IP and Device Restriction for Atlassian Confluence Cloud
How can IP Restriction restrict access to Atlassian Confluence Cloud to our company offices?
miniOrange allows you to use IP Restriction policy to provide or deny access to the users based on trusted IP Addresses.
- For the IP Restriction to work, the Admin must create a policy specifying permitted IP addresses which allows the access to the application.
- Miniorange supports IP addresses range in three formats i.e. IPv4, IPv4 CIDR and IPv6 CIDR.
- To block the access, Admin must specify an action which needs to be performed when a user tries to login from a non trusted IP address (Such as Deny or Challenge the user with 2FA).
- Once the restriction policy is configured, it can be applied to any application’s login policy to enable IP restriction for that application
How can Device Restriction restrict access to Atlassian Confluence Cloud to our corporate devices?
miniOrange allows you to restrict use of your application only within intranet ( office premises ) and blocks user access from outside the network. Additionally you can keep access open for some users from outside the network by creating different groups for them.
- In this restriction method admin allows end-users to add a fixed number of devices as trusted devices for their account.Once a device is registered for a user, that user’s device becomes the trusted device and he will be allowed to login without any restriction.
- When a user initiates the login process for an application for which Device Restriction is enabled, the attributes related to the user's browser session are captured for evaluations.
- Based on these attributes, the miniOrange Adaptive Engine checks and evaluates the decision for that particular user. (i.e Allow, Deny or Challenge with 2FA).
- Based on the decision calculated, the user is redirected to the appropriate action. (i.e Allowed to login if the decision is allow, denied to login if decision is deny or challenged with 2FA if the decision is challenge)
How can Location Restriction restrict access to Atlassian Jira Cloud to our corporate devices?
miniOrange allows you to restrict the use of your application only within a particular range or locatiion. Users outside of that location are not allowed to access the applications.
- Aside from IP and Device, another helpful restriction type is location based restriction. A lot of applications require there to be fine-tuned control over which applications need to be granted access based on the location of the user trying to gain access. Here, miniOrange’s Location-based restriction can easily be set up to scan a user’s access location and enable / disable access accordingly. It can be set up to an accuracy of a few kilometers, and you can have the option to grant access or deny access based on this location data.
- The admin shortlists and configures a list of Geo-locations where they want to allow end-users to either login or deny based on the location set by the admin. When a user tries to login with adaptive authentication enabled, his location attributes such as (Latitude, Longitude, and Country Code) are verified against the Location list configured by the admin, and based on this user will be either allowed, challenged, or denied.
How can Time Restriction restrict access to Atlassian Jira Cloud to our corporate devices?
miniOrange allows you to restrict the use of your application only within a particular time range. Users outside of that location are not allowed to access the applications.
- miniOrange’s Adaptive Engine also offers time-based restriction as one of the methods for Adaptive Authentication. Here, there can be extremely detailed control on the timeframe over which access to your Google Workspace is to be granted or denied for all of your users. miniOrange’s latest Adaptive tech helps you set the days as well as hours in which access is to be controlled, wherein a user can be granted access only within working hours and denied access before as well as after. Time-based restriction is a must have feature when it comes to securing and managing employee working.
- The admin configures a time zone with Start and End Time. Users are either permitted, refused, or challenged based on the timezone and policies defined. When an end-user tries to log in with adaptive authentication enabled, his time zone-related parameters, such as time zone and current system time, are checked against the list defined by the admin, and the user is either permitted, rejected, or challenged, depending on the configuration.
Connect with External Source of Users
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, AWS etc), Identity Providers (like Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, AWS), and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.
Prerequisite:
- Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
- Click on Customization in the left menu of the dashboard.
- In Basic Settings, set your company domain in Organization Name textfield.
- Click Save. Once that is set, the branded login URL would be of the format https://<company_domain>.xecurify.com/moas/login
Obtain the following information from Atlassian Confluence Cloud.
Domain Verification
The first step of Atlassian Access starts with the Domain Verification Process to enforce SAML 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.
Once the domain is successfully verified, it lets you host the Jira Software, Jira Service Management (JSM), Confluence (wiki), or any Atlassian instance on the Cloud, along with providing pre-generated site URLs. For example, if the verified domain is acma.com, then the Jira Hosting URL will be https://acma.com/jira and user accounts will be user1@acma.com. So you can consider Domain Verification as a crucial step for your instance hosting and anyone who wants to do SAML SSO Configuration on Atlassian Cloud needs to go through the Domain Verification Process. Follow the steps in the document or video for Domain Verification.
Atlassian Access Subscription
Atlassian Access is an additional subscription applied across the Atlassian cloud products like Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Jira Work Management, Confluence, Confluence, etc. So it is needed for Single Sign-On(SSO) or any Cloud Service which comes under Atlassian Access.
Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for Atlassian Confluence Cloud Single Sign-On (SSO)
1. Configure Atlassian Confluence Cloud in miniOrange
2. Configure Single Sign-On/SSO in Atlassian Confluence Cloud
- Now login to Atlassian Cloud Admin Console.
- Select your organization and then select Security.
- Select SAML single sign-on and then click Add SAML configuration.
- Enter Identity provider Entity ID, Identity provider SSO URL and Public x509 certificate from Step 1 and click on Save configuration button.
- Now set up the Authentication Policies by clicking on the View Authentication Policies.
- Click on Add Policy.
- Enter the policy name and add the policy.
- Now under Single Sign-On, click on Enable Single Sign-On.
- Then click on the Members tab besides the settings tab and click on Add Members.
- Enter details and click on Add Members. The user must be present in both Atlassian Access and miniOrange. The Single Sign On(SSO) will work only for Added Members.
3. Configure IP Restriction: Restricting access with IP Blocking
You can allow an IP Address in a certain range for SSO or you can deny it based on your requirements and you can also challenge the user to verify their authenticity. Adaptive authentication manages the user authentication based on different factors such as Device ID, Location, Time of Access, IP Address, and many more, thus improving the security and functionality of Single Sign-On.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with IP Blocking in the following way:
- Go to Adaptive Authentication from the left navigation bar.
- Click on Add Policy tab.
- Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
- Click on Edit in the IP Config section to configure the custom IP range. You can add more than one IP Address ranges by clicking on the Add IP button.
- We support IP addresses range in three formats i.e. IPv4, IPv4 CIDR and IPv6 CIDR. You can choose whichever is suitable for you from the dropdown menu.
- Now, scroll down to the Action For Behaviour Change section and click on Edit. Select the action you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range. i.e. Allow, Challenge or Deny.
Action for behavior Change Options :
| Attribute |
Description |
| Allow |
Allow user to authenticate and use services if Adaptive authentication condition is true. |
| Challenge |
Challenge users with one of the three methods mentioned below for verifying user authenticity. |
| Deny |
Deny user authentications and access to services if Adaptive authentication condition is true. |
Challenge Type Options :
| Attribute |
Description |
| User second Factor |
The User needs to authenticate using the second factor he has opted or assigned for such as- OTP over SMS
- PUSH Notification
- OTP over Email
- And 12 more methods.
|
| KBA (Knowledge-based authentication) |
The System will ask user for 2 of 3 questions he has configured in his Self Service Console. Only after right answer to both questions user is allowed to proceed further. |
| OTP over Alternate Email |
User will receive a OTP on the alternate email he has configured threw Self Service Console. Once user provides the correct OTP he is allowed to proceed further. |
- Scroll to the end and click on save.
4. Configure Device Restriction: Restricting access by Limiting the number of devices
Using Adaptive Authentication you can also restrict the number of devices the end user can access the Services on. You can allow end users to access services on a fixed no. of devices. When Device for a policy is enabled, the Enduser's device will be matched to previously registered device for that user. The end users will be able to access services provided by us on this fixed no. of devices of that particular user.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with Device Restriction in following way:
- Go to Adaptive Authentication from the left navigation bar.
- Click on Add Policy tab.
- Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
- Scroll down to Device Configuration section and click on Edit.
- Enter the Number of Devices which are allowed to register in field Number of Device Registrations Allowed.
- You can enable or disable the Mobile Device Restriction to ensure if the login attempts from mobile devices will be accepted or declined.
- Similarly, you can enable or disable MAC Address Based Restriction.
- Now, scroll down to the Action For Behaviour Change section and click on Edit. Select the action you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range. i.e. Allow, Challenge or Deny.
- Scroll to the end and click on save.
5. Configure Location Restriction: Restricting access by Limiting the number of locations
In this restriction method, admin configures a list of locations where we want to allow end-users to either login or deny based on the condition set by the admin. When a user tries to login with adaptive authentication enabled, his Location Attributes such as (Latitude, Longitude and Country Code) are verified against the Location list configured by the admin. And based on this user will be either allowed, challenged or denied.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with Location Restriction in following way:
- Go to Adaptive Authentication from the left navigation bar.
- Click on Add Policy tab.
- Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
- Scroll down to Location Configuration section and click on Edit.
- Here, you can Enable Location Registration if User Completes Challenge.
- Under Configured Locations, click on Add Location.
- In the Enter Location input field, enter the Location Name and then select the correct location from the search results dropdown. Next, select your distance parameter as either KMS(KiloMeters) or Miles under Allowed Radius. For each Location you add, you can choose to either whitelist/allow or blacklist/deny it by selecting the suitable option.
