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Setup 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 the Salesforce Portal.
After logging in, if you find yourself in Salesforce Classic mode, follow the below step to switch to Salesforce Lightning mode, else jump to the next step

Switch to Salesforce Lightning mode from the profile menu.

Shopify SAML Single Sign on (SSO) using Salesforce Identity Provider,

Simply click on the Setup icon in the upper right corner, and then click on the Setup option. You will be automatically redirected to the setup page.

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

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

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

Enter the 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 navigate to the App section and click on Single Sign On - SSO login application.
Click on the Setup IDP button in the top left of the 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.
For SP - INITIATED SSO section Select Show Metadata Details.

Copy "ACS URL" and "Entity ID or Issuer" as this will be used in further step.

Paste the copied values from the previous step into the Basic SAML configuration section in Salesforce. (Refer to the below table)

Entity ID	Entity ID or Issuer from the above Step.
ACS URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)	ACS URL from above Step.

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

Under the Profiles section, click on the Manage Profiles button.

Assign the Profiles you want to give access to login through this app.

For Organization Users
For Communities Users

Under SAML Login Information, click on the Download Metadata button as shown in the below image to allow your Organization users to SSO into Shopify.

Joomla SAML Single Sign on (SSO) using Salesforce Identity Provider, Download Identity Providers metadata

Keep this metadata handy for configuring the Service Provider.

You have completed your SalesForce side configurations.

2. Configure SalesForce as IDP in Shopify

Again navigate to the App section of the Shopify store and click on 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 Configure SSO and click on Add Identity Provider.
Select SAML and click on Import IDP metadata.
Enter the IDP name and browse for the file downloaded in step 1, then click on Import.

Click on Save.

You have completed your Shopify side configurations.

3. Test Connection

Go to the Configure SSO tab.
Click on teh 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 the 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 the 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 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.