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Enable IP Restriction for Zoho

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How can IP Restriction restrict access to Zoho?

miniOrange allows you to use IP Restriction policy to provide or deny access to the users based on trusted IP Addresses.

• For the IP Restriction to work, the Admin must create a policy specifying permitted IP addresses which allows the access to the application.
• miniOrange supports IP addresses range in three formats i.e. IPv4, IPv4 CIDR and IPv6 CIDR.
• To block the access, Admin must specify an action which needs to be performed when a user tries to login from a non trusted IP address (Such as Deny or Challenge the user with 2FA).
• Once the restriction policy is configured, it can be applied to any application’s login policy to enable IP restriction for that application

Prerequisite:

Validate your Zoho apps domain (skip this step if you already have a verified Zoho domain)

• Login to your Zoho account and access Zoho Mail.
• Click on Control Panel and select Mail and Docs.



• Go to Domains, click on Add Domain and add your domain.



• In the list, click the icon under the Verified column for your domain to validate it.



• Follow the steps specified on the page that opens up and after that click on Verify to validate your domain.

Follow the step-by-step guide given below for Zoho IP restriction:

1. Configure Zoho in miniOrange

• Log into miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps and click on Add Application button.



• In Choose Application Zoho in the list.



• Enter the SP Entity ID or Issuer: https://accounts.zoho.com/samlresponse/your_domain.com.
• Enter the ACS URL: https://accounts.zoho.com/samlresponse/your_domain.com.



• Click Next, now in the Attribute Mapping configure attributes according to your choice.



• Click on Save.

Get IdP Metadata Details to upload to Zoho:

• Go to Apps >> Manage Apps.
• Search for your app and click on the select in action menu against your app.
• Click on Metadata to get metadata details, which will be required later. Click on Link to see the IDP initiated SSO link for zoho.



• Here you will see 2 options, if you are setting up miniOrange as IDP copy the metadata details related to miniOrange, if you required to be authenticated via external IDP's (OKTA, AZURE AD, ADFS, ONELOGIN, GOOGLE APPS) you can get metadata from the 2nd Section as shown below.



• Click on the Download Metadata button to download the metadata file which you will require in Step 2.

2. Configure SAML Single Sign-On in Zoho

1. Login to your Zoho application domain as the Account Administrator and access Zoho Mail.
2. Click on Control Panel and select Mail and Docs.



3. Go to SAML Authentication and enter the details as shown:




Login URL	Enter the SAML Login URL that you got from Step 1.
Logout URL	Enter the SAML Logout URL that you got from Step 1.
Change Password URL	https://login.xecurify.com/moas/idp/samlsso
PublicKey	Click on Get key From File and select the certificate downloaded earlier.
Algorithm	RSA

4. Click on OK to save the Zoho SAML SSO Settings.

3. Configure IP Restriction: Restricting access with IP Blocking

You can allow a IP Address in certain range for SSO or you can deny it based on your requirements and you can also challenge the user to verify his authenticity. Adaptive authentication manages the user authentication based on different factors such as Device ID, Location, Time of Access, IP Address and many more, thus improving the security and functionality of Single Sign-On.

You can configure Adaptive Authentication with IP Blocking in following way:


• Go to Adaptive Authentication from the left navigation bar.
• Click on Add Policy tab.
• Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.



• Enable Enable IP Restriction option from the IP RESTRICTION CONFIGURATION section to configure custom IP range.



• Select the Action you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range. i.e. Allow, Challenge & Deny.
• Specify the IP Address range for which you want above setting to reflect. You can add more than one IP Address ranges by clicking on following button +.
• We support IP addresses range in three formats i.e. IPv4, IPv4 CIDR and IPv6 CIDR. You can choose whichever is suitable for you from the dropdown menu.
• Now select your Action for behavior Change and Challenge Type for user from the Action for behavior Change Section.





Action for behavior Change Options :




Attribute	Description
Allow	Allow user to authenticate and use services if Adaptive authentication condition is true.
Challenge	Challenge users with one of the three methods mentioned below for verifying user authenticity.
Deny	Deny user authentications and access to services if Adaptive authentication condition is true.




Challenge Type Options :




Attribute	Description
User second Factor	The User needs to authenticate using the second factor he has opted or assigned for such as OTP over SMS PUSH Notification OTP over Email And 12 more methods.
KBA (Knowledge-based authentication)	The System will ask user for 2 of 3 questions he has configured in his Self Service Console. Only after right answer to both questions user is allowed to proceed further.
OTP over Alternate Email	User will receive a OTP on the alternate email he has configured threw Self Service Console. Once user provides the correct OTP he is allowed to proceed further.



• Scroll to the end and click on save.

4. Enable Restriction for Zoho

• Go to Policies >> App Login Policy from the left navigation bar.
• Click on Edit option against your selected app.



• Set your application name in the Application and select password as Login Method.
• Enable Adaptive Authentication.
• From the Select Login Policy dropdown, select the policy we created in the last step and select the required restriction method as an option.
• Click Save.

5. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)

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.

• Setup miniOrange as IDP
• Setup AD as User Directory
• Setup External IDP

• To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:

1. Create User in miniOrange

2. Bulk Upload Users

1. Create User in miniOrange

• Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.



• 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 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.



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



• Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.



1. 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.
2. 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. 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.



• 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
Fallback 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 Connection 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 >> Product 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.

• Okta
• ADFS
• Ping
• AWS Cognito
• Many more

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.

External References

• What is IP Restriction?
• Zoho Single Sign-on (SSO)
• What is Zoho?
• Adaptive Authentication
• Risk-based Authentication