BigCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO)
BigCommerce SSO by miniOrange has developed a ready to use Single Sign-On solution for BigCommerce. BigCommerce is a SaaS eCommerce platform that allows business owners to set up an online store and sell products on the web. BigCommerce allows its users to use their existing credentials to log in to their platform using JWT (JSON Web Token). But an interface needs to be created on the existing site that can generate that JWT token and log users into BigCommerce using their existing credentials. miniOrange solves this issue and provides Single Sign-On(SSO) into BigCommerce using miniOrange or any other third party Identity providers (IDP) with ease.
Challenge faced by BigCommerce Users
BigCommerce users want a continuous and seamless access to their portal through their existing accounts. They don't wish for their users/customers to have a separate set of credentials for logging in to BigCommerce. BigCommerce provides a way for its users to allow their users/customers to log in to the platform seamlessly. But, an interface needs to be created which would allow this.
miniOrange provides SSO solution for BigCommerce
miniOrange provides an integrated solution where a logged in user's existing session can be used to log the users into BigCommerce by creating a valid JSON Web Token (JWT).
Connect with External Source of Users
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Shibboleth, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more.
Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for BigCommerce Single Sign-On (SSO)
1. Create BigCommerce API
- Log in to BigCommerce Admin Panel.
- Go to the Advanced Settings from the menu and select API Accounts.
- Click on Create API Account and choose Create V2/V3 API Token option from the menu shown.
- Add a suitable name for your API account.
- Enable the Customers option as Modify and Customers Login option as login.
- Click on Save.
- Download the API credentials file. It contains the API token, Client ID and Client Secret.
2. Configure BigCommerce in miniOrange
- Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
- Go to Apps Click on Add Application button.
- In Choose Application Type click on Create App button in JWT application type.
- In the next step, search for BigCommerce application from the list.
- In Add Apps tab enter the values and click on Save.
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Custom Application Name
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Choose appropriate name according to your choice. |
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Description
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Add appropriate description according to your choice. |
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Redirect-URL
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The Redirect URL for SSO, e.g. https://my-store.mybigcommerce.com/login/token/ |
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Group Name
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Default |
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Policy Name
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Add policy name according to your Preference. |
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Login Method
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Password. |
- For Attribute Mapping, go to Select>>Edit.
- Enter the Client Id, App Secret and Client Token(which we downloaded during API creation in BigCommerce Console).
- To map the atrrinutes between the IDP and miniOrange application, click on Attributes + button.
- The first three attributes will be hard-coded values.
| Attribute Name | Attribute Value |
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| store_hash | Custom Attribute Value |
| redirect_to | Customer Attribute Value |
| opeartion | Customer Attribute Value |
- If you are using an external IDP, you need to map the attributes coming in from the idp by choosing the external IDP option.
- Click on Save
- Now, You can access BigCommerce Account Using IDP credentials through the Single-sign-on URL as shown in image above.
3. Configure Your User Directory
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, 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.
- Click on User Stores >> Add User Store in the left menu of the dashboard.
- Select User Store type as AD/LDAP.
- 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.
- 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.
- In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.
- Enter the valid Bind account Password.
- Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
- 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. To use custom Search Filter select "Custom Search 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 |
| Backup 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 Configuration 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.
- 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 in the Customer Admin Account.
- Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.
- (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.
- From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.
- In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application Drop Down.
- Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.
- 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.
- You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.
- 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.
4. Test SSO Configuration
Using SP Initiated Login
- Lets say you have configured miniOrange as your userstore.
- On accessing the Single sign-On URL as mentioned in the second step, you will be asked for miniOrange credentials.
- On entering the valid credentials, you will be successfully logged into BigCommerce.
Using IDP Initiated Login
- Log into miniOrange IdP using your credentials.
- On the End User-Dashboard, click on the BigCommerce application configured, to test the SSO flow.
- You will be successfully logged into BigCommerce.
Using SP Initiated Login
- Lets say you have configured Okta as IDP.
- On accessing the Single sign-On URL as mentioned in the second step, you will be asked to enter your Okta credentials.
- On entering the valid credentials, you will be successfully logged into BigCommerce.
Using IDP Initiated Login
- Log into Okta using your credentials.
- Click on Admin to access the Admin Console, then click on Applications.
- Click on Add Application and search for "Bookmark App", and Click Add in the left pane.
- Choose an app name of your choice which will be the display name.
- In the URL section, enter the SSO URL that is given in the JWT app.
- Click on Save.
- On the End User-Dashboard, click on the BigCommerce bookmark application configured, to test the SSO flow.
- You will be successfully logged into BigCommerce.
