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SAML Single Sign On (SSO) into Jenkins using Shibboleth3

Jenkins SAML SSO app gives the ability to enable SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) for Jenkins. Here we will go through a guide to configure Single Sign On (SSO) between Jenkins and Shibboleth3. By the end of this guide, Shibboleth 3 users should be able to log in and register to Jenkins.

Pre-requisites

To integrate your Identity Provider (IDP) with Jenkins, you need the following items:

Jenkins should be installed and configured.
Jenkins Server is https enabled (optional).
Admin credentials are set up in Jenkins.

Download And Installation

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Go to Manage Jenkins option from the left pane, and open Manage Plugins tab.

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Search for Miniorange saml in the available tab.

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Download and install with a restart.

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Step 1: Setup Shibboleth3 as Identity Provider

In conf/idp.properties, uncomment and set 'idp.encryption.optional' to true.
eg. idp.encryption.optional = true
In conf/metadata-providers.xml, configure Service Provider like below.


   <MetadataProvider xmlns:samlmd="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" 

     id="miniOrangeInLineEntity" xsi:type="InlineMetadataProvider" sortKey="1"> 

     <samlmd:EntityDescriptor ID="entity" entityID="<SP-EntityID / Issuer from Service Provider Info tab in plugin.>" 

       validUntil="2020-09-06T04:13:32Z"> 

       <samlmd:SPSSODescriptor AuthnRequestsSigned="false" WantAssertionsSigned="true" 

       protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"> 

         <samlmd:NameIDFormat> 

           urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress 

         </samlmd:NameIDFormat> 

       <samlmd:AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" 

       Location="<ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL from Step1 of the plugin under Identity Provider Tab.>" 

         index="1" /> 

       </samlmd:SPSSODescriptor> 

       </samlmd:EntityDescriptor> 

   </MetadataProvider>

In conf/saml-nameid.properties, uncomment and set default NameID as Email Address like this


   idp.nameid.saml2.default=urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress

In conf/saml-nameid-xml, search for shibboleth.SAML2NameIDGenerators. Uncomment the shibboleth.SAML2AttributeSourcedGenerator bean and comment all other ref beans.


   <!-- SAML 2 NameID Generation --> 

   <util:list id="shibboleth.SAML2NameIDGenerators">  

     <!--<ref bean="shibboleth.SAML2TransientGenerator" /> --> 
 
     <!-->ref bean="shibboleth.SAML2PersistentGenerator" /> -->  

     <bean parent="shibboleth.SAML2AttributeSourcedGenerator"    

     p:format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress"  

     p:attributeSourceIds="#{ {'email'} }" /> 

   </util:list>

Make sure you have defined AttributeDefinition in conf/attribute-resolver.xml.


   <!-- Note: AttributeDefinitionid must be same as what you provided in attributeSourceIds in conf/saml-nameid.xml --> 

   <resolver:AttributeDefinitionxsi:type="ad:Simple" id="email" sourceAttributeID="mail"> 

     <resolver:Dependency ref="ldapConnector" /> 

     <resolver:AttributeEncoderxsi:type="enc:SAML2String" name="email"  friendlyName="email" /> 

   </resolver:AttributeDefinition > 


   
   <resolver:DataConnector id="ldapConnector" xsi:type="dc:LDAPDirectory" ldapURL="%{idp.authn.LDAP.ldapURL}" 

     baseDN="%{idp.authn.LDAP.baseDN}" principal="%{idp.authn.LDAP.bindDN}" 

     principalCredential="%{idp.authn.LDAP.bindDNCredential}">  

   
     <dc:FilterTemplate> 

       <!-- Define you User Search Filter here -->  
 
       <![CDATA[   (&(objectclass=*)(cn=$requestContext.principalName))   ]]> 

     </dc:FilterTemplate> 
 

   
     <dc:ReturnAttributes>*</dc:ReturnAttributes> 

   </resolver:DataConnector>

Make sure you have AttributeFilterPolicy defined in conf/attribute-filter.xml.


   <afp:AttributeFilterPolicy id="ldapAttributes"> 

   <afp:PolicyRequirementRulexsi:type="basic:ANY"/> 

     <afp:AttributeRuleattributeID="email"> 

       <afp:PermitValueRulexsi:type="basic:ANY"/> 

     </afp:AttributeRule> 

   </afp:AttributeFilterPolicy>

Restart the Shibboleth server.
You need to configure these endpoints in the miniOrange plugin.

