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SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd using Azure B2C as IDP

Crowd SAML app gives the ability to enable SAML Single Sign-On for JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye, and other connected applications from any SAML Identity Providers. Here we will go through a guide to configure SSO between Crowd and Identity Provider. By the end of this guide, your users will be able to SSO into Crowd.

Pre-requisites

To configure your Identity Provider integration with Crowd SAML SSO, you need the following items:

Crowd should be installed and configured.
Admin credentials are set up in Crowd.

Pre-configurations to make SSO work

Navigate to Applications->Crowd->Directory and Group and make sure user is allowed to authenticate (This is not needed in the premium plugin).
Navigate to Application->Crowd->Remote address and make sure Crowd server's IP Address is configured here.
If you are using Crowd Server/Datacenter version 4.3.0 and above, please navigate to Applications->Crowd->Options. Select Allow to generate user tokens option and Save it.

Free Plugin

Log into your Crowd instance as an admin.
Navigate to the Administration menu and Click Manage Apps.
Click Find new apps or Find new add-ons from the left-hand side of the page.
Locate SAML Single Sign-On for Crowd via search and click on install.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Install Crowd Add-On through manage apps menu

Premium Plugin

A. License and Plugin Download

Login to miniOrange Admin console.
Navigate to License > Manage License > Release and Download .
Download the jar file from the Download link.
Now, click on the View License button to get the license key.

B. Installation

Log in to the Crowd Admin console.
Navigate to Administration > Manage Apps.
Click on the Upload App and upload the jar file.
Now, click on the Configure button. You will be asked to verify the miniOrange credential and license key.

Plugin Activation

C.a Plugin Activation with Online License

Navigate to Crowd Admin Console → Manage Apps.
Click on the Configure button of the miniOrange Crowd SAML SSO plugin.
Log in with your miniOrange account. Once authenticated, you will be prompted to enter the license key.
Enter the license key and click on the verify button.

C.b Plugin Activation with Offline License

You will be provided license for activation.
Navigate to Crowd Admin Console → Manage Apps.
Click on the Configure button of the miniOrange Crowd SAML SSO plugin.
Click on Choose File button under the Upload your license File here section.
Upload the license key and click on the Verify button.

Step 1: Setup Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider

Follow the steps below to configure Azure AD B2C as an Identity Provider

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C Identity Provider,Azure AD B2C SSO Login Register the IdentityExperienceFramework application

From the Azure AD B2C tenant, select App registrations, and then select New registration.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C Identity Experience FrameWork

For Name, enter IdentityExperienceFramework.
Under Supported account types, select Accounts in this organizational directory only.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C Register an Application

Under Redirect URI, select Web, and then enter https://your-tenant-name.b2clogin.com/your-tenant-name.onmicrosoft.com where your-tenant-name is your Azure AD B2C tenant domain name.
Under Permissions, select the Grant admin consent to openid and offline_access permissions check box. Now, Select Register.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Redirect URL

Record the Application (client) ID for use in a later step.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Application Client ID

To Expose the API add a scope under Manage, select Expose an API.
Select Add a scope, then select Save and continue to accept the default application ID URI.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Expose an api

Enter the following values to create a scope that allows custom policy execution in your Azure AD B2C tenant:

Scope name	user_impersonation
Admin consent display name	Access IdentityExperienceFramework
Admin consent description	Allow the application to access IdentityExperienceFramework on behalf of the signed-in user

Select Add scope and State:Enabled

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, custom scopes

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, SP initiated SSO Register the ProxyIdentityExperienceFramework application

Select App registrations, and then select New registration.
For Name, enter ProxyIdentityExperienceFramework.
Under Supported account types, select Accounts in this organizational directory only.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Original Directory

Under Redirect URI, use the drop-down to select Public client/native (mobile & desktop).
For Redirect URI, enter myapp://auth.
Under Permissions, select the Grant admin consent to openid and offline_access permissions check box and select Register.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Register

Record the Application (client) ID for use in a later step.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, application proxy

Next, specify that the application should be treated as a public client. Under Manage, select Authentication.
Under Advanced settings, enable Allow public client flows (select Yes).Select Save.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, proxy authentication

Now, grant permissions to the API scope you exposed earlier in the IdentityExperienceFramework registration. Under Manage, select API permissions.
Under Configured permissions, select Add a permission.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure B2C, authentication

Select the My APIs tab, then select the IdentityExperienceFramework application.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, API permissions

Under Permission, select the user_impersonation scope that you defined earlier.
Select Add permissions. As directed, wait a few minutes before proceeding to the next step.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, My APIs

Select Grant admin consent for (your tenant name).

