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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Kontiki

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Kontiki, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra subscription, create a free account before you begin.
  • A Kontiki subscription with single sign-on enabled.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment and integrate Kontiki with Microsoft Entra ID.

Kontiki supports the following features:

  • SP-initiated single sign-on.
  • Just-in-time user provisioning.

Note

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

Add Kontiki in the Azure portal

To configure the integration of Kontiki into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Kontiki 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 Kontiki in the search box.
  4. Select Kontiki 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 Kontiki

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Kontiki 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 Kontiki.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Kontiki, 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 Kontiki SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Kontiki test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Kontiki 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 > Kontiki > 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 pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. In the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following step:

    In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.mc.eval.kontiki.com

    Note

    Contact the Kontiki Client support team to get the correct value to use. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. In the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML pane, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download next to Federation Metadata XML. Select a download option based on your requirements. Save the certificate on your computer.

    The Federation Metadata XML certificate download option

  7. In the Set up Kontiki section, copy the following URLs based on your requirements:

    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 Kontiki.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Kontiki.
  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 Kontiki SSO

To configure single sign-on on the Kontiki side, send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML file and the relevant URLs that you copied to the Kontiki support team. The Kontiki support team uses the information you send them to ensure that the SAML single sign-on connection is set properly on both sides.

Create Kontiki test user

There's no action item for you to configure user provisioning in Kontiki. When an assigned user tries to sign in to Kontiki by using the My Apps portal, Kontiki checks whether the user exists. If no user account is found, Kontiki automatically creates the user account.

Test SSO

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

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

  • Go to Kontiki Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Kontiki tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Kontiki Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Kontiki 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.