Step 1: Configure Google Apps in miniOrange
- Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
- Go to Apps >> Manage Apps.

- Click on Add Applicaton button.

- In Choose Application Type click on Create App button in SAML/WS-FED application type.

- In the next step, search for your application from the list, if your application is not found. Search for "custom" and you can set up your app via Custom SAML App.

- Enter the SP Entity ID or Issuer as google.com.
- Enter the ACS URL as https://www.google.com/a/[domain_name]/acs.
- Enter the Single Logout URL as https://mail.google.com/a/out/tld/?logout.
- Enter the Domain Administrator in Google Apps (G Suite) Administrator field and click on "Verify Google Apps Administrator" to verify if the domain entered is of administrator
(this is an optional field).
- Leave the Attributes section empty.

- Go to the Add Policy and select DEFAULT from the Group Name dropdown.
- Now enter the name for your app authentication policy in the Policy Name field.
- Select PASSWORD from the First Factor Type dropdown.
- Click on Save to add Google Apps (G Suite).

- Click on Metadata link to download the metadata which will be required later. Click on Link to see the IDP initiated SSO link for Google Apps (G Suite).

- Keep SAML Login URL , SAML Logout URL and click on the Download Certificate button which you will require in Step 4.
Step 2: Choose Your User Directory
2.1: Setup AD as User Directory
- Login to miniOrange dashboard from the Admin Console.
- From the left side menu, click on User Stores >> Add User Store.

- 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.
2.2: Setup miniOrange as a User Store
- Log in to miniOrange dashboard from the Admin Console.
- There are 3 ways to setup miniOrange as an Identity Source
Step 3: Setup SSO in Google Apps (G Suite) Admin Account
- Now login to Google Admin Console and Select Security Tab from Admin Console.
- From listed options select Set up single sign-on (SSO) with a third party IdP.
- Enable Setup SSO with third party identity provider option.
- Enter Sign-In Page URL: SAML Login URL from Step 1.
- Enter Sign-Out Page URL: < Base Server Url > /idp/oidc/logout?post_logout_redirect_uri=https://gmail.com
Example: https://login.xecurify.com/moas/idp/oidc/logout?post_logout_redirect_uri=https://gmail.com
- Enter Change Password URL: SAML Login URL from Step 1.
- Upload the certificate that was downloaded earlier in Step 1.
- Select Enable Single Sign-On check box and save the settings.
Step 4: Configure 2FA for miniOrange Admin Dashboard and Google Apps
4.1: Configure 2FA for miniOrange Admin Dashboard.
- From your miniOrange Dashboard in the left navigation bar, select 2- Factor Authentication, click on Configure 2FA.

- Choose any 2FA method you want to configure.
- Let's say you want to configure OTP over SMS
- Click on OTP over SMS


- Now add your mobile number on which you want to receive the OTP.
- Then click on Save.


- Now as shown in the above image, OTP over SMS is your Active 2FA method.
- Enable Prompt for second factor during signin to your console.
- Then click on Save.

- To verify the configuration login again.
- You will be asked for Username and password then it is redirected to below page:
- Enter the OTP received on the phone and click on verify.

- If you are redirected to your dashboard, you have successfully configured OTP over SMS as your 2FA method.
- Similarly you can configure rest of the 2FA methods for miniOrange dashboard. Click Here for the Guide
- To configure 2FA methods for end-users Click here.
4.2: Enable 2FA for Users of Google Apps application.
- To enable 2FA for Users of Google Apps application. Go to Policies >> App Authentication Policy
- Click on Edit against the configured application

- Enable the Enable 2-Factor Authentication (MFA) option.

- Click on Save.
Step 5: Login with miniOrange
- Go to your Google Apps Domain. It will redirect you to miniOrange Single Sign-On Service console.

- Enter your miniOrange login credentials and click on Login.
- Since we have 2-factor authentication (2FA)enabled, you will be prompted to register for it. It's a one time process.
- Configure your basic details.

- Configure any authentication method of your choice.

- After successful registration, you will be logged in to your Google Apps account.
- Now we have 2-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.
- To verify your 2-factor authentication (2FA) configuration, go to your Google Apps Domain. You will be redirected to miniOrange login console.

- Enter your login credentials, and click on login. It will prompt to verify yourself against the configured 2fa method.
e.g. If you have configured OTP over SMS, after login into Google Apps it will prompt for OTP.

- Enter the OTP received in your phone, after successful 2FA verification, you will be redirected to the Google Apps dashboard.
Step 6: Adaptive Authentication with Google Apps
6.1: Restricting access to Google Apps with IP Blocking
6.2: Adaptive Authentication with Limiting number of devices.
Using Adaptive Authentication you can also restrict the number of devices the end user can access the Services on. You can allow end users to access services on a fixed no. of devices. The end users wii be able to access services provided by us on this fixed no. of devices.
You can cofigure Adaptive Authentication with Device Restriction in follwing way
- Login to Self Service Console >> Adaptive Authentication.
- Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
- Select your Action for behaviour Change and Challenge Type for user from the Action for behaviour Change Section.

- Scroll down to Device Configuration section and enable Allow User to Register Device option to allow users to register their devices.
- Enter the Number of Devices which are allowed to register in field next to Number of Device Registrations Allowed
- Choose Action if number of devices exceeded (This will override your setting for Action for Behaviour Change.)
- Challenge: The user needs to verify himself using any of the three methods mentioned in table in step 6.1
- Deny : Deny users access to the system
- Enable option Send email alerts to Users if number of Device registrations exceeded allowed count if you want to alert the user about no of devices exceeding the limit. Save the configuration.

6.3: Add Adaptive Authentication policy to Google Apps.
- Login to Self Service Console >> Policies.
- Click on Edit option for predefined SAML app policy.

- Set your application name in the Application and select password as Login Method.
- Enable Adaptive Authentication on Policy page and select the required restriction method as an option.
- From Select Login Policy dropdown select the policy we created in last step and click on save.

How to add a trusted Device
- When End-user log in to the self service console after the policy for device restriction is on, he is provided the option to add the current device as a trusted device.
miniOrange Authenticator app is available for free from Google Play
miniOrange Authenticator app is available for free from the Apple App Store
For further details refer :
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744?hl=en
https://www.google.com/landing/2step/