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Grant Admin

Select your currently signed-in administrator account, or sign in with an account in your Azure AD B2C tenant that's been assigned at least the Cloud application administrator role. Select Accept.
Now Refresh, and then verify that "Granted for ..." appears under Status for the scopes: offline_access, openid and user_impersonation. It might take a few minutes for the permissions to propagate.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,Status of admin access

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, sso login Register the SAML Application

Select App registrations, and then select New registration.
Enter a Name for the application Eg:SAML_APP.
Under Supported account types, select Accounts in any identity provider or organizational directory (for authenticating users with user flows).

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Supported account types

Under Redirect URI, select Web, and then enter the ACS URL as {application_base_url}/plugins/servlet/saml/auth from the Service Provider Information tab of the miniOrange SAML SSO plugin. Select Register.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,SAML Application Register

Under Manage, click on Expose an API.
Click on Set for the Application ID URI and then click on Save, accepting the default value.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,WP-app Expose a sso login

Once saved, copy the Application ID URI and navigate to the Service Provider Information tab of the plugin.Paste the copied value under the SP Entity ID field provided in this tab. Click on Save.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, custom login page

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C Identity Provider,Azure AD B2C SSO Login Generate SSO Policies

From our Azure AD B2C portal, navigate to the Overview section of your B2C tenant and record your tenant name.
NOTE: If your B2C domain is demo.onmicrosoft.com, then your tenant name is demo.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, B2C tenant ID Reco

Enter your Azure B2C tenant name below, along with the application ID for IdentityExperienceFramework and ProxyIdentityExperienceFramework apps as registered in the above steps.

Azure B2C tenant Name:
IdentityExperienceFramework app ID:
ProxyIdentityExperienceFramework app ID:

Click on the Generate B2C Policies button to download the SSO policies.
Extract the downloaded zip file. It contains the policy files and certificate (.pfx), which you will require in the following steps.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,certificate Upload the Certificate

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Under Policies, select Identity Experience Framework and then Policy keys.

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Select Add, and then select Options > Upload
Enter the Name as SamlIdpCert. The prefix B2C_1A_ is automatically added to the name of your key.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Create a Key

Using the upload file control, upload your certificate that was generated in the above steps along with the SSO policies (tenantname-cert.pfx).
Enter the certificate's password as your tenant name and click on Create.
For example, if your tenant name is demo.onmicrosoft.com, enter the password as demo.
You should be able to see a new policy key with the name B2C_1A_SamlIdpCert.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, sp initiated sso sso-29 Create the signing key

On the overview page of your Azure AD B2C tenant, under Policies, select Identity Experience Framework.
Select Policy Keys and then select Add.
For Options, choose Generate.
In Name, enter TokenSigningKeyContainer. For Key type, select RSA.
For Key usage, select Signature. Now, Select Create.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,Create the signing key

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,sp initiated sso sso-31 Create the encryption key

Follow the first three steps, used to create signing key.
For Name, enter TokenEncryptionKeyContainer. For Key type, select RSA.
For Key usage, select Encryption. Now, Select Create.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C,Create the encryption key

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C Identity Provider,Azure AD B2C SSO Login Upload the Policies

Select the Identity Experience Framework menu item in your B2C tenant in the Azure portal.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C, Upload the Policies

Select Upload custom policy.

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) using Azure AD B2C as Identity Provider (IdP),for SAML 2.0 Azure AD B2C identity experience framework

As per the following order, upload the policy files downloaded in the above steps:

1	TrustFrameworkBase.xml
2	TrustFrameworkExtensions.xml
3	SignUpOrSignin.xml
4	ProfileEdit.xml
5	PasswordReset.xml
6	SignUpOrSigninSAML.xml

As you upload the files, Azure adds the prefix B2C_1A_ to each.

Note: For next step, Use IDP Metadata URL as:
https://tenant-name.b2clogin.com/tenant-name.onmicrosoft.com/B2C_1A_signup_signin_saml/Samlp/metadata.

