Lessonly.ly LMS Single Sign-On (SSO) / Login using WordPress as SAML IdP

Overview

Lessonly.ly LMS is one of the world's fastest growing learning management systems. You can now Single Sign-On(SSO) / Login into Lessonly.ly LMS using WordPress credentials (WordPress as Identity provider (IdP)) with Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin. Our plugin gives you the ability to use your WordPress (WP) credentials to Single Sign-On(SSO) / Login into Lessonly.ly LMS. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SSO between Lessonly.ly LMS as Service Provider (SP) and WordPress as an Identity Provider (IdP).

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

To integrate the WordPress site as an Identity Provider, you will need to install the miniOrange Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin:

Configuration Steps

Step 1. Setup Lessonly.ly LMS as SP (Service Provider)

• Login to the WordPress site as Admin.
• Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the IDP Metadata tab.
• Here, you can find the Identity Provider Metadata URL /XML Metadata or endpoints like IDP Entity ID, SAML Login URL, SAML Logout URL (Premium Feature), Certificate for SP configuration.

• Login to your Lessonly.ly LMS domain.
• Provide the following values from the WordPress IDP to configure your SAML SSO connection.

SAML SSO URL	Provide the data from IDP metadata tab of the WordPress miniOrange Plugin
Identity Provider Issuer	Provide the data from IDP metadata tab of the WordPress miniOrange Plugin
X.509 Certificate	Provide the data from IDP metadata tab of the WordPress miniOrange Plugin
Lessonly.ly.com Account URL	https://[yourSubDomain].Lessonly.ly.com/

• To configure Single Sign-On provide the above information and mail it to Lessonly.ly Support Team by requesting them to enable SAML Single Sign-on for your account.
• Once the configuration is done, you will be able to find your Lessonly Service Provider metadata at https://your_subdomain.lessonly.com/auth/saml/metadata.
• This metadata file will contain information including the nameIDFormat, the Service Provider Callback URL, the issuer name, and the SAML version.

Step 2. Configure WordPress (WP) as IdP (Identity Provider)

• You would need Entity ID, ACS URL from Lessonly.ly LMS.
• You can find this information in the above mentioned Lessonly Metadata file or after the Lessonly.ly Support Team sends you the proper configuration.

Instructions:

• Login to the WordPress site.
• Install and activate the Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin on your WordPress site which is acting as Identity Provider.
• Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Service Providers tab.
• Enter the values corresponding to the information from Lessonly.ly LMS. Refer to the table below.

Service Provider Name	Lessonly.ly
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Copy and paste the SP-EntityID from Lessonly.ly LMS
ACS URL	Copy and paste the ACS URL from Lessonly.ly LMS
NameID Format	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Assertion Signed	Checked

• Click on the Save button to save your configuration.

Step 3. Attribute Mapping (This is a premium feature)

• In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Attribute/Role Mapping tab.
• In the User Attributes section, enter the following information and click on Save.
• You can also add more attributes by clicking on + sign to add attributes.

Name	User Meta Data
FirstName	first_name
LastName	last_name

In Lessonly.ly LMS:

• Following attributes are supported by Lessonly.ly.

Name	Value
urn:oid:2.5.4.42	user.firstName
urn:oid:2.5.4.4	user.lastName

You have successfully configured SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) in Lessonly.ly LMS using WordPress (WP) as SAML IdP. Now you can seamlessly login into Lessonly.ly LMS using your WordPress (WP) Login credentials.

Related Articles

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• Login into WordPress
• Additional SAML IDP guides
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)