Multiple IDPs, One Jira/Confluence Unlock Seamless Authentication in Atlassian with miniOrange!
Streamline Jira/Confluence login with seamless authentication across Azure AD, Keycloak, and Okta. Automate user provisioning, enforce security policies, and eliminate manual overhead. Enhance compliance with advanced session control and audit logs. Experience hassle-free authentication with miniOrange today!
Business Challenge
Organizations using Jira/Confluence often work with multiple user groups—internal employees and external contractors or customers—each managed by different Identity Providers (IDPs) such as Azure AD, Keycloak, and Okta. However, handling multiple IDPs within Jira/Confluence brings major challenges:
1. Fragmented Login Experience
- Employees should log in automatically via Azure AD, but there’s no built-in way to enforce this.
- External users (vendors, customers) need to be redirected to Keycloak, but Jira/Confluence does not support custom IDP-based login routing. .
- This leads to user confusion and delays in authentication.
2. Manual & Inefficient User Management
- Jira/Confluence administrators manually assign users to groups, which is time-consuming and error-prone..
- External IDP groups (e.g., from Azure AD) don’t sync into Jira/Confluence automatically, leading to inconsistent access control.
- Organizations struggle to scale user provisioning without automation.
3. Security Risks & Compliance Gaps
- Admin users bypass SSO controls, leading to security vulnerabilities.
- Session persistence issues allow unintended automatic re-login, creating risks.
- Lack of centralized audit logs and tracking for authentication events.
Without a structured authentication solution, Jira/Confluence administrators waste time on manual management, users struggle with inconsistent login experiences, and security loopholes remain unchecked.
Solution Overview
miniOrange OAuth/OIDC for Jira/Confluence provides a unified authentication layer, ensuring seamless, secure, and automated login processes across multiple IDPs.
1. Dynamic Authentication Flow (Solves Login Fragmentation)
Automated IDP Redirection ensures users are dynamically redirected based on their email, user group, or login request type: Employees (@miniorange.test.in) to Azure AD, Service Desk users to Keycloak, and others to a manual login prompt, eliminating confusion and ensuring seamless access across all user groups.
2. Automated User & Group Provisioning (Solves Manual Management)
IDP Group Syncing ensures groups from Azure AD are dynamically created in Jira/Confluence upon login, while Auto-Assignment of Users automatically maps new Azure AD users to the jira-software-users group, reducing admin workload and ensuring real-time user provisioning without manual intervention.
3. Enhanced Security & Compliance (Solves Security Gaps)
Admin Authentication Control ensures admins log in via SSO like regular users, preventing security loopholes. Session Management prevents unintended automatic re-login after session expiration and enforces re-authentication for sensitive operations. Built-in Auditing & Logging meets compliance standards, strengthening security, ensuring compliance, and providing better control over authentication policies.
Key Benefits
Secure, efficient, and scalable authentication with compliance enforcement.
Security & Compliance
Secure and consistent SSO authentication prevents unauthorized access to admin accounts, ensures full audit logs, and enables authentication tracking.
Operational Efficiency
No more manual user and group assignments, ensuring faster authentication across different user types and centralized authentication management.
Improved Security & Compliance
Enforce mandatory steps like profile updates or policy acknowledgments to ensure compliance and keep user information up to date. Control where users land after login, enhancing security and aligning their access with organizational workflows.
Future-Ready & Scalable
Supports both cloud and on-prem Jira/Confluence deployments, ensuring compatibility with multiple IDPs, including Azure AD, Okta, and Keycloak.
Why Choose Us?
Dynamic IDP Redirection automates login routing for different user types, while Automated Group Provisioning eliminates the need for manual assignments. Advanced Session Control prevents automatic logins and enforces re-authentication, and Built-In Compliance Features ensure audit logs, tracking, and security policies.
