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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Sectigo Certificate Manager

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Sectigo Certificate Manager, 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.
  • Sectigo Certificate Manager account.

Note

Sectigo runs multiple instances of Sectigo Certificate Manager. The main instance of Sectigo Certificate Manager is https://cert-manager.com, and this URL is used in this tutorial. If your account is on a different instance, you must adjust the URLs accordingly.

Scenario description

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

Sectigo Certificate Manager supports the following features:

  • SP-initiated single sign-on.
  • IDP-initiated single sign-on.

Note

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

Add Sectigo Certificate Manager in the Azure portal

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Sectigo Certificate Manager 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 Sectigo Certificate Manager.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Sectigo Certificate Manager, 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 Sectigo Certificate Manager SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Sectigo Certificate Manager test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Sectigo Certificate Manager 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 > Sectigo Certificate Manager > 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 steps:

    1. In the Identifier (Entity ID) box, for the main Sectigo Certificate Manager instance, enter https://cert-manager.com/shibboleth.

    2. In the Reply URL box, for the main Sectigo Certificate Manager instance, enter https://cert-manager.com/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST.

    Note

    Although in general, the Sign-on URL is mandatory for SP-initiated mode, it isn't needed to log in from Sectigo Certificate Manager.

  6. Optionally, in the Basic SAML Configuration section, to configure IDP-initiated mode and to allow Test to work, perform the following steps:

    1. Select Set additional URLs.

    2. In the Relay State box, enter your Sectigo Certificate Manager customer-specific URL. For the main Sectigo Certificate Manager instance, enter https://cert-manager.com/customer/<customerURI>/idp.

  7. In the User Attributes & Claims section, perform the following steps:

    1. Delete all Additional claims.

    2. Select Add new claim and add the following four claims:

      Name Namespace Source Source attribute Description
      eduPersonPrincipalName empty Attribute user.userprincipalname Must match the IdP Person ID field in Sectigo Certificate Manager for Admins.
      mail empty Attribute user.mail Required
      givenName empty Attribute user.givenname Optional
      sn empty Attribute user.surname Optional

      Sectigo Certificate Manager - Add four new claims

  8. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download next to Federation Metadata XML. Save the XML file on your computer.

    The Federation Metadata XML download option

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 Sectigo Certificate Manager.

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

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

Create Sectigo Certificate Manager test user

In this section, you create a user named Britta Simon in Sectigo Certificate Manager. Work with the Sectigo Certificate Manager support team to add the user in the Sectigo Certificate Manager 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.

Test from Sectigo Certificate Manager (SP-initiated single sign-on)

Browse to your customer-specific URL (for the main Sectigo Certificate Manager instance, https://cert-manager.com/customer/<customerURI>/, and select the button below Or Sign In With. If configured correctly, you will be automatically signed in to Sectigo Certificate Manager.

Test from Azure single sign-on configuration (IDP-initiated single sign-on)

In the Sectigo Certificate Manager application integration pane, select Single sign-on and select the Test button. If configured correctly, you will be automatically signed in to Sectigo Certificate Manager.

Test by using the My Apps portal (IDP-initiated single sign-on)

Select Sectigo Certificate Manager in the My Apps portal. If configured correctly you will be automatically signed in to Sectigo Certificate Manager. For more information about the My Apps portal, see Access and use apps in the My Apps portal.

Next steps

Once you configure Sectigo Certificate Manager 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.