TalentLMS Single Sign-On SSO
miniOrange provides enterprises with secure access to TalentLMS as well as complete control over TalentLMS access. Single Sign-On (SSO) login into your TalentLMS Account with a single set of login credentials.
miniOrange and TalentLMS Single Sign-On (SSO) integration supports the following features:
- SP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)
- IdP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)
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 TalentLMS Single Sign-On (SSO)
1. Configure TalentLMS in miniOrange
- Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
- Go to Apps and click on Add Application button.
- In Choose Application, select SAML/WS-FED from the application type dropdown.
- Search for TalentLMS in the list, if you don't find TalentLMS in the list then, search for custom and you can set up your application in Custom SAML App.
- Click on the Application Icon.
- Custom Application Name: App name you like to provide. E.g. TalentLMS.
- SP Entity ID or Issuer: Enter SP Entity ID / Issuer in the following format:
[my-domain-name].talentlms.com
- ACS URL: Enter ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL in the following format:
[my-domain-name].talentlms.com/simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/[my-domain-name].talentlms.com
- Setup Attribute Mapping.
- Select the attribute name with which you want to log in your application in Name ID field from the dropdown.
eg.Username, Email, etc.
- Enter NameID format such as E-mail address, nameid, etc. in NameID format.
- Attributes can be mapped using the Add Attribute tab.
- Add attributes such as Email Address, Full name, etc. with its corresponding value.
- Multiple attributes can be added using icons.
- Create an appropriate Login policy.
- Group Name : Select an appropriate Group Name from the dropdown.
- Policy Name: Policy name you like to provide.
- Login Method: Select Appropriate method from the dropdown.
- Click on Save.
- Go to Apps >> Manage Apps.
- Search for your app and Click on the select dropdown in Action menu against your app.
- Click on Metadata to download the certificate which will be required later.
- Click on Show Metadata details button and then click on Download Certificate button.
2. Configure SSO in Talentlms
- Login to your TalentLMS domain as a super-admin and go to Account & Settings → Users.
If your subscription plan supports SSO Integrations, you can click on Single Sign-On (SSO) link.
- Enter the SSO integration type: Choose SAML2.0 from the drop-down list.
- Enter the Identity Provider's URL: IdP Entity ID or Issuer URL from the metadata section for the app created in step 1.
- Enter the Remote sign-in URL: SAML Login URL from the metadata section for the app created in step 1.
- Enter the Remote sign-out URL: SAML Logout URL from the metadata section for the app created in step 1.
3. Define the Attribute Names in TalentLMS
- These fields define the variable names of the SAML protocol containing user data.
- Enter the TargetedID in this field. This is the username of the user account and should be a unique identifier for each user.
- Enter the FirstName in this field. The first name of the user.
- Enter the LastName in this field. The last name of the user.
- Enter the Email Address in this field. The email address of the user.
- Enter the Group Name in this field. The group name that the users is member of.
- Now click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.
4. Test SSO Configuration
Test SSO login to your TalentLMS account with miniOrange IdP:
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.
- 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 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. 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.
6. Adaptive Authentication with TalentLMS
A. Restricting access to TalentLMS with IP Blocking
B. 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 will be able to access services provided by us on this fixed no. of devices.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with Device Restriction in following way
- Login to Self Service Console >> Adaptive Authentication.
- Add a Policy Name for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
- Select your Action for behavior Change and Challenge Type for user from the Action for behavior 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 behavior 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.
C. Add Adaptive Authentication policy to TalentLMS.
- Login to Self Service Console >> Policies.
- Click on Edit option for predefined 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.
D.Notification and Alert Message.
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.
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