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How to Setup Google SSO (Single Sign-On) Integration

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Configure Google SSO in a few simple steps using this setup guide. miniOrange SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) allows secure Single Sign-On access to your Google Account & other specific On-Premise / Cloud apps using a single set of existing login credentials.

Google SSO solution also provides an option to integrate with multiple third-party Identity Providers which support SAML and OAuth sort of standard protocols. IDP here means (Okta, Auth0, Ping, Onelogin, etc) or Active Directory (AD) where your existing users are managed. Google SSO for Cloud Identity, eliminating passwords by redirecting users to an external identity provider (IdP) for authentication, enhancing user experience with existing credentials.

With miniOrange Google SSO, you can:

• Enable your users to automatically login to Google
• Have centralized and easy access control of the users
• Connect easily with any external identity source like Azure AD, ADFS, Cognito, etc

Supported SSO Features

miniOrange Google SSO integration supports the following features:

• SP Initiated SSO Login: Users can access their Google account via a URL or bookmark. They will automatically be redirected to the miniOrange portal for login. Once they've signed on, they'll be automatically redirected and logged into Google.
• IdP Initiated SSO Login: Users need to login to the miniOrange first , and then click on the Google icon on the applications dashboard to access Google.(If you have set up any more Identity Sources, you will log in to that platform).
• JIT Provisioning: Enables the automatic creation of user accounts in Google when a person logs in for the first time via Desktop SSO, IDP, or Active Directory (AD) authentication.
• Single Logout: With this feature, you will be automatically logged out of all the applications that are connected with Identity provider (IdP) when you log out from Google org or any other app.
• Mandate users to Login using SSO: Single Sign-on can make it mandatory for all users to log in using SSO. This will prevent any person from login using any other source and bypassing the login system. No person will be able to have direct login making it a streamline and secure process.

IP Restriction for Google Apps (G Suite)

IP based access control in cloud computing, allows you to enforce an IP restriction policy that enables the IT admin to restrict user access to business data in G Suite only through one or more specified IP addresses. This ensures that no business data is accessed in an unsecured, public, or unregistered IP address. Preventing data theft is a big concern, so IP restriction for G Suite helps you out with that concern.

• Restrict a single user, a subset of users or an entire organization to IP restriction policy
• Policy-based restriction for providing strong granular control to the business
• Customize mapping of users over one or more IP addresses
• No firewall settings or local installation are required for this feature
• Easy to set up IP restriction policies

Prerequisites

• Please make sure you’re not logged in to gmail with a user account. Admin account verification can only be done if you’re logged in to Google Workspace via an Admin Account.
• Google Workspace Business Starter or any higher plan is required to support SSO.

Follow the step-by-step guide given below to configure Google Single Sign-On (SSO)

1. Configure Google Apps in miniOrange

• Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps and click on Add Application button.



• In Choose Application, select SAML/WS-FED from the application type dropdown.



• Search for Google Apps in the list, if you don't find Google Apps in the list then, search for custom and you can set up your application in Custom SAML App.

• Enter your Domain name that you uses with the Google Workspace.
• Enter the Single Logout URL as https://mail.google.com/a/out/tld/?logout.
• From the Provisioning tab, enter the Domain Administrator in Google Apps (G Suite) Administrator field and click on "Verify Google Apps Administrator" to verify if the domain entered is of administrator (this is an optional field).



• Click on Save.

Get IdP Metadata Details to upload to Google Apps:

• Go to Apps >> Manage Apps.
• Search for your app and click on the select in action menu against your app.
• Click on Metadata to get metadata details, which will be required later. Click on Show SSO Link to see the IDP initiated SSO link for Google Apps.



• Here you will see 2 options, if you are setting up miniOrange as IDP copy the metadata details related to miniOrange, if you required to be authenticated via external IDP's (OKTA, AZURE AD, ADFS, ONELOGIN, GOOGLE APPS) you can get metadata from the 2nd Section as shown below.



• Keep SAML Login URL and click on the Download Certificate button to download certificate which you will require in Step 2.

2. Configure SAML SSO in Google Apps (G Suite)

• Now login to Google Admin Console and Select Security Tab from Admin Console.
• Go to Authentication >> SSO with third-party IDP. Here, from the SSO profile for your organization section, click on the edit icon.





• Enable the Setup SSO with third party identity provider checkbox.
• Enter Sign-In Page URL: SAML Login URL from Step 1.
• Enter Sign-Out Page URL: < Base Server Url > /idp/oidc/logout?post_logout_redirect_uri=https://gmail.com
  Example: https://login.xecurify.com/moas/idp/oidc/logout?post_logout_redirect_uri=https://gmail.com
  
• Upload the certificate by clicking on Replace Certificate link that was downloaded earlier in Step 1.
• Enter Change Password URL: SAML Login URL from Step 1.
• Save the settings.
• Your Google SSO SAML integration is done.



2.1. Assign SSO profile to organizational units or groups:




If you want some of your users to sign in to Google directly, you can move those users into an organizational unit (OU) or group. Then, manage SSO settings for the OU or group so that those users are authenticated by Google rather than using your third-party IdP. Follow the following steps:

• If you want all your (non-super admin) users to sign in using a third-party IdP : You don't need to manage.
• If you want some of your users to sign in to Google directly : Click Manage SSO profile assignments and continue to the next step.
  • If you are assigning the SSO profile for the first time, then click Get started. Otherwise, click Manage. Note: Get started is only available if you’ve already enabled your third-party SSO profile.
  
  
  
  
  • Select the organizational unit or group for which you’re assigning the SSO profile from the left .
    Note: If the SSO profile assignment for an OU or group differs from your domain-wide profile assignment,
an override warning appears when you select that OU or group. You can’t assign the SSO profile on a
per-user basis. The Users view let you check the setting for a specific user.
    
  
  
  
  • Choose Organization's third Party SSO Profile if you want your users in the OU or group to sign in to Google services using the IdP designated in your domain’s third-party SSO profile.
  • Choose None if you want your users in the OU or group to sign in directly with Google.
  • Choose Another SSO profile in case you already have another Identity Provider configured and would like to use it for user authentication.
  • Then click Save.

2.2. To turn SSO off for all users:

If you want to turn off the third-party authentication for all your users without changing the SSO profile assignment for OUs or groups, you can disable the third-party SSO profile:

• Uncheck Set up SSO with third-party identity provider.
• Click Save.

3. Test SSO Configuration

Test SSO login to your Google Apps account with miniOrange IdP:

Using SP Initiated Login

• Go to your Google Apps URL, here you will be either asked to enter the username or click on the SSO link which will redirect you to miniOrange IdP Sign On Page.



• Enter your miniOrange login credential and click on Login. You will be automatically logged in to your Google Apps account.

Using IDP Initiated Login

• Login to miniOrange IdP using your credentials.



• On the Dashboard, click on Google Apps application which you have added, to verify SSO configuration.





Not able to configure or test SSO?


Contact us or email us at idpsupport@xecurify.com and we'll help you setting it up in no time.

Troubleshooting

External References

• Know More about Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Read more about SAML SSO
• G Suite SAML SSO Reference
• Enable MFA to your Google account
• Google Workspace Single Sign-On & Two-Factor Authentication