WSO2 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 WSO2 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 WSO2 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 WSO2 SAML by considering WSO2 SAML as IdP (Identity Provider) and Typo3 as SP (Service Provider). Our Typo3 SAML extension SSO provides Unlimited user authentications from WSO2 SAML. To know more about other features we provide in you Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) extension, you can click here.

Steps to configure WSO2 SAML SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3

1. Setup WSO2 SAML as IdP (Identity Provider)

Follow the steps below to configure WSO2 SAML as IdP for Typo3

 Configure WSO2 SAML as IdP

• Login to your WSO2 admin console.
• Select Add under Service Provider tab from the left navigation menu.


• In the Add New Service Provider page, configure the following:
  • Select Mode: Manual Configuration
  • Service Provider Name: Typo3
  • Service Provider description: (Optional) Enter a description
  • Click on Register button.
  

Basic Information

• Select SP Certificate Type: Use SP JWKS endpoint
• SaaS Application: Checked (Optional)


Claim Configuration

• Select Claim mapping Dialect: Use Local Claim Dialect
• Click on Add Claim URI you can add multiple claims/attributes for Attribute Mapping (such as
  emailaddress, firstname, lastname, telephone, etc).
• Subject Claim URI: https://wso2.org/claims/fullname


Role/Permission Configuration

• Expand the Role/Permission Configuration section, and then expand the Permissions as well as the Role Mapping sections.
• Click Add Permission and specify the service provider specific permission that you want to add.
• Click Add Role Mapping and enter appropriate values for the Local Role as well as the Service Provider Role.


Inbound Authentication Configuration

• Go to SAML2 Web SSO Configuration.
• Click on Configure.

• In Register New Service Provider page, select Mode as URL Configuration.
• Copy the Metadata URL from Service Provider Metadata tab in the plugin.
• Paste the URL in the text box under Upload Service Provider Metadata from Url.
• Click on the Upload button.

• Click on the OK button.


Identity Provider Metadata

• Under Inbound Authentication Configuration, click on SAML2 Web SSO Configuration.
• Beside the Issuer of your Service Provider. Click on Edit button.

• You can verify the details of your Service Provider here.
• Check the Enable Attribute Profile and Include Attribute in the Response Always for Attribute Mapping.
• Click on Download IDP Metadata button.
• Click on Update button.

• Keep this IDP metadata handy for configurations in the plugin.

You have successfully configured WSO2 as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving WSO2 Single Sign-On (SSO) Login, ensuring secure WSO2 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.

A. By uploading IDP metadata:

• 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.


B. 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 Service URL, x.509 Certificate fields respectively in the extension.
  

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

• Click on Save button to save all your settings.

• To check if your Typo3 as SP is configured correctly, click the Test Configuration button.


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 WSO2 SAML Single Sign-On (WSO2 SAML SSO Login) choosing WSO2 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 WSO2 SAML login credentials within minutes.

Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO) Login?
• WSO2 SAML SSO - Managing User Attributes
• Configuring Identity Server as IdP for SSO
• What is SAML? How SAML SSO works?
• Typo3 SAML Single Sign On (SSO) Extension.



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