SAML integration

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SAML integration

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties. The SAML integration process is described below.

1. Configure the Identity Provider (IdP).
2. Enable SAML and configure UCP as the Service Provider under Admin Settings > Authentication and Authorization.
3. Create (Edit) Teams to link with the Group memberships. This updates team membership information when a user signs in with SAML.

Configure IdP

Service Provider metadata is available at https://<SP Host>/enzi/v0/saml/metadata after SAML is enabled. The metadata link is also labeled as entityID.

Note

Only POST binding is supported for the ‘Assertion Consumer Service’, which is located at https://<SP Host>/enzi/v0/saml/acs.

Enable SAML and configure UCP

After UCP sends an AuthnRequest to the IdP, the following Assertion is expected:

• Subject includes a NameID that is identified as the username for UCP. In AuthnRequest, NameIDFormat is set to urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified. This allows maximum compatibility for various Identity Providers.

<saml2:Subject>
    <saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified">mobywhale</saml2:NameID>
    <saml2:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer">
        <saml2:SubjectConfirmationData NotOnOrAfter="2018-09-10T20:04:48.001Z" Recipient="https://18.237.224.122/enzi/v0/saml/acs"/>
    </saml2:SubjectConfirmation>
</saml2:Subject>

• An optional Attribute named fullname is mapped to the Full Name field in the UCP account.

Note

UCP uses the value of the first occurrence of an Attribute with Name="fullname" as the Full Name.

<saml2:Attribute Name="fullname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
    <saml2:AttributeValue
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xs:string">user.displayName
    </saml2:AttributeValue>
</saml2:Attribute>

• An optional Attribute named member-of is linked to the UCP team. The values are set in the UCP interface.

Note

UCP uses all AttributeStatements and Attributes in the Assertion with Name="member-of".

<saml2:Attribute Name="member-of" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
    <saml2:AttributeValue
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xs:string">groupName
    </saml2:AttributeValue>
</saml2:Attribute>

• An optional Attribute with the name is-admin is used to identify if the user is an administrator.

Note

When there is an Attribute with the name is-admin, the user is an administrator. The content in the AttributeValue is ignored.

<saml2:Attribute Name="is-admin" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
    <saml2:AttributeValue
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="xs:string">value_doe_not_matter
    </saml2:AttributeValue>
</saml2:Attribute>

Okta configuration

The Okta configuration is shown in the following examples.

When two or more group names are expected to return with the Assertion, use the regex filter. For example, use the value apple|orange to return groups apple and orange.

Service Provider configuration

Enter the Identity Provider’s metadata URL to obtain its metadata. To access the URL, you may need to provide the CA certificate that can verify the remote server.

Link Group memberships with users

Use the ‘edit’ or ‘create’ team dialog to associate SAML group assertion with the UCP team to synchronize user team membership when the user logs in.