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Single Sign-On (SSO) for Apps Using Salesforce as IDP

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Configure Salesforce as IDP to Single Sign-On (SSO) into multiple applications by loging using Salesforce as Identity Provider. Here, users can login to all applications (SPs) using their Salesforce login credentials by configuring Salesforce as an Identity Provider (IdP). miniOrange will act as an Identity Broker which forms a trusted connection between IDP and multiple SPs by enabling cross-protocol authentication. This provides easy and secure login access to users by using only one set of login credentials.

1. Configure Salesforce as IDP in miniOrange

Mentioned below are steps to configure Salesforce as IDP via SAML and OAuth configuration. Follow the steps accordingly based on your requirement (SAML or OAuth).

• SAML
• OAuth

Follow the steps to configure Salesforce as IdP by SAML configuration.

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



• Select SAML. Click on Import IDP metadata.



• Choose appropriate IDP name. Browse for the file downloaded in step 2.
• Click on Import.



• Select the appropriate option from the SSO Binding dropdown according to the URL you are configuring.





• As shown in the below screen the IDP Entity ID, SAML SSO Login URL and x.509 Certificate will be filled from the Metadata file we just imported. Enter the Logout URL copied from Salesforce to Single Logout URL field.



• 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.

Follow the steps to configure Salesforce as IdP by OAuth configuration.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider.



• Select Oauth



• Enter the following values.

IdP Name	Custom Provider
IdP Display Name	Choose appropriate Name
OAuth Authorize Endpoint	From step 2
OAuth Access Token Endpoint	From step 2
OAuth Get User Info Endpoint (optional)	-
Client ID	From step 2
Client secret	From step 2
Scope	openid

2. Configure mO as SP in Salesforce

• SAML
• OAuth

• Log in to Salesforce Portal.
• Switch to Salesforce Lightning mode from profile menu and then go to the Setup page by clicking on setup button.



• From the left panel, select Settings Tab and click on Identity Provider.



• Click on Enable Identity Provider button. After enabling the Identity Provider, you should be able to see Salesforce metadata endpoints and certificate details.



• In the Service Provider section, click on the link to create the Service Provider using Connected Apps.



• Enter Connected App Name, API Name and Contact Email.



• Under Web App Settings, check the Enable SAML checkbox.
• For Basic SAML configuration you need to get the Entity ID and ACS URL from miniOrange.
• Go to miniOrange Dashboard in the left navigation menu. Click on Add Identity Source.



• Now click on the Click here link to get miniorange metadata as shown in Screen below.



• For SP initiated SSO section Select Show Metadata Details.



• Enter the values in basic SAML configuration as shown in below screen:



• Click on Save to save the configuration.
• Now from the left menu, under Platform Tools, select Apps » Connected Apps » Manage Connected Apps .Click on the App you just created.




• Under Profiles section, click on Manage Profiles button and select the profiles you want to give access to login through this app.




• Under SAML Login Information, click on Download Metadata button to download the IDP metadata.

Test Salesforce IDP Connection

• Go to Identity Providers tab.
• Click on Select>>Test Connection option against the Salesforce Identity Provider you configured.





• On entering valid Salesforce credentials you will see a pop-up window which as shown in below screen.



• Hence your configuration of Salesforce as IDP in miniOrange is successfully completed.

• Login to your SalesForce account.
• Switch to the SalesForce Classic mode from profile menu, and then go to the Setup page.





• From the left pane, under Build section go to Create > Apps.



• Scroll down and click on the New button under Connected apps.



• You will be taken to the application settings page. Enter the required details such as Connected App Name, API Name and Contact Email.



• Check the Enable OAuth Settings check Salesforce under API(Enable OAuth Settings) section and you will be shown more options to configure.
• To get the Redirect URL:
• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider.



• Copy the Callback URL as Redirect URL required for next step.



• Back in Salesforce API, enter the Callback URL, select the Scopes as required and save the settings.



• You will be taken to the Application Management page. Here, you will find Consumer key(Client ID) and Consumer Secret(Client Secret).

3. Configure your application in miniOrange

• Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps >> Add Application.

• SAML Application
• OAuth Application
• JWT Application

• Click on Create App under SAML.



• Search for your Application. In case you do not find your app, search for Custom SAML App.





