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×Mattermost is an open-source, self-hostable online internal chat service for organisations and companies where you can bring all your team communication into one place with sharing files, search and integrations. Here this guide will walk you through step-by-step process of configuring SSO login for Mattermost application where we will configure Mattermost as SAML Service Provider (SP) and miniOrange as Identity Provider (IdP). Once configured successfully you will be ready to securely SSO into Mattermost application in no time.
miniOrange provides a ready to use solution for Mattermost. This solution ensures secure single sign on integration with Mattermost and seamless access to your users and enterprises within minutes. Single Sign On (SSO) into Mattermost with one set of login credentials.
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.
SP Entity ID or Issuer: | mattermost |
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ACS URL: | https://{your-mattermost-url}/login/sso/saml (where https://{your-mattermost-url} should typically match the Mattermost Site URL.) |
Name ID: | E-mail Address |
NameID format: | urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid‑format:emailaddress |
In this step we are going to set up Mattermost as SAML 2.0 Service Provider (SP).
SAML SSO URL: | Copy SAML Login URL from Metadata file you downloaded in Step 1. |
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Identity Provider Issuer URL: | Copy IdP Entity ID or Issuer: from Metadata file you downloaded in Step 1 |
Identity Provider Public Certificate: : | Copy X.509 Certificate from Metadata file you downloaded in Step 1. |
Test SSO login to your Mattermost account with miniOrange IdP:
Contact us or email us at idpsupport@xecurify.com and we'll help you setting it up in no time.
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.
1. Create User in miniOrange
2. Bulk Upload Users in miniOrange via Uploading CSV File.
Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.
Attribute | Description |
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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 |
Refer our guide to setup LDAPS on windows server.
miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.
Contact us or email us at idpsupport@xecurify.com and we'll help you setting it up in no time.
A. Restricting access to Mattermost with IP Blocking
You can use adaptive authentication with Mattermost Single Sign-On (SSO) to improve the security and functionality of Single Sign-On. You can allow a IP Address in certain range for SSO or you can deny it based your requirements and you can also challenge the user to verify his authenticity. Adaptive authentication manages the user authentication bases on different factors such as Device ID, Location, Time of Access, IP Address and many more.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with IP Blocking in following way:Attribute | Description |
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Allow | Allow user to authenticate and use services if Adaptive authentication condition is true. |
Challenge | Challenge users with one of the three methods mentioned below for verifying user authenticity. |
Deny | Deny user authentications and access to services if Adaptive authentication condition is true. |
Attribute | Description |
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User second Factor | The User needs to authenticate using the second factor he has opted or assigned for such as |
KBA (Knowledge-based authentication) | The System will ask user for 2 of 3 questions he has configured in his Self Service Console. Only after right answer to both questions user is allowed to proceed further. |
OTP over Alternate Email | User will receive a OTP on the alternate email he has configured threw Self Service Console. Once user provides the correct OTP he is allowed to proceed further. |
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 wayC. Add Adaptive Authentication policy to Mattermost.
D.Notification and Alert Message.
This section handles the notifications and alerts related to Adaptive Authentication.It provides the following options :
Option | Description |
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Challenge Completed and Device Registered | Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge and registers a device. |
Challenge Completed but Device Not Registered | Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge but do not registers the device. |
Challenge Failed | Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user fails to complete the challenge. |
In this guide, you have successfully configured the Single Sign-On (SSO) for Mattermost application by integrating Mattermost as SAML Service Provider and miniOrange as IDP.
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