IDP Entity ID	https://<your_domain>/idp/shibboleth
Single Login URL	https://<your_domain>/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO
Single Logout URL	https://<your_domain>/idp/shibboleth
X.509 Certificate	The public key certificate of your Shibboleth server

Step 2: Setup Jenkins as Service Provider

Open Manage Jenkins and select Configure Global Security.

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Set the Security Realm as miniorange SAML 2.0 and click on save button.

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Make sure that Enable Security checkbox is checked.
Choose miniorange SAML SSO from the manage Jenkins tab.

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SP Configurations
You can configure SP settings in IDP in 2 ways:

A. By uploading Metadata XML file

Click on Service Provider Metadata in SP Configuration section.
Metadata xml file will be downloaded.
Use this file to setup IDP.

B. Manual Configuration

To Configure SP Settings at IDP copy below URL and paste in respective fields at IDP end.

SP Entity ID: https://your-jenkins-domain
Audience URI: https://your-jenkins-domain
ACS URL: https://your-jenkins-domain/securityRealm/moSamlAuth

sso saml jenkins single sign on SP Configuration Jenkins

IDP Configuration

To Configure IDP enter the following details and press apply and save the settings.

IDP Entity ID
Single Sign On URL
Name ID Format
X.509 Certificate

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You can either enter the metadata URL or the metadata file path.

User Profile Configuration

Select Username Case Conversion.
Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Username in Username Attribute textbox.
Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Email in Email Attribute textbox.
Select the checkbox Apply regex Pattern to the UserNameif the userID returned from SAML is not same as username of Jenkins.
Enter the regular expression in REGEX Pattern textbox. It will be applied on user ID from SAML Response and will convert it into the username same as Jenkins. For example, you can use regular expression ^.*?(?=@) to extract demo from username demo@example.com

Advanced Configurations

Select the SSO Binding Type.
Select the Create new user after SSO? to allow user creation through SAML.
Select Force Authentication.
To Add custom Attributes select Add option.

Set Attribute Name as the one set in IDP eg. lname
Set display name in user proprties as one you want it appear in jenkins user's config.xml file and in user's configure tab.

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SP Configurations
You can configure SP settings in IDP in 2 ways:

A. By uploading Metadata XML file

Click on Service Provider Metadata in SP Configuration section.
Metadata xml file will be downloaded.
Use this file to setup IDP.

B. Manual Configuration

To Configure SP Settings at IDP copy below URL and paste in respective fields at IDP end.

SP Entity ID: https://your-jenkins-domain
Audience URI: https://your-jenkins-domain
ACS URL: https://your-jenkins-domain/securityRealm/moSamlAuth

IDP Configuration

To Configure IDP enter the following details and press apply and save the settings.

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

You can either enter the metadata URL or the metadata file path.

User Profile Configuration

Select Username or Email for Login Jenkins account by:
Select Username Case Conversion.
Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Username in Username Attribute textbox.
Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to Email in Email Attribute textbox.
Enter the attribute name from IDP which corresponds to full name in Full Name Attribute.
Select the checkbox Apply regex Pattern to the UserNameif the userID returned from SAML is not same as username of Jenkins.
Enter the regular expression in REGEX Pattern textbox. It will be applied on user ID from SAML Response and will convert it into the username same as Jenkins. For example, you can use regular expression ^.*?(?=@) to extract demo from username demo@example.com

Advanced Configurations

Select the SSO Binding Type.
Select the SLO Binding Type.
Select the Send Signed Request ? to send signed login and logout requests. Requests will be signed using public certificate from option Download SP Certificate in SP Configuration section.
Select the Create new user after SSO? to allow user creation through SAML.
Select Force Authentication.
Select the Update Attributes of Existing Users ? to update attributes of existing user's each time they sign in Jenkins through SSO.
To Add custom Attributes select Add option.

Set Attribute Name as the one set in IDP eg. lname
Set display name in user proprties as one you want it appear in jenkins user's config.xml file and in user's configure tab.

To assign default group to users created through SSO add group name in Assign group to new Users option. Multiple groups can be added using ,(Comma) separater
You can assign groups from IDP to users created through SSO by adding the name of the group attribute that contains the IDP groups in the SAML response in the Group Attribute field in the plugin configuration. You can find out the group attribute name by performing the test configuration from the test configuration button under the I will do manual configuration tab.
If Disable Default login option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default Jenkins login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the Jenkins base URL.
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