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Single Sign-On (SSO) For Shopify Using Salesforce as Identity Provider

miniOrange allows SalesForce to act as an IDP (Identity Provider), which allows users to Single Sign-On (SSO) into Shopify using SalesForce 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 SalesForce as IdP (Identity Provider) and Shopify store as SP (Service Provider).

Pre-requisite : Single Sign On - SSO Login Application

To configure SSO into Shopify with SalesForce as IDP, you will need to install the miniOrange Shopify Single Sign On - SSO Login Application on your 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 Configuring SSO into Shopify using SalesForce as an IDP.

1. Configure Shopify as SP in SalesForce.

Log in to Salesforce Portal.
From the left menu, navigate to Identity » Identity Provider in the Settings section.

Click on Enable Identity Provider button. After enabling the Identity Provider, you should be able to see Salesforce metadata endpoints and certificate details.

Under Service Providers Section, click on Service Providers are now created via Connected Apps. Click here link.

Enter Connected App Name, API Name and Contact Email.
Under Web App Settings, check the Enable SAML checkbox.

For the above SAML configuration you need to get the Entity ID and ACS URL from Shopify.
Now go to your Shopify store and navigate to App section and click on Single Sign On - SSO login application.
Click on Setup IDP button in the top left in 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 Screen below.
For SP - INITIATED SSO section Select Show Metadata Details.

Enter the values in basic SAML configuration as shown in below screen:

Then, click on Save button.

Entity ID	Entity ID or Issuer
ACS URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)	ACS URL

Now from the left menu, under Platform Tools, select Apps » Connected Apps » Manage Connected Apps . Click on the App you just created.

Under Profiles section, click on Manage Profiles button and select the profiles you want to give access to login through this app.

Under SAML Login Information, click on Download Metadata button to download the IDP metadata.

shopify salesforce sso - download metadata

You have successfully completed your SalesForce side configurations.

2. Configure SalesForce as IDP in Shopify

Again navigate to the App section of Shopify store and click on Single Sign On - SSO Login application.
Click on Setup IDP button in the top left in navigation bar.
From the left navigation bar select Configure SSO and click on Add Identity Provider.
Select SAML and click on Import IDP metadata.
Enter IDP name and and browse for the file downloaded in step 1. Then Click on Import.

Click on Save.

You have successfully completed your Shopify side configurations.

3. Test Connection

Go to Configure SSO tab.
Click on Select >> Test Connection option against the Identity Provider you configured. You will be redirected to the login page of the configured IDP.
On entering valid SalesForce credentials you will see a pop-up window as shown in below screen.

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 Salesforce as IDP in Shopify is successfully completed.