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Single Sign-On (SSO) for Your Application Using Diaspora

Diaspora Single Sign On (SSO) for Your Application miniOrange provides a ready to use Single Sign On (SSO)solution for your application. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your application using Diaspora account within minutes. You just need to follow the few steps given below : Firstly you need to configure miniOrange as Service Provider (SP) in Diaspora , then configure Diaspora as OAuth 2.0 Provider in miniOrange & finally configure your application in miniOrange Plugin. By Performing the steps you will configure Single Sign On(SSO)to your application using Diaspora credentials.

Step 1: Configure miniOrange as Service Provider (SP) in Diaspora

  • To create a Client in Diaspora, you need to make an API call.
  • You need API testing tool to make an API call. You can use Postman, you can download it from here.
  • Install and open the Postman application. Skip the Sign in part. You'll be presented with the following screen. Click on Create a request.
    • Diaspora SSO(Postman Dashboard)
  • Now, change the request type to POST by clicking on drop-down besides the URL field. Enter the following URL in the URL field.

  • To get the Redirect URL:
    • Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
    • From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider.
      • Diaspora SSO(miniOrange Identity Provider Dashboard)
    • Copy the Callback URL as Redirect URL required for next step.
      • Diaspora SSO( Identity Provider with OAuth 2.0 Provider)
  • https://<your-diaspora-domain>/api/openid_connect/clients
  • Enter the following key-value pairs under the Params menu and click on Send.
    • KEY VALUE
    redirect_uris[] Redirect/Callback URL from above step
    client_name Your application name
    Diaspora single sign-on[SSO] (
  • Scroll down to find the response under the Body section. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret and save it in your miniOrange Client plugin configuration.
    • diaspora single sign-on(sso) [Postman workspace]
  • You have successfully completed your Diaspora OpenID configuration.

Step 2: Configure Diaspora as OAuth 2.0 Provider in miniOrange.

  • Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
  • From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider. Select Oauth
    • Diaspora SSO(miniOrange Identity Provider Dashboard) Diaspora SSO( Identity Provider with OAuth 2.0 Provider)
  • Enter the following values.
    • IdP Name Custom Provider
    IdP Display Name Choose appropriate Name
    OAuth Authorize Endpoint https://<your-diaspora-domain>/api/openid_connect/authorizations/new
    OAuth Access Token Endpoint https://<your-diaspora-domain>/api/openid_connect/access_tokens
    Client ID From step 1
    Client secret From step 1
    Scope openid

Step 3: Configure your application in miniOrange

With us, You can configure application according to the the protocol it supports like SAML, OAuth, JWT, Ws-fed etc.


  • For example lets say the application supports SAML. Then go with the configurations Shown in SAML Application Tab.

SAML Application

  • Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
  • Go to Apps >> Manage Apps Click Configure Apps button.
    • azure ad saml Apps
  • Then click on SAML tab. Search for Custom App.

    • azure ad saml Apps azure ad saml Apps
  • 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

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

    • azure ad saml Apps
  • 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.
    • azure ad saml Apps
  • You need to Upload this metadata in your application.

OAuth Application

  • To configure OAuth application in miniOrange, login to miniOrange Admin Console.

  • Go to Apps >> Manage Apps Click Configure Apps button.

    • configure app
  • Select on OAuth/OIDC tab. 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.

    • OAuth openIDConnect app OAth AddopenIDConnect app
  • Enter following Values:
    • Client Name Add appropriate Name
    Redirect URL Get the Redirect-URL from your OAuth Client
    Descrption Add if required
    Group Name Default
    Policy Name
    Login Method

  • Click on Save

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

    • OAuth editOpenidConnect app OAuth openidConnectData

    Note: Choice 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}

JWT Application

  • Select External/JWT App.
    • External 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.
    • JWT app configure

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

Step 4: Login using IDP selection page (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 IDP 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 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.

    idp selection

  • You can also change the look and feel of this page. Login to miniOrange Admin console. Navigate to Customization -> Branding Configuration. See the below screenshot for reference-
    customize idp selection
  1. You can customize the title of this page.
  2. You can change the logo and favicon for this page.
  3.  You can change the background and button color for this page from admin UI.