Jira as OAuth Client

Step 3: User Profile

We will be setting up user profile attributes for Jira. If your users are stored in a directory that is Read Only, please check Disable Attribute Mapping in User Profile tab and follow steps given in Matching a User.



a. Finding correct attributes

• Go to Configure OAuth tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.
• You will see all the values returned by your OAuth/OpenID Provider to Jira in a table. If you don't see a value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your OAuth/OpenID Provider to return this information.
• Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, keep the window open and go to User Profile tab.



b. Setting profile attributes

• In this tab, fill the values by matching the name of the attribute. For instance, if the Attribute Name in the Test Configuration window is NameID, enter NameID against Username
• Setting up both Username and Email is required if you want to let users register. If you want existing users to the only login, configure the attribute using which you will match the user in Jira.



c. Matching a User

When the user logs into Jira, one of the user's data/attribute coming in from the OAuth/OpenID Provider is used to search the user in Jira. This is used to detect the user in Jira and log in the user to the same account.
• Go to User Profile tab
• Select Username or Email for Login/Search Jira user account by
• Enter the attribute name from OAuth/OpenID Provider which corresponds to Username or Email using Finding Correct Attributes



d. Custom Attribute Mapping

• The custom attributes recieved in the OAuth/OpenID response can be configured using Configure User Properties(Custom Attributes) option.
• Click Add Attributes .
• Enter the attribute name( E.g. department) as User Property Key.
• This option will be added in the profiles of Jira Users.
• Corresponding to this key, fill the attribute value you recieved in Test Configuration window. For instance, if the Attribute Name in the Test Configuration window is Department, enter Department as Attribute.
• Another attribute e.g. location can be added by reclicking on Add Attributes option.

Step 4: User Groups

We will be setting up user group attributes for Jira. If your users are stored in a directory that is Read Only, please check Disable Group Mapping in User Groups tab and skip to Setting default group.



a. Setting default group

• Select the users' Default Group in the tab User Groups. If no group is mapped, users are added by default to this group.
• You can enable default groups for All Users or New Users using the option.Select None if you don't want to assign any default group to SSO users, using the option Assign Default Group To.



b. Finding Group Attribute

• Just like we found Attribute Name for User Profile attributes, we find group attribute.
• Go to Configure OAuth tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.
• You will see all the values returned by your OAuth/OpenID Provider to Jira in a table. If you don't see value with groups, make the required settings in your OAuth Providerto return group names.
• Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, keep the window open and go to User Groups tab.
• Enter the Attribute Name of group against Group Attribute.
• Check Disable Group Mapping option if you don't want to update groups of existing users.



c. Group Mapping

Group Mapping can be done in two ways:
• Manual group mapping: If the names of groups in Jira are different than the corresponding groups in OAuth/OpenID Provider, then you should use Manual group mapping.
• On-The-Fly group mapping: If the names of groups in Jira and OAuth/OpenID Provider are same, you should use On-The-Fly group mapping.

• I. Manual Group Mapping

  • Check Restrict User Creation Based on Group Mapping option if you want new users to be created only if at least one of the user's OAuth/OpenID Provider groups is mapped to a group in the application.
  • For mapping, first select a Jira group from the dropdown which lists all groups present in Jira and then enter the name of the OAuth/OpenID Provider group to be mapped in the textbox beside
  • For example, if you want all users in 'dev' group in OAuth/OpenID Provider to be added to jira-software-users, you will need to select jira-software-users from the dropdown and enter 'dev' against jira-software-users.
  • Use '+1' and '+10' buttons to add extra mapping fields.
  • Use '-' button next to each mapping to delete that mapping.
  

• II. On-The Fly Group Mapping

  • Check Create New Groups option if you want new groups from OAuth/OpenID Provider to be created if not found in Jira.
  • If the user is part of some group in Jira and that group is not present in the OAuth/OpenID response returned by OAuth/OpenID Provider, then the user will be removed from that group in Jira.
  • If you don't want On-The-Fly group mapping to affect Jira groups which are managed locally then add those groups in Exclude Groups field.
  

Step 5: Sign In Settings

The settings in the SSO Settings tab define the user experience for Single Sign On.


a. Sign In Settings

• Set Enable SSO for Jira Software to allow SSO for Jira Software users.
• Change the text on the SSO button on the login page using the Login Button Text option.
• Set the Relay State to the URL to which the users would be redirected after login. Keep this empty to redirect users to the same page they started with.
• Enable Auto-redirect to OAuth/OpenId Provider if you want to allow users to login only using OAuth/OpenId Provider. Enable backdoor for emergency.
• Restrict the access of backdoor URL to limited users by using the Restrict backdoor URL access based on user groups feature.
• Use Domain Restriction to allow login to only a specific set of users. You can configure multiple domains (semicolon-separated).
• For example, if only 'miniorange.com' and 'gmail.com' domains are allowed then, the user test@miniorange.com and test@gmail.com will be able to log in and user test@yahoo.com will not be able to login.
• Select Secure Admin Login Options to control admin access. User needs to authenticate again to access admin settings or to perform any admin operation. This helps you to add an extra level of security for admin access.



b. Service Desk SSO Settings

• Set Enable SSO For ServiceDesk Customer Portal to allow SSO for Service Desk user.
• Set Enable SSO Only For Agents to allow SSO only for specific set of users.
• Enable Auto-redirect to Provider if you want to allow users to login to ServiceDesk only using provider and use Disable Auto Redirect to Provider to allow basic login for selective customer portals.



c. Sign Out Settings

• Set Logout URL or Logout Template to redirect users after logout action.



d. SSO Error Settings

• Set error template to redirect users to a custom error page instead of login page. Use this if you have Auto-redirect to Provider enabled.



e. Advanced SSO Settings

• Set the restriction to access of Plugin API outside the Jira environment by Restrict access to plugin API's.

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