Single Sign-On (SSO) for Apps Using IdentityServer4 as OAuth Provider
Single Sign-On (SSO) for Apps Using IdentityServer4 as OAuth Provider
IdentityServer4 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 app by SSO login using IdentityServer4 within minutes. You just need to follow the few steps given below : Firstly you need to configure miniOrange as Service Provider(SP) in IdentityServer4, then configure IdentityServer4 as OAuth 2.0 Provider in miniOrange & finally configure your app in miniOrange plugin. By Performing this steps you will configure Single Sign-On (SSO) using IdentityServer4 for your app.
About IdentityServer4 : IdentityServer4 is based on open source platform like IdentityServer, which helps companies using .NET to make and provision identity and access solutions for the latest applications, including single sign-on (SSO), identity management, etc. All solutions by IdentityServer4 are flexible as per the requirements and support standard SSO protocol(SAML, Oauth, etc.).
Step 1: Configure IdentityServer4 as OAuth 2.0 Provider in miniOrange.
- Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
- From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider. Select Oauth
- Enter the following values.
- Set up IdentityServer4 using guidelines provided here.
- 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 from OAuth 2.0 tab as it is required for next step.
- Collect the Redirect/Callback URL from above step and enter it into your IdentityServer4.
- Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your miniOrange OAuth App Configuration.
- You have successfully completed your IdentityServer4 OAuth configurations.
- Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
- Go to Apps >> Add 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:
- 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:
- Click on Save
- Now to provide the required data to OAuth client go to the app configured i.e apps >> your_app >> select >> edit.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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 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-
- 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.
| IdP Name | Custom Provider |
| IdP Display Name | Choose appropriate Name |
| OAuth Authorize Endpoint | https://[your-domain]/connect/authorize | OAuth Access Token Endpoint | https://[your-domain]/connect/token | OAuth Get User Info Endpoint (optional) | https://[your-domain]/connect/userinfo |
| Client ID | From step 1 |
| Client secret | From step 1 |
| Scope | openid |
Step 2: Configure miniOrange as Service Provider (SP) in IdentityServer4
Step 3: Configure your application in miniOrange
Note:
If you have already configured your application in miniOrange you can skip the following steps.
| 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 |
| Client Name | Add appropriate Name |
| Redirect URL | Get the Redirect-URL from your OAuth Client |
| Descrption | Add if required |
| Group Name | Default |
| Policy Name | As per your Choice |
| Login Method | Password |
Note: Choose the Authorization Endpoint according to the identity source you 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
Step 4: Login using IDP selection page (Optional)
Few usecases where customers configure multiple IDPs -
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.
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