- You can click on the Add Location to add more than one location and then follow steps as mentioned above.
- Now, scroll down to the Action For Behaviour Change section and click on Edit. Select the action you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range. i.e. Allow, Challenge or Deny.
- Scroll to the end and click on save.
6. Configure Time Restriction: Restricting access by Limiting the Time Zones
In this restriction method admin configures a time zone with Start and End Time's for that time zone and users are either allowed, denied or challenged based on the condition in the policy. When an end-user tries to login with the adaptive authentication enabled, his time zone related attributes such as Time-Zone and Current System Time are verified against the list configured by the admin and based on the configuration the user is either allowed, denied or challenged.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with Time Restriction in the following way:
- Go to Adaptive Authentication from the left navigation bar.
- Click on Add Policy tab.
- Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
- Scroll down to Time Configuration section and click on Edit.
- Here, you can Enable Time Registration if User Completes Challenge.
- Enter the a value in minutes in the input field of Time Difference allowed for Fraud Prevention check (In Minutes). This value allows you to specify some relaxation before your start time and after your end time. (so if the start time is 6 AM and the end time is 6PM with a time difference value set to 30 minutes, then the policy will consider time from 5:30AM to 6:30 PM). If no value is entered in this field, the default value is set which is 15 minutes.
- Under Configured Time, click on Add Time. Select a day/days from the Select Days dropdown. From the Select Timezone list, select the timezone. From the Start Time and End Time lists select the appropriate values. For each Time configuration you add, you can choose to either whitelist/allow or blacklist/deny it by selecting the suitable the option.
- You can click on the Add time button to add more than one Time Configurations and then follow steps as mentioned above.
- Now, scroll down to the Action For Behaviour Change section and click on Edit. Select the action you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range. i.e. Allow, Challenge or Deny.
- Scroll to the end and click on save.
7. Enable Restriction for Confluence Cloud
- Go to Policies >> App Login Policy from the left navigation bar.
- Click on Edit option against your selected app.
- Set your application name in the Application and select password as Login Method.
- Enable Adaptive Authentication.
- From the Select Login Policy dropdown, select the policy we created in the last step and select the required restriction method as an option.
- Click Save.
How to add a trusted Device
- When End-user log in to the self service console after the policy for device restriction is on, he is provided the option to add the current device as a trusted device.
8. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Okta, Shibboleth, Ping, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.
- Click on External Directories >> Add Directory in the left menu of the dashboard.
- Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.
- STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If active directory is behind a firewall, you will need to open the firewall to allow incoming requests to your AD.
- STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION ON PREMISE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in your premise and only allow access to AD inside premises. You will have to download and install miniOrange gateway in your premise.
- Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
- Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
- Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against LDAP Server URL field.
- Click on Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.
- In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.
- Enter the valid Bind account Password.
- Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
- Search Base is the location in the directory where the search for a user begins. You will get this from the same place you got your Distinguished name.
- Select a suitable Search filter from the drop-down menu. If you use User in Single Group Filter or User in Multiple Group Filter, replace the <group-dn> in the search filter with the distinguished name of the group in which your users are present. To use custom Search Filter select "Write your Custom Filter" option and customize it accordingly.
- You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Save button to add user store.
Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.
| Attribute |
Description |
| Activate LDAP |
All user authentications will be done with LDAP credentials if you Activate it |
| Sync users in miniOrange |
Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP |
| Fallback Authentication |
If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange |
| Allow users to change password |
This allows your users to change their password. It updates the new credentials in your LDAP server |
| Enable administrator login |
On enabling this, your miniOrange Administrator login authenticates using your LDAP server |
| Show IdP to users |
If you enable this option, this IdP will be visible to users |
| Send Configured Attributes |
If you enable this option, then only the attributes configured below will be sent in attributes at the time of login |
- Click on Save. After this, it will show you the list of User stores. Click on Test Connection to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.
- On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
- Click on Test Attribute Mapping.
- Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.
- After successful Attribute Mapping Configuration, go back to the ldap configuration and enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP.
Refer our guide to setup LDAPS on windows server.
User Import and Provisioning from AD
- Go to Settings >> Product Settings in the Customer Admin Account.
- Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.
- (Optional) To send a welcome email to all the end users that will be imported, enable the "Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration" option and click Save.
- From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.
- In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application drop-down.
- Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.
- On the same section, switch to Import Users section.
- Select Active Directory from the dropdown and click on the Import Users tab, to import all the users from Active Directory to miniOrange.
- You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.
- All the imported users will be auto registered.
- These groups will be helpful in adding multiple 2FA policies on the applications.
miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.
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