Setup On-Premise IDP

Step 1: Installation and Initial Setup

• This short tutorial walks you through starting up the server in standalone mode, setting up the initial admin account, and logging into the miniOrange admin dashboard.
• Pre-Requisites:
  • Minimum Requirements – Java 8 (Install JDK 1.8). If JAVA is already installed and Environment Varibles are set correcty on your system, then you dont need to follow this step, you can directly go to step 1.2.

    Note - Once the Java installation is complete, check that the JAVA_HOME environment variable has been set correctly.Open a command prompt and type echo %JAVA_HOME% and hit Enter. If you see a path to your Java installation directory, the JAVA_Home environment variable has been set correctly.If nothing is displayed, or only %JAVA_HOME% is returned, you'll need to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable manually

    For Windows User -Set Java environment variables i.e. JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME and path variables. Lets say JDK software is installed on your computer, for example, at C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221 then JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME paths can be as mentioned -

    • JAVA_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221
    • JRE_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221\jre

    To Save these variables, right click My Computer and select Properties > Advanced System Settings.Click the Environment Variables button.Under System Variables, click New.In the Variable Name field, enter:

    • JAVA_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221
    • JRE_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221\jre
    Also update the path variable set with path : path_to_JAVA_HOME/bin. You can Read more about java specfic environment variables.

    For Linux Users- Linux users can use below commands to set JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME variables using below commands -

    1. export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk
    2. export JRE_HOME=/path/to/jre
  • You can verify whether above environment variables are set correctly. Execute below commands to verify environment variables -
    1. echo $JAVA_HOME
    2. echo $JRE_HOME

Step 1.2: Installing On-Premise Server

• Pre-Requisites: Install JDK 8. Note:Tomcat is already included in this distribution (zip file), you don’t have to install it separately.
• To start the miniOrange server, go to the bin/ directory of the server distribution (i.e. folder with name similar to mo-idp-server-1.0.3 (version may vary)). Execute the startup file based on your environment.
• Linux/Unix – Execute chmod +x startup.sh to give executable permission to this file. Set relevant permission of mo-idp-server folder to allow the creation of new folder like temp or logs folder – chmod 755.
  $ .../bin/startup.sh
• Windows
  > ...\bin\startup.bat

Step 1.3: Setup Database

• After tomcat startup, open http://localhost:8080 in browser. You will see a page to choose a database configuration for the identity server. You can choose where you would like to store its data.
• miniOrange On-Premise Identity Provider gives you the flexibility to choose your database type. We support Embedded H2 Database which is a light weight database good for testing purposes. Later you can migrate to your production database type that is supported in the external database section. In External Database section, we support Postgresql (ideally 9.6), MySql and Oracle Databases.

  Setup Embedded Database

• Note : Before you proceed with Embedded H2 database, make sure your system has given write permission to the IdP folder i.e. mo-idp-server- folder. If not then first assign the write permission to the IdP folder to avoid getting stuck in permission issues. Write permission is required because Embedded H2 database is created in IdP folder with the folder named data.
• Select embedded Database and click on proceed.
• Set up miniOrange with the embedded H2 database to get you started. You’ll need to migrate to a supported external database before using miniOrange as a production system. This option is recommended if you’re just using miniOrange for a test trial. The database folder is created inside the mo-idp-server folder named data.
• Note: In case if you are stuck in permission issues, you can run commands specific to your OS to perceed or you can follow the instructions given on pop-up.

  Windows	icacls “path upto mo-idp-server-X ” /remove:d Users /grant:r Users:(OI)(CI)F /T
  Linux	chmod -R 775 “path upto mo-idp-server-X”

• If you dont have enough previleges to run above commands, in that case either you can follow instructions from pop-up or can contact us.
• Once database is created successfully, you will be redirected to the admin set up page where you will configure admin account for Identity Provider.

  Setup External Database

• Set up miniOrange with the external database supported in the list below. This is recommended for production systems. miniOrange supports a number of databases and if you don’t have an established database of choice within your organization and do not have a strong preference for any of our supported databases, we recommend the PostgreSQL, which is free and thoroughly tested against.
• You can refer to the below document to see supported versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL – click here Note: If you already have a database setup which is not in the list below. You can contact us to add support for that database.
• Create an empty database in your database server – PostgreSQL/MySQL. Once done, start filling the form shown below –
• Enter Database Host – localhost or IP address.
• Enter Database Port : PostGres – 5432
  MySQL – 3306
• Enter the Database Name created in your database server.
• Enter username and password of your database server for the connection.
• Once database is created successfully, you will be redirected to the admin set up page where you will configure admin account for Identity Provider.

Step 1.4: Setup Admin Account

• Setup your Admin Account. Enter a Username and Password for your admin account.
• Once your admin account is created, you will be auto logged in to the dashboard screen.

