Tutorial: Azure AD SSO integration with Hubble

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11/21/2022
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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Hubble with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Hubble with Azure AD, you can:

Control in Azure AD who has access to Hubble.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Hubble with their Azure AD accounts.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
Hubble single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.

Hubble supports SP initiated SSO.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

Add Hubble from the gallery

To configure the integration of Hubble into Azure AD, you need to add Hubble from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
On the left navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service.
Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select All Applications.
To add new application, select New application.
In the Add from the gallery section, type Hubble in the search box.
Select Hubble 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 Azure AD SSO for Hubble

Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Hubble using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Hubble.

To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Hubble, perform the following steps:

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

Configure Azure AD SSO

Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.

In the Azure portal, on the Hubble application integration page, find the Manage section and select single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

a. In the Identifier box, type the URL: https://api.hubble-docs.com/api/v1/organizations/samls/metadata

b. In the Reply URL text box, type the URL: https://api.hubble-docs.com/api/v1/organizations/samls/acs

c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://app.hubble-docs.com/saml-login
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.

Create an Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.

From the left pane in the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.
Select New user at the top of the screen.
In the User properties, follow these steps:
1. In the Name field, enter B.Simon.
2. In the User 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. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

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

In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.
In the applications list, select Hubble.
In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
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.
In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Hubble SSO

To configure single sign-on on Hubble side, you need to upload the downloaded Federation Metadata XML to the configuration page on Hubble.

Create Hubble test user

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

Test SSO

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

Click on Test this application in Azure portal. This will redirect to Hubble Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Hubble Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Hubble tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Hubble Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Hubble 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 Cloud App Security.