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Single Sign-On (SSO) for Apps Using PingOne as IDP

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Enable Single Sign-On (SSO) login for your application, you can set up PingOne as the Identity Provider (IDP) with miniOrange as a broker. miniOrange provides a pre-built solution that simplifies the integration of PingOne SSO, allowing for a smooth implementation process. In this setup, PingOne will handle user authentication, while miniOrange will facilitate communication between PingOne and the other applications acting as SP.

We will go through the step-by-step guide below to set up PingOne as an Identity Provider in miniOrange. Once configured successfully you will be ready to securely access your website/application using PingOne IDP.

1. Configure miniOrange as SP in PingOne

Mentioned below are steps to configure PingOne as IDP via SAML and OAuth configuration. Follow the steps accordingly based on your requirement (SAML or OAuth).

• SAML
• OAuth

• Go to miniOrange Admin console and navigate to Idenity Providers in the left navigation menu. Then, click on Add Identity Provider button.



• Now click on the Click here link to get miniOrange metadata as shown in Screen below.



• For SP -INITIATED SSO section Select Show Metadata Details.



• Click on Download Metadata



• Log in to PingOne Admin.
• Go to Application >> Add Application. Click on New SAML Application.



• Enter the application details and click on Continue to Next Step.
  Application Name, Application Description, and Category are required fields. For logos and icons, PNG is the only supported graphics format.



• You can also upload the metadata in the option given on this step.



• After the SP metadata is filled in, please download the SAML metadata from here(refer above image) and click on Continue to Next Step.
• You can view or edit the claims sent in the SAML token to the application on this step.




• Click on Continue to Next Step to assign groups else click on Save & Exit to save the settings.

• Login to your Ping Federate User Admin dashboard.
• Click on the OAuth Server in the left navigation menu.
• Under Clients, click on Create New.



• Enter the Client ID, Name and Description. Select Client Secret in Client Authentication and click on Generate Secret. Take a note of your Client ID & Client Secret.



• To get the Redirect URL:
• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider. Select Oauth





• Copy the Callback URL as Redirect URL required for next step.



• Back in Ping Federate, copy the Redirect/Callback URL and enter it in Redirect URIs field and click on Add. Select the Authorization Code grant type and click on Save.



• You have successfully completed your Ping Federate App OAuth configurations.

2. Configure PingOne as IDP in miniOrange

• SAML
• OAuth

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console .
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider.
• Click on Add Identity Provider button.



• Select SAML. Click on Import IDP metadata.



• Choose an appropriate IDP name. Enter the URL which you have saved in the previous step from PingOne.
• Click on Import.



• As shown in the below screen the IDP Entity ID, SAML SSO Login URL and x.509 Certificate will be filled from the Metadata file we just imported.



• Click Save

Test Connection

• Go to Identity Providers tab.
• Click on Select>>Test Connection option against the Identity Provider you configured.



• On entering valid PingOne credentials you will see a pop-up window which is shown in the below screen.



• Hence your configuration of PingOne as an Identity Provider in miniOrange is successfully completed.

Follow the steps to configure PingOne as IdP by OAuth configuration.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider. Select Oauth





• Enter the following values.

IdP Name	Custom Provider
IdP Display Name	Choose appropriate Name
OAuth Authorize Endpoint	https://{your-base-url}/as/authorization.oauth2
OAuth Access Token Endpoint	https://{your-base-url}/as/token.oauth2
OAuth Get User Info Endpoint (optional)	https://{your-base-url}/idp/userinfo.oauth2
Client ID	From step 1
Client secret	From step 1
Scope	auto

3. Configure your app in miniOrange

• Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps >> Add Application.

• SAML Application
• OAuth Application
• JWT Application

• Click on Create App under SAML.



• Search for your Application. In case you do not find your app, search for Custom SAML App.





• Get the ACS URL and SP Entity ID from your application.
• Enter the following values OR click on Import SP Metadata:

Service Provider Name	Choose appropriate name according to your choice
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Your Application Entity ID
ACS URL X.509 Certificate (optional)	Your Application Assertion Consumer Service URL
NameID format	Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Response Signed	Unchecked
Assertion Signed	Checked
Encrypted Assertion	Unchecked
Group policy	Default
Login Method	Password

• Click on Save to configure your application.
• Now to get the IDP metadata of the app configured, Go to apps >> your_app >> select >> metadata tab.



• Click on the Show Metadata details in the Information required to Authenticate via External IDPs section. Download the metadata XML file by clicking on Download Metadata button or copy the Metadata URL link.



• You need to Upload this metadata in your application.

• Click on Create App under OAuth/OIDC. Click on Open ID Connect App .



• You can add any OAuth Client app here to enable miniOrange as OAuth Server. Few popular OAuth client apps for single sign-on are Salesforce, WordPress, Joomla, Atlassian, etc.





• Enter following Values:

Client Name	Add appropriate Name
Redirect URL	Get the Redirect-URL from your OAuth Client
Description	Add if required
Group Name	Default
Policy Name	As per your Choice
Login Method	Password

• Click on Save
• Now to provide the required data to OAuth client go to the app configured i.e apps >> your_app >> select >> edit.






Note: Choose the Authorization Endpoint according to the identity source you configure.

• When you want to use you want to use miniOrange as OAuth identity server use this endpoint: https://{mycompany.domainname.com}/moas/idp/openidsso
• If you are configuring any Identity Provider in Identity Providers Menu and not using miniOrange as IDP use this endpoint: https://{mycompany.domainname.com}/broker/login/oauth{customerid}

• Click on Create App under JWT.



• Select JWT App.



• Configure the name for your application and configure Redirect-URL which tells where to send JWT response. Redirect-URL should be an endpoint on your application where you want to achieve SSO.




In case you are setting up SSO with Mobile Applications where you can't create an endpoint for Redirect or Callback URL, use below URL.

https://login.xecurify.com/moas/jwt/mobile


• Click Save
• To get the SSO link for your application, Go to Apps >> your_app >> select >> Edit.



• Then, copy the Single Sign On Url and verify SSO setup by browsing that url.



• On successful authentication, you will be redirected to configured Redirect or Callback URL with JWT token
• You will need to download a certificate from App > Manage Apps, and click Certificate link against your configured application. This certificate will be used for signature validation of JWT response.

4. Setup Multiple IDPs (Optional)

External References

• What is Identity Brokering?
• What are the factors that make miniOrange a desirable choice?
• What is IAM? Know more about IAM and it Solution