Step 3: Features

• Different features you can try out in miniOrange Identity and Authentication Server are as follows-
  Single Sign On-
  • Enable this module as Identity Broker – Identity Brokering allows users to authenticate using any external IDPs like ADFS, Azure AD, Shibboleth, SimpleSAMLPHP, Google Apps, etc as well as OAuth Providers like Windows Live, Slack, SafeIX, Gitlab and all Social Providers.
  • Enable this module as Identity Provider – You can configure any user store like LDAP, AD, AWS Cognito and enable this module as Identity Provider to your apps. Default user store is default database shipped with the server.
  • Two Factor Authentication – You can choose from various authentication methods like OTP over Email/SMS, Google Authenticator, Security Questions, Hardware Token, etc. to enable 2fa for your account.
  • Adaptive Risk-Based Authentication – You can give access to different apps to your employees, users based on Device, IP, Time and Location.
  • Centralized Admin Dashboard – Admin Console for central management of users, groups, group mappings, client apps, and configuration.
  • User Account Management Dashboard – Access all your apps from a single dashboard. It allows users to centrally manage their account.
  • Branding and Customization Support Options – Brand all your user-facing pages with your own logo, favicon, and theme. Customize all Email Templates for user registration, reset a password, user activation,otp over email, etc. You can add more than 20 custom attributes for user as well as group.

Step 4: Steps to run On-Premise IdP server over SSL

Before moving forward, you need to make two changes related to samesite cookie. Starting with version 80, Google Chrome will change the default value for the SameSite cookie parameter to Lax. Therefore, changes are required and SameSite parameter has to be set to None.

To do changes, follow the path: mo-idp-server >> moas >> WEB-INF >> classes. In this folder search for the file spring-context-onpemise and open it in editor. Search for bean id="customCookie". you will see a bean with name,samesite and secure properties. Update value of samesite from LAX to None and of secure to true.

• This document provides the steps to setup IDP server over SSL . It contains 2 sections A and B.

  Section A:

• This section provides the steps to setup IDP over self signed SSL certificate.

  Step 1: Generate a Keystore
  

  • Open a command prompt or terminal. And go to path and enter the command given below.
    keytool -genkey -alias onpremssoidp -keyalg RSA -keystore onpremssoidp.jks
  • If you get a permission error (mostly on a windows machine) in this step.Then change the location in command prompt or terminal to Desktop or any other location of your choice. See image in Step 2.
  • Enter your convenient password and remember it.(If the password you entered didn’t work then keep the password as “changeit” ).

  Step 2: Generate SSL Certificate
  

  • After Pressing the Return key it will prompt for a password for . Hit Return to continue.
  • SSL self-signed certificate is generated at the given location.

  Step 3: Configure Tomcat with above-generated Keystore
  

  • Open conf\server.xml (present in tomcat folder).
  • Search for <Service name=”Catalina”> and paste the code snippet given in section 3.a in the next line of<Service name=”Catalina”>.
    1. Code snippet <Connector port="443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true" maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" keystoreFile="<JKS Keystore Path>" ciphers="ALL" kestorePass="<Password while keystore generation>"/>
    2. Now you have SSL working on your machine. Follow the steps below if you want to set up the branding. If you don’t want to setup the branding then ignore the steps below and start your tomcat.

  Step 4: Update hostname
  

  • Update hostnames in server.xml
  • Search for localhost, wherever the localhost is mentioned in server.xml, change it to actual server name. It is there in two places.

  Step 5: Add an entry in the hosts file (For branded URL)
  

  • Windows: Add an entry in the %windows%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  • Linux : Add an entry in /etc/hosts
  • 127.0.0.1 Host with which IdP will be accessed. e.g: <brand-name>.com or <brand-name>.in .

  Step 6: Add an entry in vhost file present in apache.

  • • Goto path where apache is installed.
    • Open httpd-vhost in some editor (notepad++).
    • In Linux, it is mostly present in /etc/apache2/etc/apache2/sites-available/.
    • In Windows, it is present in xampp/apache/conf/extra/.
    • If you can't find the apache location on the paths given above, then either apache is not installed or it is present in a different directory.
    • Add the snippet below to the end of the file.
    • Ensure all the paths are replaced properly in the snippet. The server.crt and server.key are provided by apache itself in the repective folders in conf. You can also provide path for your own certificate and key.
  <VirtualHost *:443> DocumentRoot "path upto the moas folder" ServerName [your-domain-name].com ServerAlias www.[your-domain-name].com ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyPass /moas https://localhost:443/moas ProxyPassReverse /moas https://localhost:443/moas SSLEngine on SSLProxyEngine on SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt" SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/server.key" <Directory "Path upto moas folder"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost>  

  Step 7: Modify the Server Base URL in General Product Settings in the IdP
  

  • You should now be able to access the deployed On-Premise IdP over HTTPS.
  • From miniOrange admin dashboard, go to Settings>>product settings (present on right top)
  • Enter the Server base URL as shown in the image below
  Note: If you don't want to use a Self-Signed-Certificate, you can also use a Certificate Provided by LetsEncrypt.

  Section B:

• Click here to follow the steps if you have CA certificates.