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SSO for Apps Using Facebook Social Login

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Facebook Single Sign On (SSO) for Your Application miniOrange provides a ready to use solution for Your application. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your application using Facebook within minutes.

Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for Facebook Single Sign-On (SSO)

1. Configure Facebook as OAuth 2.0 Provider in miniOrange.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar, select Identity Providers >> click Add Identity Provider.



• Switch to OAuth 2.0 and copy the OAuth Callback URL which we will use to configure Facebook as OAuth Server/Provider.



• Now, log in or sign up on the Facebook Developer Console and navigate to My Apps.



• Click on Create App to create a new application.



• Provide the required details and click Next.



• Choose Authenticate and request data from users with Facebook Login and click Next.



• Select the appropriate option and click Next.



• Click Go to dashboard to complete the configuration.



• Navigate to Publish.



• Select Facebook login as Use cases on this app.



• In the Facebook Login section, provide the following details:
• Go to Permissions, locate email, and click Add under Action.



• Click Settings, scroll to Valid OAuth Redirect URIs, and enter the OAuth Callback URL from miniOrange .



• Click Save changes.
• Now, click on app icon.



• In App Settings >> click Basic. Copy the App ID and keep it handy.



• Click Show, complete the security check, and retrieve the App secret required in Step 2.

2. Configure miniOrange as Service Provider (SP) in Facebook

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Providers >> Add Identity Provider. Select OAuth 2.0.





• Enter the following values.

  IdP Name	Choose Facebook from dropdown
  IdP Display Name	Choose appropriate Name
  Client ID	From step 1
  Client secret	From step 1
  Scope	email public_profile

3. Test Connection

• Visit your Login Page URL.
• Go to Identity Providers tab.
• Click on Select >> Test Connection option against the Identity Provider (IDP) you configured.



• On entering valid Facebook credentials (credentials of user assigned to app created in Facebook), you will see a pop-up window which is shown in the below screen.



• Hence your configuration of Facebook as IDP in miniOrange is successfully completed.

Configure Attribute Mapping

• Go to Identity Providers >> View Identity Providers >> Your configured Facebook as IdP.
• Now click on Select and then Configure Attribute Mapping of your application.



• Under Attribute Type - EXTERNAL for the external attributes that need to be transformed and sent to applications or service providers.
• Click on the + Add Attribute button to add the attribute fields.



• Check attributes in test connection window from last step. Enter the attribute names (any name) that you want to send to your application under Attribute Name sent to SP.
• Enter the value of attributes that are coming from IdP into the Attribute Name from IdP field on the Xecurify side.

External References

• Know More about Single Sign On
• Learn more about how miniOrange functions as an Identity Broker
• What is Social Login? How does it work