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Deskpro Single Sign-On (SSO)

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Deskpro with its adaptable and dynamic helpdesk software can provide you the unforgettable customer experiences to your customers or internal users. miniOrange allows you to setup Single Sign-On(SSO) into using two standard protocols like SAML 2.0 and JSON web Tokens (JWT). Deskpro SSO with JWT is achieved by protocol brokering between JWT and SAML. Deskpro has support for SSO using JSON Web Token (JWT) tokens. miniOrange allows your users to Single Sign-On into Deskpro by verifying Identity with your existing SAML 2.0 compliant Identity Provider and passing JWT tokens to Deskpro.

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

1. Configure Deskpro in miniOrange:

• Login into miniOrange Admin Console.



• Go to Apps and click on Add Application button.



• In Choose Application, select JWT from the application type dropdown.



• In the next step, search for Deskpro application from the list. If your application is not found, search for JWT App and you can set up your Application.



• You can configure the following details in the application:

  Display Name	Enter the Display Name (i.e. the name for this application)
  Redirect URL	Enter the Redirect URL (i.e. the endpoint where you want to send/post your JWT token). You can add multiple redirect URLs by separating them with a ‘;’.E.g. abc.com;xyz.com
  Client ID	The Client ID is shown in the field below. Click the clipboard icon to copy it.
  Client Secret	Client Secret is hidden by default. Click the eye icon to reveal it and use the clipboard icon to copy it. This is used in the HS256 signature algorithm for generating the signature.
  Description (Optional)	Add a description if required.




• Click Save.
• You will be redirected to the Policies section. Click Add Policy.



• A dialog box will open enter the following details:

  Group Name	Select the group for which you wish to add a this policy. For multiple groups, you can click here to add a multiple/separate policies for each group.
  Policy Name	You can give a name for the authentication policy.
  First Factor	Select the login method as Password and Password-less. You can enable 2-Factor Authentication (MFA), Adaptive Authentication and Force MFA On Each Login Attempt.




• Click Submit to add the policy.
• You will see the policy listed once it’s successfully added.



• Click on Advanced tab.
• Enter the following details as required:

  Access Token	Enter the access token that will be sent to your redirect URL after a user logs in. This token helps your app know the user is allowed to access certain features.
  ID Token Expiry (In Mins)	Set how long (in minutes) the ID token will be valid. After this time, the user will need to log in again to get a new token.
  Subject	Choose what information, like the user’s email address, will be used to identify them in the token. This helps your app know which user is logged in.
  Signature Algorithm	Select your signature algorithm from the dropdown.
  The Logout URL of your application	Enter the web address where users should be sent after they log out.




• Signature Algorithms for JWT

RSA-SHA256

• Asymmetric, uses a set of private and public keys to generate and validate the signature which is included in the JWT token.
• The private key is used to generate the signature on the IDP side.
• The public key is used to verify the signature on the SP side.
• We provide the public key for this.



HS256

• Symmetric, uses the same secret key to generate and validate the signature
• The secret key in this case is configurable from the app configuration page.
• Switch to Authentication tab.

  Primary Identity Provider	Select the default ID source from the dropdown for the application. If not selected, users will see the default login screen and can choose their own IDP. [Choose miniOrange in this case.]
  Force Authentication	If you enable this option, users will have to log in every time, even if their session already exists.
  Enable User Mapping	Enable this option, if you want the app to show which user is signed in when it responds.
  Show On End User Dashboard	Enable this option if you want to show this app in the end-user dashboard.




• Navigate to Endpoints and copy the following details:



• Single Sign-On URL:
  • This URL is used to initiate user authentication to obtain the JWT token.
  • Take redirect_uri as one of the query parameters.
  • After successful authentication on the IDP end, an active user session is created in the IDP and the user is redirected to the redirect_uri with the JWT token.
• Single Logout URL:
  • This URL is used to log out the user from the IDP by removing the active user session.
  • Take redirect_uri as one of the query parameters.
  • After removing the active user session, the IDP redirects the user to the redirect_uri.
• Reply back URL for IdP initiated logout:
  • This URL is used to initiate the logout in case the JWT user login was IDP Initiated [User logged in to the dashboard
    first and then initiated the login for the app from the dashboard.]
  • After logging out the user from the IDP, the user is redirected to the IDP dashboard login page.

2. Setup SSO in DeskPRO

• Login to Deskpro dashboard as a user with administrator permissions and navigate to Agents >> Auth & SSO or CRM >> Auth & SSO, depending on whether you want to authenticate agents or users.



• Click on Add button and select JSON Web Token (JWT).
• Enter Remote Login URL as https://login.xecurify.com/moas/broker/login/jwt/<customer-id>?client_id=<client-id>&redirect_uri=<your_domain>.deskpro.com and JWT Secret Code that you get from the above step.
• Enter Login Button Text as Login With JWT.
• Check Enabled? option and click on Install App button.



• Then, click on Save Settings and Test your configurations by clicking on Test Settings.

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.

• 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.



• 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.




• 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.



• 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.



• Enter the valid Bind account Password.
• Click on the 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.



• 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.




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.




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





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.



• 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.




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.



• A pop-up will appear to add the username. After clicking Test, you will see the Test Attribute Mapping Result.






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.

• 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.

4. Test SSO Configuration

• miniOrange as IDP
• External IDP

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 Deskpro.

Using IDP Initiated Login

• Log into miniOrange IdP using your credentials.
• On the End User-Dashboard, click on the Deskpro application configured, to test the SSO flow.



• You will be successfully logged into Deskpro.

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 Deskpro.

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 Deskpro bookmark application configured, to test the SSO flow.



• You will be successfully logged into Deskpro.

External References

• Deskpro Documentation
• Know more about Zulip Single Sign-On SSO

Frequently Asked Questions