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SSO for Externally Shared Confluence Links using Okta as IDP

Make sharing Confluence Pages/Spaces easy and secure for external users. Just set up single sign-on (SSO) on your links. SSO ensures that only authorized users access shared content. Follow the simple instructions below to explore our setup guide for sharing SSO-enabled links with your external users.

Download And Installation

Log into your Confluence instance as an admin.
Click on Apps from the header then navigate to Find new apps.
Locate Share Confluence with External Users (Secure Share).
Click on Try it free to begin a new trial of Share confluence with external users.

Pre-requisite

We will need the SP entity id and ACS URL from the plugin.
To get this information, go to Apps -> Share confluence with external users
Then click on SSO Configuration -> SP Configuration

Step 1: Configuring the Identity Provider

With the plugin installed, you can move on to setting up Okta as an IDP.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider,Okta SSO Login 1.1: Okta IDP Configuration

Follow the steps provided below:

Log into Okta Admin Console.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider, Okta SSO Login,Add New Application into Okta

For developer account, switch to Classic UI to configure app.
In the left hand menu, go to Applications → Applications and then click on Create App Integration.

Select SAML 2.0 as Sign on method and click Next.

In General Settings, enter the app name and click on Next.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider, Okta SSO Login,Create New SAML 2.0 Application

Set up SAML parameters in the Configure SAML tab. You will find all the required information inside the SP Information tab of your plugin. The table below will help you map the right data to the fields.

Single Sign On URL	Enter ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from the Service Provider info tab of the plugin.
Audience URI (SP Entity ID)	Enter SP Entity ID/Issuer from the Service Provider info (or SP Information) tab of the module.
Default Relay State	Enter Relay State from the Service Provider info tab of the module.
Name ID Format	Select EmailAddress as the Name ID Format from the dropdown list.
Application Username	Set Application Username to Okta username.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider,Okta SSO Login, Attribute And Group Mapping

Next, scroll down inside the Configure SAML tab and fill out Attribute Statements and Group Attribute Statements (this step is optional).

Here’s how you can populate these fields:

a. For Name, enter "firstName" and select user.firstName from the value dropdown.

b. For Name, enter "lastName" and select user.lastName from the value dropdown.

c. For Name, enter "Email" and select user.email from the value dropdown.

d. Under Group Attribute Statements, enter "groups" for Name and select Matches regex from the Filter dropdown and enter ".*" in the adjacent textbox.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider, Okta SSO Login, 1.2: Assigning Groups/People

After creating and configuring the app, you will be redirected to the Assignment Tab in Okta.

Here, select the people and groups that you want to be able to log in through the app. You can do this by clicking Assign and selecting Assign to People to give access to specific people.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider,Okta SSO Login, Assign App to People and Groups

You can also select Assign to Groups to give access to a specific group.

Once you’re done assigning people and groups to your app, go to the Sign On tab.
Here, click on View Setup Instructions to get the SAML Login URL (Single Sign on URL), Single Logout URL, IDP Entity ID, and X.509 Certificate. You will need these to configure the Service Provider.

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider, Okta SSO Login,IDP Metadata Link

SAML Single Sign On (SSO) using Okta Identity Provider, Okta SSO Login, 1.3: Fetching Metadata URL

One important component you’ll require while setting up your service provider is the metadata URL of your Identity Provider.

You can follow these steps to find the metadata URL for your Okta Application:

Log into your Okta Admin Console
Navigate to Applications → [Your Application Name] → Sign On
You will find the metadata URL under the Metadata details section.

You can either leave this window open in another tab or copy and paste the URL to a note while setting up the service provider.

Step 2: Setup Confluence as Service provider

A. By Metadata URL :

Click on Import from the Metadata tab.
Enter IDP name and metadata URL copied from IDP
Click Import

Confluence Cloud Secure Share Import From Metadata

B. Manual Configuration :

To configure the IDP manually, you will need to have the following details from your IDP's metadata.

IDP Entity ID
Single Sign On URL
X.509 Certificate

Confluence Cloud Secure Share IDP Manual Configuration

Once you have added the IDP metadata, click on Save. If the IDP has been added successfully, Click on the Test Configuration button to test if the IDP was added successfully.

Confluence Cloud Secure Share Test Configuration

You will see all the values returned by your IDP to Confluence in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name and Email, make the required settings in your IDP to return this information.
Note : Setting up an email attribute is a must to access the Confluence Secure Share link.
If the test configuration is failed, please verify the IDP metadata details in the IDP Configuration tab.

If you are having trouble configuring the SSO, please contact us at support-atlassian@miniorange.atlassian.net or raise a support ticket here.

Step 3: Enable SSO for your Confluence Space

Using our plugin you can enforce SSO on the specific Confluence spaces. To enable the SSO for secure share links of a particular space, go to the space and then select Secure Share from the sidebar.

Confluence Cloud Secure Share Enforce SSO

Now you can create and share Confluence page/space links to external users with an extra security layer.
To learn more about creating and configuring a shared link please refer this page - Share Confluence with External Users

Step 4: Authorize link access based on Identity Provider groups (Optional)

Prerequisite: You must configure the group attribute in the SSO Configuration tab to use this feature.
Refer these steps to find the SSO Configuration tab.

Finding Group Attribute

Just like we found an email Attribute previously, we will find a group attribute.
Go to the IDP Configuration tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.
You will see all the values returned by your IDP in a table. If you don't see value with groups, make the required settings in your IDP to return group names.
Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, keep the window open and go to the IDP Configuration tab again.
Enter the Attribute Name of a group against Group Name Attribute.

To control the link access to specific groups:

Go to the link configuration of the existing link or create a new Confluence link.
Enter the names of the groups to which you would like to grant access.