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Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO)


Squarespace SSO solution by miniOrange provides you a ready to use Single Sign-On service which allows users to securely login into Squarespace and other integrated applications using a single set of login Credentials. You can easily connect with any of your IDP (Okta, Ping, etc) , Active Directory and LDAP without migrating your users. Squarespace secure SSO integration helps your organization's time and efforts with improved security to your data present in the cloud or on-premise. You don't need any enterprise plan or premium feature to enable SSO for Squarespace. Get One-Click secure SSO access with miniOrange’s IAM services.

Challenge faced by Squarespace Users

Squarespace users want continuous and seamless access to their website portal through their existing accounts. They don't wish for their users to have a separate set of credentials for logging in to Squarespace websites. Though Squarespace provides a way for its users to allow their users to log in to the platform seamlessly. But, an interface needs to be created which would allow this.

miniOrange SSO solution for Squarespace

miniOrange provides an integrated SSO solution where a logged in user's existing session can be used to log the users into Squarespace websites by creating a valid JSON Web Token (JWT). With this Squarespace users are relieved from maintaining separate user credentials users for its users.

As a result, a miniOrange Single Sign-On (SSO) solution is implemented. Squarespace users can now login into Squarespace platform using their existing credentials of any IDP without migrating users.

Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO)

Prerequisites

  • Log into miniOrange Admin Console.
  • Click on Customization in the left menu of the dashboard.
  • In Basic Settings, set your company domain in Organization Name textfield.
  • Click Save. Once that is set, the branded login URL would be of the format https://<company_domain>.xecurify.com/moas/login
  • 2FA Two-Factor authentication for Squarespace : setting up branding

Connect with External Source of Users


miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Shibboleth, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more.



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

1. Configure Squarespace in miniOrange

  • Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
  • Go to Apps Click on Add Application button.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO) add app

  • Under the Choose Application Type, click on JWT.
  • Squarespace Single Sign On SSO add app

  • Search for Squarespace and select it.
  • Squarespace Single Sign On SSO add app

  • In Add Apps tab enter the values and click on Save.
  • Squarespace Single Sign On SSO add app

    Custom Application Name Choose appropriate name according to your choice.
    Description Add appropriate description according to your choice.
    Redirect-URL Endpoint of Squarespace, which will receive the JSON Web token and process it.
    Group Name Default
    Policy Name Add policy name according to your Preference.
    Login Method Password.
  • Edit your recently created App by going to Apps >> Select option under Action dropdown >> Edit.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On SSO edit-button

    Squarespace Single Sign-On SSO edit-button

    Signature Algorithm Choose RSA-SHA256
  • Click on Save
  • Now, You can access Squarespace Account Using IDP credentials through the Single-sign-on URL

2. Adding Script on Squarespace's End

  • To enable SSO on Squarespace's end, all you need to do is add a customized script.
  • Click here to download the script needed or you can reach out to us at idpsupport@xecurify.com at any time if you need help with the integration.
  • Before adding the script, please enable safe mode by adding /safe in the url of your site , this prevents the script from running on your admin end.
  • Next go to Settings → Advanced → Code Injection and paste the downloaded script in the Header section as shown below:
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): Code Injection

3. Configure Your User Directory

miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, 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.



  • To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:
  • 1. Create User in miniOrange

    • Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.
    • Squarespace VPN 2FA : Add user in miniOrange

    • Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the Create User button.
    • Squarespace MFA: Add user details

    • After successful user creation a notification message "An end user is added successfully" will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.
    • Squarespace Two-Factor Authentication: Add user details

    • Click on On Boarding 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.
    • Squarespace 2FA: Select email action

    • 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.
    • Squarespace Multi-Factor Authentication: Reset user password
    • 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.
    • Squarespace 2FA: Add users via bulk upload

    • In Bulk User Registration Download sample csv format from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.
    • Squarespace Two-Factor authentication: Download sample csv file

    • To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in comma separated .csv file format then click on Upload.
    • Squarespace 2FA : Bulk upload user

    • 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.
  • Squarespace 2FA: Configure User Store

  • Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.
  • Squarespace 2FA: Select AD/LDAP as user store

    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.
    3. Squarespace Two-Factor Authentication : Select ad/ldap user store type

  • 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.
  • Squarespace MFA/2FA: Configure LDAP server URL Connection

  • In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.
  • Squarespace MFA: Configure user bind account domain name

  • Enter the valid Bind account Password.
  • Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
  • Squarespace MFA: Check bind account credentials

  • 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.
  • Squarespace 2FA : Configure user search base

  • Select a suitable Search filter from the drop down menu. To use custom Search Filter select "Write your Custom Filter" option and customize it accordingly.
  • Squarespace MFA/2FA : Select user search filter

  • 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.
  • Squarespace MFA : Activate LDAP options

    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.
  • Squarespace 2FA: Test AD/Ldap connection

  • On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
  • Click on Test Attribute Mapping.
  • Squarespace LDAP successful connection

  • Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.
  • Squarespace MFA: Fetch mapped attributes for user

  • 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   miniOrange dashboard

  • Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   Enable User Auto Registration

  • (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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration

  • From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   User Sync/Provisioning

  • In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application Drop Down.
  • Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   User Sync Active Directory Configuration

  • 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.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   User Sync Import Operation

  • You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.
  • MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for   User List

  • 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.

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


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.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): miniOrange Login

  • On entering the valid credentials, you will be successfully logged into Squarespace.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): Squarespace Login

Using IDP Initiated Login

  • Log into miniOrange IdP using your credentials.
  • On the End User-Dashboard, click on the Squarespace application configured, to test the SSO flow.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): verify configuration

  • You will be successfully logged into Squarespace.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): Squarespace Login

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.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): miniOrange Login

  • On entering the valid credentials, you will be successfully logged into Squarespace.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): Squarespace Login

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.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): Squarespace add bookmark app

  • Click on Save.
  • On the End User-Dashboard, click on the Squarespace bookmark application configured, to test the SSO flow.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): verify configuration

  • You will be successfully logged into Squarespace.
  • Squarespace Single Sign-On (SSO): Squarespace Login

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