/login)
Click on the login button you customized earlier.

You’ll be redirected to the login page of the IDP you configured in previous step. Log in with your IDP account credentials.
You’ll be successfully logged in to your Shopify store.

Hence your configuration of Pingfederate as IDP in Shopify is successfully completed.

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.