• Get the ACS URL and SP Entity ID from your application.
• Enter the following values OR click on Import SP Metadata:

Service Provider Name	Choose appropriate name according to your choice
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Your Application Entity ID
ACS URL X.509 Certificate (optional)	Your Application Assertion Consumer Service URL
NameID format	Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Response Signed	Unchecked
Assertion Signed	Checked
Encrypted Assertion	Unchecked
Group policy	Default
Login Method	Password

• Click on Save to configure your application.
• Now to get the IDP metadata of the app configured, Go to apps >> your_app >> select >> metadata tab.



• Click on the Show Metadata details in the Information required to Authenticate via External IDPs section. Download the metadata XML file by clicking on Download Metadata button or copy the Metadata URL link.



• You need to Upload this metadata in your application.

• Click on Create App under OAuth/OIDC. Click on Open ID Connect App .



• You can add any OAuth Client app here to enable miniOrange as OAuth Server. Few popular OAuth client apps for single sign-on are Salesforce, WordPress, Joomla, Atlassian, etc.





• Enter following Values:

Client Name	Add appropriate Name
Redirect URL	Get the Redirect-URL from your OAuth Client
Description	Add if required
Group Name	Default
Policy Name	As per your Choice
Login Method	Password

• Click on Save
• Now to provide the required data to OAuth client go to the app configured i.e apps >> your_app >> select >> edit.






Note: Choose the Authorization Endpoint according to the identity source you configure.

• When you want to use you want to use miniOrange as OAuth identity server use this endpoint: https://{mycompany.domainname.com}/moas/idp/openidsso
• If you are configuring any Identity Provider in Identity Providers Menu and not using miniOrange as IDP use this endpoint: https://{mycompany.domainname.com}/broker/login/oauth{customerid}

• Click on Create App under JWT.



• Select JWT App.



• Configure the name for your application and configure Redirect-URL which tells where to send JWT response. Redirect-URL should be an endpoint on your application where you want to achieve SSO.




In case you are setting up SSO with Mobile Applications where you can't create an endpoint for Redirect or Callback URL, use below URL.

https://login.xecurify.com/moas/jwt/mobile


• Click Save
• To get the SSO link for your application, Go to Apps >> your_app >> select >> Edit.



• Then, copy the Single Sign On Url and verify SSO setup by browsing that url.



• On successful authentication, you will be redirected to configured Redirect or Callback URL with JWT token
• You will need to download a certificate from App > Manage Apps, and click Certificate link against your configured application. This certificate will be used for signature validation of JWT response.

4. Setup Multiple IDPs (Optional)

• You can configure multiple IDPs (Identity Providers) and give users the option to select the IDP of their choice to authenticate with.
  For Example - It could be multiple AD domains belonging to different departments or multiple okta organizations.

Few usecases where customers configure multiple IDPs -


• Suppose you have a product which many of your clients use and each client has their own unique IDP so you want them to SSO into your product as well using their existing IDP only. miniOrange provides a centralized way to connect with all IDPs in a very easy manner and integrate SSO into your application.
• Suppose you are providing a course to many universities, each having a unique SAML, OAuth protocol supported IDP's like Shibboleth, ADFS, CAS, etc. You can provide Single Sign-On (SSO) into your course application to all these universities by integrating with all of them using a single platform provided by miniOrange.
• This is the endpoint to call from your SAML application -

For Cloud IDP -	https://login.xecurify.com/moas/discovery?customerId=<customer_id>
For On-Premise IDP -	https://yourdomain.com/discovery?customerId=<customer_id>



• You should copy the Customer Key from admin console-> Settings -> and replace it with <customer_id> here. Once configured in SP, when you initiate the login from Service Provider, a user will be redirected to IDP Selection Page listing all IDPs configured for that account.

You can see the screenshot below of the IDP Selection Page with a list of IDPs.




Note: To view the IDP in drop-down list, go to Identity Providers tab > against your configured IDP > Select >Edit , here Enable the Show IdP to Users option.




• You also have the option to modify the appearance and design of this page. Login to miniOrange Admin console. Navigate to Customization -> Branding Configuration. See the below screenshot for reference-




• You can customize the title of this page.
• Change the logo and favicon for this page.
• Change the background and button color for this page from admin UI.

External References

• Know More about Single Sign On (SSO)
• Configure Salesforce Single Sign-On (SSO)
• SP-Initiated v/s IdP-Initiated SSO