JumpCloud SSO login: Configure JumpCloud as an IDP
miniOrange SSO solution allows you to login to any of your applications/websites using JumpCloud as IdP (Identity Provider). In this guide we will go through step-by-step instructions on how to configure SSO between an application and JumpCloud by configuring JumpCloud as an Identity Provider and your application as a Service Provider. miniOrange SSO solution also acts as an identity broker for cross protocol authentication, which means Service Provider following a particular SSO protocol can connect to an Identity Provider following some different SSO protocol like SAML,OAuth etc. Once configured successfully you will be ready to securely access your website/application using JumpCloud IDP.
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.
Prerequisite:
- To get started you need to have an active JumpCloud account with administrator rights for your organization.
- Get the miniOrange SP metadata that you will require in the first step. For this, go to the miniOrange Admin Console >> Identity Providers >> Add Identity provider >> SAML Tab. Then click on the Click here link.
- Click on Show metadata Details under For SP - Initiated SSO. Click on Download Metadata. You will require this in JumpCloud console at Step 1.
Steps to setup JumpCloud as an IDP and miniOrange as SP for SSO login
1. Configure miniOrange as Service Provider (SP) in JumpCloud
- Login to your JumpCloud Administrator Console.
- Click on Administrator Login.
- Login with your JumpCloud administrator Login credentials.
- Navigate to User Authentication >> SSO.
- Select the + in the upper left.
- Scroll down and click on Custom SAML App.
- Under General info tab, enter the following details:
Display Label Name |
Enter a label for Service Provider. |
Description |
Enter description for your application. |
Display option: |
Upload a logo of your SP or select a color under color indicator. |
- Under SSO tab, click on Upload Metadata under the Service Provider Metadata and upload the metadata file which you got from Prerequisites.
Attribute Mapping
- Under SSO tab, scroll down to Attributes section and enter the following entities.
Service Provider Attribute Name |
JumpCloud Attribute Name |
First Name |
firstname |
Last Name |
lastname |
- To add more attributes click on add attributes.
- Then click on save to save your application.
- To get the IDP metadata tick the application check box and click on export metadata.
- You have successfully configured JumpCloud as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving Single Sign-On.
2. Configure JumpCloud as Identity Provider (IDP) in miniOrange
- Go back to the miniOrange admin console.
- Navigate to Identity Providers >> Add Identity provider >> SAML Tab.
- Then click on the Import IDP Metadata button.
- Upload the XML metadata file that you downloaded from the JumpCloud in Step 1 using the Import IDP Metadata feature.
- Enter the IDP name as JumpCloud, select File as the IDP Metadata format and upload the XML file.
- Then click on the Import button.
- Your IDP metadata details will be auto-filled.
- Click on Save.
3. Configure your application in miniOrange
Note:
If you have already configured your application in miniOrange you can skip the following steps.
- Click on Create App under SAML.
- Search for your Application. In case you do not find your app, search for Custom SAML App.
- Get the ACS URL and SP Entity ID from your application.
- Enter the following values OR click on Import SP Metadata:
Service Provider Name |
Choose appropriate name according to your choice |
SP Entity ID or Issuer |
Your Application Entity ID |
ACS URL X.509 Certificate (optional) |
Your Application Assertion Consumer Service URL |
NameID format |
Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress |
Response Signed |
Unchecked |
Assertion Signed |
Checked |
Encrypted Assertion |
Unchecked |
Group policy |
Default |
Login Method |
Password |
- Click on Save to configure your application.
- Now to get the IDP metadata of the app configured, Go to apps >> your_app >> select >> metadata tab.
- Click on the Show Metadata details in the Information required to Authenticate via External IDPs section. Download the metadata XML file by clicking on Download Metadata button or copy the Metadata URL link.
- You need to Upload this metadata in your application.
4. Setup Multiple IDPs (Optional)
- You can configure multiple IDPs (Identity Providers) and give users the option to select the IDP of their choice to authenticate with.
For Example - It could be multiple AD domains belonging to different departments or multiple okta organizations.
Few usecases where customers configure multiple IDPs -
- Suppose you have a product which many of your clients use and each client has their own unique IDP so you want them to SSO into your product as well using their existing IDP only. miniOrange provides a centralized way to connect with all IDPs in a very easy manner and integrate SSO into your application.
- Suppose you are providing a course to many universities, each having a unique SAML, OAuth protocol supported IDP's like Shibboleth, ADFS, CAS, etc. You can provide Single Sign-On (SSO) into your course application to all these universities by integrating with all of them using a single platform provided by miniOrange.
- This is the endpoint to call from your SAML application -
For Cloud IDP - |
https://login.xecurify.com/moas/discovery?customerId=<customer_id> |
For On-Premise IDP - |
https://yourdomain.com/discovery?customerId=<customer_id> |
- You should copy the Customer Key from admin console-> Settings -> and replace it with <customer_id> here. Once configured in SP, when you initiate the login from Service Provider, a user will be redirected to IDP Selection Page listing all IDPs configured for that account.
You can see the screenshot below of the IDP Selection Page with a list of IDPs.
Note: To view the IDP in drop-down list, go to Identity Providers tab > against your configured IDP > Select >Edit , here Enable the Show IdP to Users option.
- You also have the option to modify the appearance and design of this page. Login to miniOrange Admin console. Navigate to Customization -> Branding Configuration. See the below screenshot for reference-
- You can customize the title of this page.
- Change the logo and favicon for this page.
- Change the background and button color for this page from admin UI.
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