IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU CONTACT US FOR SETTING UP MFA FOR VPN.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for your VPN Client to increase security level.

Step 1: Choose Your User Directory

1.1: Setup AD as User Directory

1. Login to miniOrange dashboard from the Admin Console.
2. From the left side menu, click on User Stores >> Add User Store.



3. Select User Store type as AD/LDAP.



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.




4. Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
5. Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
6. Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against LDAP Server URL field.
7. Click on Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.



8. In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.



9. Enter the valid Bind account Password.
10. Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.



11. 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.



12. Select a suitable Search filter from the drop down menu. To use custom Search Filter select "Custom Search Filter" option and customize it accordingly.



13. 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



14. 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.



15. On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
16. Click on Test Attribute Mapping.



17. Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.



18. 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.

1.2: Setup miniOrange as a User Store

1. Log in to miniOrange dashboard from the Admin Console.
2. There are 3 ways to setup miniOrange as an Identity Source

1.2.1 Create User in miniOrange

1.2.2 Bulk Upload Users

1.2.3 Self User Registration




1.2.1 Create User in miniOrange

• Click on Users >> 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 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.



• 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.



1.2.2 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.



1.2.3 Self User Registration

• miniOrange self user registration allows end users to register themselves using customized registration form. miniOrange admin users can customize the registration form by adding more custom fields accodring to their choice. Learn More

Step 2: User Import and Provisioning from Active Directory

• This step involves Importing the users from the Active Directory and Provisioning them.
• Go to 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 dashboard select Provisioning.



• In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application Drop Down.
• Toggle the Import Users Check box and set Select User Unique Identifier as samaccountname.



• Click on Save and the click on the Import Users tab.



• Select Active Directory in the Select App to Import Users From Dropdown.
• Then click on Import 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.

Step 3: Creating User Groups(Recommended)

• Select Groups >> Manage Groups from left panel.



• Click on the Create Group button on the top.
• Enter an appropriate Group Name and click on Create Group.



• In this guide we have created a Group by name VPN_Group.
• Assign various members to the group using the Assign User option associated with the group in the groups list.



• Select the Users that are required to be assigned to this group. Then Select Assign to Group in Select Action Dropdown. Then click Apply.

Step 4: Configuring 2FA two factor authentication for End-Users

• Login into your End-User Dashboard using Active Directory Credentials.
• Select Configure 2FA from left panel.



• Browse through the Second factor options and choose an appropriate method to be used by the particular End-User during login.
• In this guide, we have selected the method "OTP OVER SMS". You can explore the guide to setup other methods here.



• Click on configure/reconfigure "OTP OVER SMS".
• Enter you phone number along with the necessary country code and click on SAVE below. After the Phone details are saved successfully, click on the Save button on the top bar to set this as your 2FA method.



• To use a particular method of 2FA, we configure that method first and then select the method and click on SAVE.
• Currently used method is denoted by green color.

Step 5: Add the Radius Client in miniOrange

• Go to Apps >> Manage Apps. Click on Add Application button.



• Choose RADIUS as Application type and click on Create App button.



• Click on Pulse Connect Secure application tab. If you don't find your application click on Radius Client application tab.



• Configure details below to add Radius Client.

Client Name:	Any name for your reference.
Client IP:	IP address of VPN server which will send Radius authentication request.
Shared Secret:	Security key. For Eg. "sharedsecret" (Keep this with you, you will need to configure same on VPN Server).
Include Password & OTP in same Request	Check this option for clients which takes password and the OTP in same request. Otherwise keep it unchecked.
Send Groups in Response	Enable this to send user groups as Vendor-Specific Group Attributes.

• Configure the following Policy details for the Radius App.

Group Name:	Group for which the policy will apply.
Policy Name:	Any Identifier that specifies policy name.
Login Method	Login Method for the users associated with this policy.
Enable 2-Factor Authentication	Enables Second Factor during Login for users associated with this policy.
Enable Adaptive Authentication	Enables Adaptive Authentication for Login of users associated with this policy.




• Click on Save.


NOTE: For On-Premise version follow the below steps before testing the connectivity.



Only For On-Premise Version

Step 1: Open Firewall Ports.

• In order to receive the RADIUS request, it is necessary to open UDP traffic on ports 1812 and 1813 for the machine where On-Premise IdP is deployed.
• If the hosting machine is a Windows Machine then you can follow this document.
• If the hosting machine is a Linux Machine then you can follow this document.

NOTE: If your machine is hosted on AWS, then enable the ports from the AWS panel.

Step 6: Add Another Policy (Optional)

• Here, we will configure a policy for the User Group that we created in the Step 3 and associate it with the VPN Application.
• Click on Policies tab >> App Authentication Policy.



• Click on Add Policy tab.
• In Step 1 Select the RADIUS App that we configured earlier.
• In Step 2 Select the required User Group in Group Name and enter Policy name as “<Any Name>”.
• In this guide, we will configure a Password Only policy for Open_VPN group. So, only the Open_VPN group members can access VPN Services without a Second Factor.



• Admin can change the second factor of the End user from the User List.



• Under Action Click on Select and then select Reset Second Factor.

Step 7: Configure Pulse Connect Secure client with miniOrange RADIUS server

• Login to Connect Secure administration console.
• Select Authentication > > AuthServers.
• Select "RADIUS Server" from list then Click on "New Server".
• Enter the details on New Radius Server page.
• Enter the details of "Backup Server".
• Click on "Save changes".

Step 8: Creating a new user Realms

• Click on Users >> User Realms >> New User Realms.
• Enter the details in New Authentication Realm form.
• Click on Save changes.

Step 9: Creating the Private portal

• Click on “New URL".
• Enter the path of your authentication portal.
• Check the "User picks” from “list of authentication realms”.
• Select Realm of your users.
• Click on "Save Changes".

Step 10: Login Pulse Secure VPN Software

• Login to Pulse Secure Client .
• Enter your NetID and NetID password.



• Check your downloads folder and double-click on Pulse Secure Installer file.
• Follow the steps in the installer. Enter your computer's Administrator name and password, while installation.

Step 11: Connect to VPN"

• To access Pulse Secure:
1. For Windows 7: Click on Start >> All Programs > >Juniper Networks > >Pulse Secure.
2. For Windows 8: Click on Start screen >> Pulse Secure.
• Enter Username and password and click on login.



• It will prompt you for 2 Factor code if you have enabled 2-factor authentication in miniOrange policy.
• Enter your 2-Factor code and you should be connected to VPN.
• Click Connect.

Step 12: Disconnect VPN

• To disconnection session Click on Disconnect.

For Further Details:

Two-Factor authentication
Pulse Secure Connect
https://www.pulsesecure.net/resource/pulse-connect-secure-leading-ssl-vpn-solution-for-enterprises/
https://support.pulsesecure.net/support-and-maintenance-guides/remote-installation-guide/