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Complete Guide to Atlassian Cloud SSO (Single Sign-On) Using Salesforce as OAuth Provider

With Jira OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) for Atlassian Cloud, you can securely log in to Jira Cloud using your Salesforce credentials. This app allows you to perform seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) into your Atlassian Access or Jira/Confluence Cloud accounts using your existing OAuth Provider credentials.

Pre-requisites

1. Atlassian Guard (Atlassian Access) Subscription:

Atlassian Guard is an additional subscription applied across the Atlassian Cloud products like Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Jira Work Management, Confluence, and Bitbucket. It is needed for Single Sign-On (SSO) or any Cloud Service that comes under Atlassian Guard.

2. Domain Verification:

The first step of Atlassian Guard starts with the Domain Verification process to enforce SSO on the managed user accounts. This process verifies that you own a valid domain for managing the user accounts and use the same domain name for the email addresses.

Download And Installation

Log into your Jira instance as an admin.
Navigate to Apps → Explore more apps from the header menu.
Next, search for the miniOrange OAuth/OpenID SSO app.
Click on Try it free to begin a new trial of the app.
On the menu bar click on Apps and locate the OAuth/OpenID SSO app and click .

In this guide, we will demonstrate the setup in three parts:

1: Configure OAuth SSO connection between miniOrange App (as OAuth Client) and Salesforce (as OAuth Provider).

2: Configure SAML SSO connection between Atlassian Guard (as SP) and miniOrange App (as IDP).

3: Add users to the SSO Authentication policy, and enforce the SSO.

Step 1: Configure SSO connection between miniOrange App with Salesforce

Once the plugin is installed select the Apps dropdown from the top menu and click on mO Jira OAuth/OIDC SSO option.

Jira app main menu with the Apps section open and the mO Jira OAuth/OIDC SSO app highlighted

Next, you will be prompted with a welcome pop-up window. Click Start Configuration.

Welcome window of mO Jira OAuth/OIDC SSO app.

Copy the Callback URL and keep it handy as it will be required while setting up the OAuth application in Salesforce.

Callback URL from mO Jira OAuth/OIDC SSO app to be configured in the OAuth Provider

After copying the callback URL, 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.

OAuth/OpenID/OIDC Single Sign On (SSO) using Salesforce identity Provider, Create and Setup Salesforce App

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

OAuth/OpenID/OIDC Single Sign On (SSO) using Salesforce Identity Provider, 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.

OAuth/OpenID/OIDC Single Sign On (SSO) using Identity Provider, New connected app

Check the Enable OAuth Settings checkbox under API(Enable OAuth Settings) section and you will be shown more options to configure.
Enter the Callback URL (copy it from the plugin), select the Scopes as required and save the settings.

OAuth/OpenID/OIDC Single Sign On (SSO)using Salesforce Identity Provider, Enable OAuth Settings

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

OAuth/OpenID/OIDC Single Sign On (SSO) using Salesforce Identity Provider, Get Consumer ID

Now, return to the miniOrange App configuration page and click Next from the Callback URL screen.
Select Application Type as OIDC. Enter Client ID, Client Secret, Scopes (such as openid, email, etc.), and other required endpoints. Then click Next.

OAuth/OpenID/OIDC Single Sign On (SSO), SalesForce SSO Login

Step 2: Set up SSO between Atlassian Guard and miniOrange

In the next window, you’ll find the Plugin Metadata details.
Copy IDP Entity ID, IDP SSO URL, and IDP Public X.509 Certificate and keep it handy. You’ll need these to configure the Identity Provider in the Atlassian Guard.
Open the Atlassian Admin Console and go to the Security tab.

Note: In case you manage multiple organizations, you’ll have to select the intended one after accessing the admin console.

Click on Identity providers and select Other provider.

On the Atlassian admin dashboard, under the Security tab in the Identity providers section with the Other provider option highlighted.

Provide an appropriate name, select Set up SAML Single Sign-On, and click Next.
Now, paste the IDP Entity ID, IDP SSO URL, and Public X.509 Certificate that you copied from the plugin configuration.

Copy SAML details from mO Jira OAuth/OIDC SSO app and configure it on Atlassian Guard under the add SAML details section

Click Next and copy the Service Provider Entity ID and Service Provider Assertion Consumer Service URL. Keep these handy as they’re required to complete the plugin configuration.
Complete the rest of the Atlassian Guard configuration
Once you’re done, return to the plugin configuration page, go to the SAML IDP Metadata tab, and click Next.
Enter the SP Entity ID and Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL that you copied, and click Next.

SAML SP configuration section in mO Jira OAuth/OIDC SSO app, where SP details are copied from Atlassian Guard

Step 3: Configure SSO Authentication Policy

Once all the SSO Configurations are done, you need to add users to the Authentication Policy and enforce Single Sign-On.

Follow these steps:

Log in to Atlassian Cloud Admin Console, and go to the Security tab.
Under the Authentication Policies section, find the respective SSO policy and click Edit.
Select the checkbox for Enforce single sign-on option, then go to the Members section and add the new users to the policy.

If you encounter any difficulties configuring miniOrange add-ons, please contact us at atlassiansupport@xecurify.com or raise a support ticket here.