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 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).
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Click on Customization in the left menu of the dashboard.
In Basic Settings, set your company domain in Organization Name textfield.
Click Save. Once that is set, the branded login URL would be of the format https://<company_domain>.xecurify.com/moas/login
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)
In Choose Application Type click on Create App button in JWT application type.
In the next step, search for BigCommerce application from the list and click on it.
Enter the following values.
Custom Application Name
Choose appropriate name according to your choice.
Description
Add appropriate description according to your choice.
Redirect-URL
Front-end URL, e.g. https://my-store.mybigcommerce.com/login/token/
Group Name
Default
Policy Name
Add policy name according to your Preference.
Login Method
Password.
Click on Save.
Your Application is successfully configured.
For Attribute Mapping, navigate to Select >> Edit next to your configured applicaition.
To map the attributes between the miniOrange IDP and BigCommerce application, click on Attributes + button.
If you are using an external IDP, jump to the below steps to set up external IDP.
The first three attributes will be hard-coded values.
Endpoint where you wish to redirect the user to after sso. For e.g. /account.php
operation
customer_login
Enter the Client Id, App Secret and Client Token (which we downloaded during API creation in BigCommerce Console).
Click on Save.
Now, You can access BigCommerce Account Using IDP credentials through the Single-sign-on URL as shown in image above.
If you are using an external IDP:
You need to map the following attributes coming in from the idp by choosing the external IDP option.
Enter the Client Id, App Secret and Client Token (which we downloaded during API creation in BigCommerce Console).
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.
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 On Boarding 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 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.
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.
Yes, we support social login providers such as google, facebook, twitter and many more. You can set up your Social login app by following the guide here : https://idp.miniorange.com/idp-setup-guides/
