SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) For TYPO3 Using Centrify As IDP | Centrify SSO Login
SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) For TYPO3 Using Centrify As IDP | Centrify SSO Login
Centrify SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) login for TYPO3 can be achieved by using our Typo3 SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) extension. Typo3 will be configurd as a SAML 2.0 compliant Service Provider as a result of our SSO solution, which will build trust between the Typo3 site and Centrify SAML in order to securely authenticate and login users to the Typo3 site. Our Typo3 Single Sign-On (SSO) solution helps to secure Typo3 sites behind the SSO login so that users are authenticated using their Centrify login credentials. Seamless support for advanced SSO features like Attribute / Custom Mapping, Role Mapping etc.
Here we will go through a guide to configure SAML Single Sign-On SSO login between Typo3 site and Centrify SAML by considering Centrify SAML as IdP (Identity Provider) and Typo3 as SP (Service Provider). Our Typo3 SAML extension SSO provides Unlimited user authentications from Centrify SAML. To know more about other features we provide in you Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) extension, you can click here.
Pre-requisites : Download And Installation
Installing SAML extension in TYPO3
- Use the below command to install the extension using composer:
composer req miniorange/miniorange-saml - Now search for the "miniOrange SAML" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
- After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange SAML SP extension" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
- After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
- If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
- After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
- Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
- Download the zip file of the SAML SP extension from TYPO3 marketplace
- Go to your TYPO3 backend, and click on Extensions section at the left side of your screen.
- Upload the zip file,as represented in the below image.
- Now search for the "miniOrange SAML" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.
- After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange SAML SP extension" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.
- After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)
- If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
- After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.
- Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.
Integrate extension with TYPO3
- Click on the Pages from the left navigation.
- Then you need to create a folder to store the frontend users in it by right clicking on the Home page and select New subpage.
- Select Folder type from the dropdown. Name the folder as Website Users.
- Go to the Behaviour tab and add Website Users (fe_users) and click on Save.
- If you see a hyphen sign in red on the created folder, it means that the folder is not enabled. You can then enable it by right clicking on that folder and clicking Enable.
- You need to add two STANDARD pages within the HOME page. If you are using Premium Plugin you can create three pages.
- Here we will consider Page Names as: FESAML, RESPONSE, LOGOUT (Logout is optional for premium customers).
- To create a FESAML page, right click on Home page then select New subpage and select STANDARD type from dropdown.
- Add Page Title as FESAML and click Save.
- Then again Click on FESAML Page and click on Add content. Go to plugins and add FESAML Plugin and click on the Save.
- Navigate to plugin tab and select FESAML plugin. Add website users in Record Storage Page and save the settings.
- You can enable the FESAML page by right clicking and selecting Enable option.
- If you need to make changes in URL segment, which will also be your initial SSO URL, right click on FESAML page, select edit and click on "toggle URL" button to set URL according to your way.
- Follow the same steps to create and configure Standard pages of Response.
- Ensure you will be selecting Response Plugin for Response page.
- Keep the FESAML and RESPONSE page urls handy as you will need them while configuring the SAML SP.
Steps to configure Centrify SAML SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3
1. Setup Centrify SAML as IdP (Identity Provider)
Follow the steps below to configure Centrify SAML as IdP for Typo3
Configure Centrify SAML as IdP
- Log into Centrify as an Administrator and go to Apps from the NavBar.
- Click on Add Web Apps button.
- In the pop-up, click on Custom tab and then click on the Add button next to SAML.
- In the Add Web App screen, click Yes to add the application.
- To exit the Application Catalog Click on Close.
- The application that you just added will open to the Settings page.
- To go to the Trust page Click on Trust.
- Identity Provider Configuration.
- Service Provider Configuration.
- If copied the metadata url then paste in URL and click on load.
- If downloaded metadata file then upload it in file section.
- If copied XML content then copy that content in XML section.
- Click on manual Configuration.
- Paste SP Entity ID and ACS URL (copied from the plugin) save to preserve changes.
- Download IDP metadata it will required to setup Typo3 as Service Provider.
Configure SAML App
The Trust page is divided into two parts:
In Service Provider Configuration section
For manual configuration:
You have successfully configured Centrify as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving Centrify Single Sign-On (SSO) Login, ensuring secure Centrify Login into Typo3 Site.
2. Configure Typo3 as SP (Service Provider)
- In Typo3 SSO extension, go to the SP settings tab and enter Fesaml Plugin Page URL, Response Page URL, ACS URL, Entity ID and all other required details.
- Now, go to the IdP settings tab of the extension. There are two ways to configure the Typo3 SSO extension.
- Enter the Identity Provider Name
- Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
- You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL to fetch the metadata.
- 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 Service URL, x.509 Certificate fields respectively in the extension.
- Click on Save button to save all your settings.
- To check if your Typo3 as SP is configured correctly, click the Test Configuration button.
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
B. Manual Configuration:
| IdP Entity ID or Issuer | SAML Entity ID obtained from the IdP |
| Single Sign-On Service URL | SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL obtained from the IdP |
| X.509 Certificate | x.509 Certificate obtained from the IdP |
3. Attribute / Custom Mapping (Optional). *This is 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 Typo3 user attributes like firstname, lastname and so on.
- While auto registering the users in your Typo3 site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Typo3 user details.
- Only NameID can be mapped to Typo3 Email and Username characteristics with the free extension. Multiple user attributes from the IdP, on the other hand, can be mapped to Typo3 attributes in the premium version of the extension. You can map custom attributes that you've added to your IdP in addition to the default attributes.
- When a user performs SSO, the NameID value sent by the IdP will get mapped to the email and the username of the Typo3 user.
- You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.
4. Group Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.
- You can specify a default Group in the free extension that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
- Go to Group mapping tab and navigate to Group Mapping section.
- Select the Default Group and click on the Save button.
In this Guide, you have successfully configured Centrify SAML SAML Single Sign-On (Centrify SAML SSO Login) choosing Centrify SAML as IdP and Typo3 as SP using Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) extension .This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Typo3 site using Centrify SAML login credentials within minutes.
Additional Resources
- What is Single Sign-On (SSO) Login?
- Centrify SSO Login
- Setup Centrify as a SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
- Typo3 SAML Single Sign On (SSO) Extension.
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