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Tribe Single Sign-On with Joomla as OAuth Server

If you want to login to your Tribe site using your Joomla username and password, you can simply do it using our Joomla OAuth Server plugin. Once you configure the Tribe with Joomla OAuth Server plugin, you can login to your Tribe application using Joomla credentials. It also allows you to send custom user attributes to your Tribe site as per your requirements.
To know more about other features we provide in Joomla OAuth Server plugin, you can click here.

Please follow the steps given below to configure your Tribe site with Joomla as OAuth Server and setup the Single Sign-On(SSO).

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Steps to configure Tribe Single Sign-On (SSO) using Joomla as OAuth Server Plugin

1. Setup Tribe as OAuth Client

Login using Joomla as Oauth server into tribe | Tribe Single Sign-On using Joomla, Login Page

Click on Apps to create a new OAuth Application (refer to image below).

Login using Joomla as Oauth server into tribe | Tribe Single Sign-On using Joomla, Add App

Search for OAuth2 SSO and click on Install button.

Login using Joomla as Oauth server into tribe | Tribe Single Sign-On using Joomla, Install OAuth2

In the general settings, copy the Redirect URL highlighted below and paste it in Redirect URL while configuring app in miniOrange.

Login using Joomla as Oauth server into tribe | Tribe Single Sign-On using Joomla, Authorized Redirect URI

Get "Client-ID", "Client Secret" and other general settings from the OAuth server and paste it in your Tribe Configuration from step 1.
Enter the scope (email, openid, profile) and SSO button domain supported by the application. Click on Update.

Login using Joomla as Oauth server into tribe | Tribe Single Sign-On using Joomla, General Settings

Client ID :	You can get the Client ID from Configure Oauth Tab in Joomla Oauth Server
Client Secret :	You can get the Client Secret from Configure Oauth Tab in Joomla Oauth Server
Scope:	profile openid
Authorize Endpoint:	https://< your-Joomla-domain >/index.php
Access Token Endpoint:	https://< your-Joomla-domain >/index.php
Get User Info Endpoint:	https://< your-Joomla-domain >/plugins/system/miniorangeoauth/miniorangeoauthserver.php

In this Guide, you have successfully configured Single Sign-On (SSO) into Tribe app with Joomla as OAuth Provider and Tribe as OAuth Client using our Joomla OAuth Server plugin.This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Tribe app using Joomla site credentials within minutes.

Step 3: Configure Joomla as SP (Service Provider)

In Joomla SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab. There are three ways to configure the plugin:

A. By uploading IDP metadata:

In Joomla SAML plugin, go to Service Provider Setup tab, then click on Upload IdP Metadata.

B. By Metadata URL:

Enter Metadata URL (Copy from IDP app) and click on Fetch button.

C. Manual Configuration:

Copy SAML Entity ID, SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL and X.509 certificate from Federation Metadata document and paste it in Idp Entity ID or Issuer, Single Sign-on URL, X.509 Certificate fields respectively in the plugin.

IdP Entity ID or Issuer	SAML Entity ID in the Federation Metadata document
Single Sign-On URL	SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL in the Federation Metadata document
X.509 Certificate Value	X.509 Certificate in the Federation Metadata document

Step 4: Attribute Mapping - Premium Feature

Attributes are user details that are stored in your Identity Provider.
Attribute Mapping helps you to get user attributes from your Identity Provider (IDP) and map them to Joomla user attributes like firstname, lastname, address, phone etc.
While auto registering the users in your Joomla site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Joomla user details.
Go to Attribute Mapping tab and fill in all the fields.

Username:	Name of the username attribute from IdP (Keep NameID by default)
Email:	Name of the email attribute from IdP (Keep NameID by default)
Name:	Name of the name attribute from IdP

You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.

Note: You can see how Attribute Mapping works here.

Step 5: Group Mapping - Premium Feature

Group/Role mapping helps you to assign specific roles to users of a certain group in your Identity Provider (IdP).
While auto registering, the users are assigned roles based on the group they are mapped to.

Group/Role mapping helps you to assign specific roles to users of a certain group in your Identity Provider (IdP).
While auto registering, the users are assigned roles based on the group they are mapped to.

Note: You can see how Group/Role Mapping works here.

Step 6: Redirection & SSO Links

Go to Login Settings tab. You can add login Url to Perform SAML SSO in your Joomla site by following the steps below.
There are multiple features available in this tab like Auto redirect the user to Identity Provider and Enable Backend Login for Super Users. To use these features, click on the respective checkboxes.

Click on the Upgrade tab to check out our complete list of features and various licensing plans. OR you can click here to check features and licensing plans.
In case, you are facing some issue or have any question in mind, you can reach out to us by sending us your query through the Support button in the plugin or by sending us a mail at joomlasupport@xecurify.com.

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