Atlassian Cloud SSO (Single Sign-On) for Google Apps / G Suite using SAML

Part 1: Setup miniOrange with Atlassian Access

Step 1. Setup miniOrange as an Identity Provider

• Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps and click on the Add Application button.

• In Choose Application Type click on Create App button in SAML/WS-FED application type.

• Search for Atlassian Cloud (SAML) in the list.

• Enter the following values in the respective fields, you will receive these values after creating an app in Atlassian access. Refer this step.

• Custom Application Name	Any name would be fine
  SP Entity ID or Issuer	You will receive after configuring Atlassian Access App
  ACS URL	You will receive after configuring Atlassian Access App

• Also make sure that Sign Response & Sign Assertion both options are turned ON. Then click on the Save button.
• Once the App is successfully Created, Select that App and then click on Metadata option to get app’s Metadata.

• Since we are using miniOrange as a Brokering Service in this solution, Go to Information required to authenticate via external idp section as highlighted, and Click on Show Metadata Details.

• After clicking on the Show Metadata Details button you can see the metadata details.
You will need these details while configuring an Atlassian Access app.

• In the left sidebar hover on Users then click on Users List

• Click on Add User and enter details to enforce Single Sign On(SSO) on that user.

Make sure that the user created here will also exist in the Atlassian Cloud.

Step 2. Setup Atlassian Cloud

• Now login to Atlassian Cloud Admin Console.
• Select your organization and then select the Security tab. Click on SAML Single Sign-On from the left sidebar.

• You can click on Instructions for different Identity Providers. It provides a help page for specific IDP and Attribute Names for Attribute Mapping.

• Here you will get the SAML Configuration Instructions for different identity providers as listed. Click on Got it.

• Click on Add SAML Configuration.

• You will be redirected to the Add SAML Configuration window. Enter IDP Entity ID, SSO URL and the public certificate. Click on the Save Configuration button.
You will get these details in the metadata details section after configuring the miniorange app. Refer this step

• Now you will be shown SP Entity ID & SP ACS URL as shown below. These details will be needed in miniOrange app configuration. Now set up the Authentication Policies by clicking on the View Authentication Policies.

• Click on Add Policy.

• Enter the policy name and add the policy.
• Now under Single Sign-On, click on Enable Single Sign-On.

• Then click on the Members tab besides the settings tab and click on Add Members.
The Single Sign On(SSO) will work only for Added Members.

• Enter details and click on Add Members.
The user must be present in both Atlassian and miniOrange.

Step 3. Test Atlassian Cloud - miniOrange Configuration

• Go to Atlassian Login Page.
• Enter email and click on Continue. Then you will be redirected to miniOrange Login Page
• After logging into miniOrange, you will be successfully logged into Atlassian Cloud Dashboard

Part 2: Setup miniOrange with G Suite

Step 1. Setup G Suite as IDP

Follow the following steps to set up Google Apps / G Suite as an Identity Provider

  Login as Administrator


• Go to https://admin.google.com and login with your G Suite administrator account.
• Go to Apps from the left menu and click SAML Apps.
  
  
  Add a SAML app


• Click on the “+” button at the bottom right corner to create a new SAML app.
• Select button SETUP MY OWN CUSTOM APP
  
  
  IDP Information


• Copy G Suite details from Option 1 of Step 2 and download the Certificate to configure the add-on manually.
• OR You can also download the IDP metadata from Option 2 of Step 2, and then click Next.
• Fill up the Basic Information for custom App such as Application Name( Eg. SAML App) and Description as per your choice.
• Click Next.
  
  
  Service Provider Details



• Enter details from the SP Info tab in the add-on as given below.
  
  

Information to be entered in G Suite	Information to copy from the add-on in SP Info tab
ACS URL	ACS URL
Entity ID	SP Entity ID/ Issuer
Signed Response	✓
Name ID Format	EMAIL

• Click Next.
  Attribute Mapping


• Click on Add New Mapping
• Add mapping for first name and last name
• Click on Finish
  
  
  Turn on


• By Default SAML Apps are turned off for everyone.
• Select Edit Service option.

• Change the setting to select ON for everyone to activate SSO.
• Note: All the users will be asked to SSO to access G Suite Apps and they will not be able to login normally using a username and password.

Step 2. Setup miniOrange as Service Provider

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider. Then click on Add Identity Provider

• Select SAML tab.

You can get the metadata details of miniOrange app either by clicking on the link shown by "Click here" in the yellow block, Or you can also get the details after creating the app. Keep these details handy as we will need these in configuring Salesforce.
• Click on Show Metadata details under For SP - INITIATED SSO. You can either manually enter details or use Metadata URL or File

• Now to create SAML app for Salesforce, go to the Add Identity Provider page and click on Import IDP Metadata. Import the metadata file that you will get from the SAML Login Information section of Salesforce.

• If you don't have a metadata file, you can also provide the details manually. You need to configure following endpoints:

IDP Entity ID	Entity ID of IDP
Single Login URL	Login Url from IDP
Single Logout URL	Logout Url from IDP
X.509 Certificate	The public key certificate of your IDP.

• Few other optional features that can be added to the Identity Provider(IDP) are listed in the table below:

Domain Mapping	Can be used to redirect specific domain user to specific IDP
Show IdP to Users	Enable this if you want to show this IDP to all users during Login
Send Configured Attributes	Enabling this would allow you to add attributes to be sent from IDP

• Click on Save.

Step 3. Test connection between miniOrange and Google Apps/G-Suite

• Go to the miniOrange Admin Dashboard.
• Go to Identity Providers tab. Then click on select button under the app you just created. Then click on Test Connection.
• A new popup login window will open. Enter your credentials and login.

• Now you will see TEST SUCCESSFUL in a new popup window. If not, then check if you have missed any of the above step.

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