Step 2: Setup Crowd as Service Provider

Configure Single Identity Provider Setup
Configure Multiple Identity Provider(IdP) Setup

Configure Single Identity Provider Setup

Configuring Single IDP

With the information you have been given by Your IDP team, you can configure IDP settings in 2 ways:

By Metadata URL
Manual Configuration

A. By Metadata URL

Click on Import from Metadata in Configure IDP tab
Give IDP Name that you want to.
Enter IDP metadata URL: Enter your metadata URL
Click Import

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Import IDP through Metadata URL

B. Manual Configuration

Go to Configure IDP tab and enter the following details

IDP Entity ID
Single Sign On URL
Single Logout URL
X.509 Certificate

SAML Single Sign ON (SSO) into Crowd, Configure IDP Manually

Configure Multiple Identity Provider(IdP) Setup

Configure New IDP

If you already have one IDP & you are looking to add Second IDP then you can do it by performing the following steps.

Navigate to Configure IDP tab.
Click on Add new IDP.
It will present a blank form & you can configure new IDP using steps from Single IdP Setup.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Add second IDP into Crowd

Configure multiple IDPs

If you have configured more than two IDPs then it will show you the list of IDP that you have configured with Crowd.

Click on Add new IdP button for adding new IDP on Crowd. The steps for adding new IDP will remain the same.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Add multiple IDP into Crowd

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Add multiple IDP into Crowd

An operation that you can perform with List of IdPs page.

Add / delete Identity Provider.
Test Connection between Crowd & IdP by click on Test button for respective IDP.
Edit the IdP configuration by clicking on the Edit button.
You can allow an only specific set of users to access Crowd by using Domain Mapping.

Single Sign-On with Multiple Identity Provider(IDP)

Select your IdP from the list. It will redirect you to selected IdP login page.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, login buttons on login page for multiple IDP

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, login buttons on login page for multiple IDP

Step 3: Setting up Crowd user profile attributes

Read Only

Disable Attribute Mapping

User Profile

Matching a User

a. Finding correct attributes

Go to Configure IDP tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.
You will see all the values returned by your IDP to Crowd in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your IDP to return this information.
Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, keep the window open and go to User Profile tab.

b. Setting profile attributes

In this tab, fill the values by matching the name of the attribute. For instance, if the Attribute Name in the Test Configuration window is NameID, enter NameID against Username
Setting up both Username and Email is required if you want to let users register. If you want existing users to only login, configure the attribute using which you will match the user in Crowd.

c. Matching a User

Go to User Profile tab
Select Username or Email for Login/Search Crowd user account by
Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Username or Email using Finding Correct Attributes

Step 4: Assigning groups to users

Read Only

Disable Group Mapping

User Groups

a. Setting default group

Select the users' Default Group in the tab User Groups. If no group is mapped, users are added by default to this group.
You can enable default groups for All Users or New Users using the option. Select None if you don't want to assign any default group to SSO users, using the option Enable Default Groups for.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Default groups in group mapping

b. Finding Group Attribute

Just like we found Attribute Name for User Profile attributes, we find group attribute.
Go to Configure IDP tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.
You will see all the values returned by your IDP to Crowd in a table. If you don't see value with groups, make the required settings in your IDP to return group names.
Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, keep the window open and go to User Groups tab.
Enter the Attribute Name of group against Group Attribute.
Check Disable Group Mapping option if you don't want to update groups of existing users.

c. Group Mapping

Manual group mapping:

Manual group mapping

Check Restrict User Creation Based on Group Mapping option if you want new users to be created only if at least one of the user's IDP groups is mapped to a group in the application.
For mapping, first select a Crowd group from the dropdown which lists all groups present in Crowd and then enter the name of the IDP group to be mapped in the textbox beside
For example, if you want all users in 'dev' group in IDP to be added to app-user, you will need to select app-user from the dropdown and enter 'dev' against app-user.
Use '+1' and '+10' buttons to add extra mapping fields.
Use '-' button next to each mapping to delete that mapping.

Step 5: SSO Settings

Go to SSO Login Template. Design your own login template that will be used to initiate SSO.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Crowd, Custom login Settings

Set redirect URL after login using Relay State. Keep this empty for coming back to the same page user started from
Enable Auto-redirect to IDP if you want to allow users to login only using IDP. Enable backdoor for emergency

Step 6: Crowd Connectors

The Crowd SSO connector expands the SAML SSO functionality from Crowd to its connected Atlassian applications where it allows users to login to their applications such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye while maintaining the users in Crowd.

Note: Click on the icons to view the SSO Connector guide for the application.