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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Gradle Enterprise

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Gradle Enterprise with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Gradle Enterprise with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Gradle Enterprise.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Gradle Enterprise with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Gradle Enterprise single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • Gradle Enterprise supports SP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of Gradle Enterprise into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Gradle Enterprise from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Gradle Enterprise in the search box.
  4. Select Gradle Enterprise from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Gradle Enterprise

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Gradle Enterprise using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Gradle Enterprise.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Gradle Enterprise, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure Gradle Enterprise SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Gradle Enterprise test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Gradle Enterprise that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Gradle Enterprise > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CLIENT_DOMAIN>

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CLIENT_DOMAIN>/keycloak/realms/gradle-enterprise

    c. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CLIENT_DOMAIN>/keycloak/realms/gradle-enterprise/broker/saml/endpoint

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact Gradle Enterprise Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Gradle Enterprise section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Gradle Enterprise.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Gradle Enterprise.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Gradle Enterprise SSO

To configure single sign-on on Gradle Enterprise side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Gradle Enterprise support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Gradle Enterprise test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Gradle Enterprise. Work with Gradle Enterprise support team to add the users in the Gradle Enterprise platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  1. Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Gradle Enterprise Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  2. Go to Gradle Enterprise Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  3. You can use Microsoft Access Panel. When you click the Gradle Enterprise tile in the Access Panel, this will redirect to Gradle Enterprise Sign-on URL. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

Next steps

Once you configure Gradle Enterprise you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.