nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO)

nopCommerce Single Sign-on (SSO) solution by miniOrange provides secure access to nopCommerce for enterprises and full control over access of nopCommerce application. Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for nopCommerce is a cloud based service. With this service you need only one password credentials for all your web & SaaS apps including nopCommerce using user stored in Active Directory (AD) domain. miniOrange provides secure access and full control to nopCommerce for enterprises and applications. With the help of the given guide you can configure nopCommerce easily.

nopCommerce as Service Provider Use Case:

You can enable the SAML SSO login for your nopCommerce site using nopCommerce SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin which can be integrated with any SAML 2.0 compliant identity provider. When a user requests access for a resource, nopCommerce SAML SSO plugin sends a SAML authentication request to your SAML 2.0 IdP and the user has to login with their identity provider's account. On successful authentication, the user is provided access to the nopCommerce resources.

Workflow:

An unknown user tries to access nopCommerce resources.
nopCommerce SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin creates a SAML authentication Request and sends it to the configured Identity Provider. The user is prompted to log in with their Identity Provider account.
The SAML Identity Provider sends back a SAML Response to the application. This response contains the user’s information as well as the authentication status, based on which the user is given access to the resource.
Upon successful authentication, the user is given access to the site.

nopCommerce and miniOrange Single Sign-On (SSO) integration supports the following features:

SP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)
IdP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)

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.

Prerequisites: Download and install nopCommerce SAML Plugin

A) Download from nopCommerce Dashboard

To download the plugin zip, login as admin into your nopCommerce store. In the admin dashboard, go to Configuration tab > All Plugins and Themes or search for All Plugins and Themes in the Admin search bar.
Search for the SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) - miniOrange plugin and click the Download button to get the zip.

nopcommerce Marketplace Store Search for SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) - miniOrange, click on Download

B ) From nopCommerce Marketplace

You can download the plugin zip file from nopCommerce store - SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) - miniOrange - nopCommerce
To install the plugin, login as admin into your nopCommerce website. In the admin dashboard, go to Configuration Tab >> Local plugins.
On the top right corner of the page select the Upload plugin or theme button to upload the downloaded plugin zip. Follow the instructions further to install the plugin.

Note: After installing the plugin, we need to establish the trust between your nopCommerce application and your desired identity or partner provider. SAML metadata is shared with partner providers so they can update their inbuilt configuration to support Single Sign-On.

Click on Add New IDP button.

nopcommerce Single Sign On (SSO) service provider Click on Add New IdP

In Service Provider Metadata tab, click on Download button to get the XML metadata file which will be required in above Step 1.

nopcommerce Single Sign On (SSO) service provider Under Service Provider Metadata, click on Download button

Follow the step-by-step guide given below for configuring the nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO)

1. Configure nopCommerce in miniOrange

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

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) add app

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

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) choose app type

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

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) manage apps

Now we will upload the XML metadata file from the nopCommerce that you downloaded in Prerequisite using the Import SP Metadata feature.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) : Upload SP Metadata File in miniOrange Dashboard

Enter the App name as nopCommerce, select the SP Metadata file format and upload the file.
Then click on the Import button.
All the values will be auto-filled.
Leave the Attribute section empty.
Click on Save.

Get IdP Metadata Details to upload to nopCommerce:

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 nopCommerce.

nopCommerce SSO (Single Sign-On) Click on Metadata

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, nopCommerce) you can get metadata from the 2nd Section as shown below.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Select Metadata details external IDP or miniOrange as ID

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

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Click on Download Certificate

2. Configure Single Sign-On (SSO) in nopCommerce

Go back to the nopCommerce admin account and click on Identity Provider Settings tab.
In Choose your Identity Provider, search for miniOrange in the list, if you don't find miniOrange in the list then, search for custom and you can set up your application via Custom IDP.

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): Under Identity Provider Settings, search for your application

Click on Upload IdP Metadata button.

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): Click on Upload IdP Metadata button

Enter the IdP Name as miniOrange.
Click on Choose File to upload the downloaded xml metadata file, which you will get from the previous steps.

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): Click choose file to Upload the metadata file

Click on Upload Metadata button to fetch all the details.
To enable SSO for your nopCommerce store, drag the slider as shown below.

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): Click on checkbox to enable sso

In List of IDPs, click on the Select Action in actions menu against nopCommerce Sign. Click the Test Configuration button.

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): Click on Test Configuration

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): Get the list of Attributes

Click on Done.

3. Enable SSO in your nopCommerce store

To Enable SSO for your nopCommerce store, drag the slider as shown below.

Go to Redirection & SSO link tab, use the URL labeled as Your Store SSO Link in your store to initiate the SSO.

nopCommerce SAML Single Sign On (SSO): go to Redirection & SSO link

4. Test SSO Configuration

Test SSO login to your nopCommerce account with miniOrange IdP:

Using SP Initiated Login

Go to your nopCommerce 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 nopCommerce account.

Using IDP Initiated Login

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

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) verify 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.

5. 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.

Setup miniOrange as IDP
Setup AD as User Directory
Setup External IDP

To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:

1. Create User in miniOrange

2. Bulk Upload Users

1. Create User in miniOrange

Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.

Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the Create User button.

After successful user creation a notification message "An end user is added successfully" will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.

Click on Onboarding Status tab. Check the email, with the registered e-mail id and select action Send Activation Mail with Password Reset Link from Select Action dropdown list and then click on Apply button.

Now, Open your email id. Open the mail you get from miniOrange and then click on the link to set your account password.
On the next screen, enter the password and confirm password and then click on the Single Sign-On (SSO) reset password button.

Now, you can log in into miniOrange account by entering your credentials.

2. Bulk Upload Users in miniOrange via Uploading CSV File.

Navigate to Users >> User List. Click on Add User button.

In Bulk User Registration Download sample csv format from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.

To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in comma separated .csv file format then click on Upload.

After uploading the csv file successfully, you will see a success message with a link.
Click on that link you will see list of users to send activation mail. Select users to send activation mail and click on Send Activation Mail. An activation mail will be sent to the selected users.

Click on External Directories >> Add Directory in the left menu of the dashboard.

Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.

nopCommerce: Select AD/LDAP as user store

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.

nopCommerce: Select ad/ldap user store type

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.

nopCommerce: Configure LDAP server URL Connection

In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.

nopCommerce: Configure user bind account domain name

Enter the valid Bind account Password.
Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.

nopCommerce: Check bind account credentials

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.

nopCommerce: Fetch mapped attributes for user

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.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for miniOrange dashboard

Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Enable User Auto Registration

(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.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration

From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User Sync/Provisioning

In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application drop-down.
Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User Sync Active Directory Configuration

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.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User Sync Import Operation

You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.

MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User List

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.

Not able to find your IdP or Need help setting it up?

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

6. Adaptive Authentication with nopCommerce

A. Restricting access to nopCommerce with IP Blocking

You can use adaptive authentication with nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) to improve the security and functionality of Single Sign-On. You can allow a IP Address in certain range for SSO or you can deny it based your requirements and you can also challenge the user to verify his authenticity. Adaptive authentication manages the user authentication bases on different factors such as Device ID, Location, Time of Access, IP Address and many more.

You can configure Adaptive Authentication with IP Blocking in following way:

Login to Self Service Console >> Adaptive Authentication.
Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Restrict Access adaptive authentication policy

Select your Action for behavior Change and Challenge Type for user from the Action for behavior Change Section.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Restrict Access adaptive authentication behavior change

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.

Now Enable Enable IP Restriction option from the IP RESTRICTION CONFIGURATION section to configure custom IP range.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Restrict Access adaptive authentication ip blocking

Select the Action you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range. i.e. Allow, Challenge & Deny.
Specify the IP Address range for which you want above setting to reflect. You can add more than one IP Address ranges by clicking on following button +.
Scroll to the end and click on save.

B. Adaptive Authentication with Limiting 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. The end users will be able to access services provided by us on this fixed no. of devices.

You can configure Adaptive Authentication with Device Restriction in following way

Login to Self Service Console >> Adaptive Authentication.
Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
Select your Action for behavior Change and Challenge Type for user from the Action for behavior Change Section.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Restrict Access adaptive authentication behavior and challenge type

Scroll down to Device Configuration section and enable Allow User to Register Device option to allow users to register their devices.
Enter the Number of Devices which are allowed to register in field next to Number of Device Registrations Allowed
Choose Action if number of devices exceeded (This will override your setting for Action for behavior Change.)

Challenge: The user needs to verify himself using any of the three methods mentioned in table in step 6.1
Deny : Deny users access to the system

Enable option Send email alerts to Users if number of Device registrations exceeded allowed count if you want to alert the user about no of devices exceeding the limit. Save the configuration.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Restrict Access adaptive authentication enable device restriction

C. Add Adaptive Authentication policy to nopCommerce.

Login to Self Service Console >> Policies.
Click on Edit option for predefined app policy.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (sso) edit device restriction policy

Set your application name in the Application and select password as Login Method.
Enable Adaptive Authentication on Policy page and select the required restriction method as an option.
From Select Login Policy dropdown select the policy we created in last step and click on save.

nopCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO) Restrict Access save device restriction policy

D.Notification and Alert Message.

This section handles the notifications and alerts related to Adaptive Authentication.It provides the following options :

Get email alerts if users login from unknown devices or locations : Admin need to enable this option to enable receiving alerts for different alert options.

Option	Description
Challenge Completed and Device Registered	Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge and registers a device.
Challenge Completed but Device Not Registered	Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge but do not registers the device.
Challenge Failed	Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user fails to complete the challenge.

adaptive authentication Action for behavior Change Configuration

Next subsection is Send email alerts which allows us to enable or disable alerts for admin and end-users. To enable alerts for admins, you can enable the “Administrators” switch button.

In case you want multiple admins accounts to receive alerts then you can enable the option for admin and then enter the admin emails separated by a ‘,’ in the input field next to Administrators email to receive alerts label. To enable alerts for the end-users, you can enable the “End Users” switch button.
In case you want to customize the deny message that end user receive in case his authentication denied due to adaptive policy, you can do this by entering the message inside “Deny message for Adaptive Authentication” text box.

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.

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