The Canvas LMS is the world's fastest growing learning management system. It is an open-sourced cloud-based application designed to empower both teachers and students by making an engaging learning environment available to them. Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin gives you the ability to use your WordPress credentials to log into Canvas LMS. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SSO between, Canvas LMS as Service Provider and WordPress as an Identity Provider.
Pre-requisite: Download And Installation
Instructions:
IDP Metadata URI | Enter the Metadata URL that points to the metadata document. |
IDP Entity ID | Enter the IDP Entity value that you got from the previous step. |
Log On URL |
Enter the SAML Login URL that you got from the previous step. |
Log Out URL |
Enter the SAML Logout URL(Premium feature) that you got from the previous step. |
Certificate Fingerprint |
Follow the steps below to copy the Thumbprint of certificate: 1. Open the certificate that was downloaded earlier. 2. Go to Details and in the field column select Thumbprint. 3. Copy the Thumbprint that opens in the pane by pressing CTRL+C (Right-Click wont work!). 4. Paste the Thumbprint in the Certificate Fingerprint. Make sure that there are no spaces in between the Certificate Fingerprint. Remove them manually. |
Login Attribute |
NameID |
Identifier Format |
Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress from the dropdown list. |
Authentication Context |
Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:PasswordProtectedTransport from the dropdown list. |
Message Signing |
Select the algorithm to use for signing Request messages sent to the IdP. For now select Not Signed. |
Just In Time Provisioning |
If checked then it automatically create a user account in your Canvas LMS if its the first time a user logs in with single sign-on (SSO). |
Instructions:
Service Provider Name | Name of your Service Provider. |
SP Entity ID or Issuer | Copy and paste the SP-EntityID from Canvas LMS. |
ACS URL | Copy and paste the ACS URL from Canvas LMS. |
NameID Format | urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress |
Assertion Signed | Checked |
Name | User Meta Data |
FirstName | first_name |
LastName | last_name |
NickName | nickname |
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