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Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO)


Bluehost SSO by miniOrange is a cloud-based Single Sign-On solution for Bluehost that allows Organization's or users to use same login credentials that they use cross there services and sites in order to access Bluehost account. Along with Bluehost, miniOrange also provides secure SSO access to other integrated apps configured with Bluehost. miniOrange Bluehost SSO can be easily configured with any of the Direcrtory like Active Directory, LDAP or any of your directory in the cloud. Bluehost SSO solution helps you to integrate with any IDP (Identity Provider) of your choice ADFS, Azure AD, Okta, Onelogin, AWS Cognito, GSuite/Google Apps etc.

Challenge faced by Bluehost Users

Bluehost users want a continuous and seamless access to their portal through their existing accounts. They don't wish for their users to have a separate set of credentials for logging in to Bluehost. Bluehost provides a way for its users to allow their users to log in to the platform seamlessly. But, an interface needs to be created which would allow this.

miniOrange provides SSO solution for Bluehost

miniOrange provides an integrated SSO solution where a logged in user's existing session can be used to log the users into Bluehost by creating a valid JSON Web Token ( JWT ). Bluehost user is relieved from maintaining separate user credentials for its users.

As a result, miniOrange Single Sign-On (SSO) solution is implemented. Bluehost users can now login into Bluehost platform using their existing crede

Connect with External Source of Users


miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, AWS etc), Identity Providers (like Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, AWS), and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.



Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO)

2. Adding Script on Bluehost's End

  • To enable SSO on Bluehost's end, all you need to do is add a Single Sign-On URL and Customized Script to retrieve the required attributes from the JWT token.
  • Please click here to contact us for the script which is to be added.

3. Configure Your User Directory

miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, 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.



  • To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:
  • 1. Create User in miniOrange

    • Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.
    • Bluehost VPN 2FA : Add user in miniOrange

    • Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the Create User button.
    • Bluehost MFA: Add user details

    • After successful user creation a notification message "An end user is added successfully" will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.
    • Bluehost Two-Factor Authentication: Add user details

    • Click on Onboarding 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.
    • Bluehost 2FA: Select email action

    • 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.
    • Bluehost Multi-Factor Authentication: Reset user password
    • 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.
    • Bluehost 2FA: Add users via bulk upload

    • In Bulk User Registration Download sample csv format from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.
    • Bluehost Two-Factor authentication: Download sample csv file

    • To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in comma separated .csv file format then click on Upload.
    • Bluehost 2FA : Bulk upload user

    • 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 External Directories >> Add Directory in the left menu of the dashboard.
    • Configure User Store

    • Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.
    • Bluehost 2FA: Select AD/LDAP as External Directory

    • STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If the 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 on your premise.
    • Bluehost 2FA: Select Directory Type as AD/LDAP

    • Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
    • Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
    • Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against the LDAP Server URL field.
    • Click on the Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.
    • Bluehost Two-Factor Authentication : Configure LDAP server URL Connection

    • In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for the Distinguished Name attribute. The bind account should have minimum required read privileges in Active Directory to allow directory lookups. If the use case involves provisioning (such as creating, updating, or deleting users or groups), the account must also be granted appropriate write permissions.
    • Bluehost Two-Factor Authentication : Configure user bind account domain name

    • Enter the valid Bind account Password.
    • Click on the Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
    • Bluehost Two-Factor Authentication : Check bind account credentials

    • 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.
    • Bluehost 2FA : Configure user search base

    • Select a suitable Search filter from the drop-down menu. If you use User in Single Group Filter or User in Multiple Group Filter, replace the <group-dn> in the search filter with the distinguished name of the group in which your users are present. To use custom Search Filter select "Write your Custom Filter" option and customize it accordingly.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Select user search filter

    • Click on the Next button, or go to the Authentication tab.
    • You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Next button to add user store.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Activate LDAP options

      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
      Fallback Authentication If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange
      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
      Sync users in miniOrange Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP

    • Click on the Next button, or go to the Provisioning tab.

    User Import and Provisioning from AD

    • If you want to set up provisioning, click here for detailed information. For now, we are skipping this step by clicking Skip on Provisioning.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Click on Skip Provisioning Button

    Attributes Mapping from AD

    • By default userName, firstName, lastName, email are configured. Scroll down and click on Save Configurations. To fetch additional attributes from Active Directory, enable Send Configured Attributes. On the left side, enter the name that you wish to release to the applications. On the right side, enter the attribute name from Active Directory. E.g., if you wish to fetch company attribute from Active Directory, and send it as organization to configured applications, enter the following:

      Attribute Name sent to SP = organization
      Attribute Name from IDP = company

    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Attributes Mapping from AD

    Test Connections

    • You will see a list of directories in External Directories. Go to the directory you have configured, click Select, then go to Test Connections and click on it.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Test AD/LDAP connection

    • Click on Test Connection to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Enter username and password to test LDAP connection

    • On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Successful connection with LDAP Server

    Test Attribute Mapping

    • You will see a list of directories in External Directories. Go to the directory you have configured, click Select, then go to Test Attribute Mapping and click on it.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Under External Directories, click Select, and then Test Attribute Mapping

    • A pop-up will appear to add the username. After clicking Test, you will see the Test Attribute Mapping Result.
    • Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Enter username to test Attribute Mapping configuration

      Bluehost 2FA/MFA : Fetch mapped attributes for user

    Set up AD as External Directory configuration is complete.


    Note: Refer our guide to setup LDAP on windows server.

miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.

Not able to find your IdP or Need help setting it up?


Contact us or email us at idpsupport@xecurify.com and we'll help you setting it up in no time.



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.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): miniOrange Login

  • On entering the valid credentials, you will be successfully logged into Bluehost.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): Bluehost Login

Using IDP Initiated Login

  • Log into miniOrange IdP using your credentials.
  • On the End User-Dashboard, click on the Bluehost application configured, to test the SSO flow.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): verify configuration

  • You will be successfully logged into Bluehost.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): Bluehost Login

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.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): miniOrange Login

  • On entering the valid credentials, you will be successfully logged into Bluehost.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): Bluehost Login

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.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): Bluehost add bookmark app

  • Click on Save.
  • On the End User-Dashboard, click on the Bluehost bookmark application configured, to test the SSO flow.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): verify configuration

  • You will be successfully logged into Bluehost.
  • Bluehost Single Sign-On (SSO): Bluehost Login

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