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Configure Fluxx Labs for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate Fluxx Labs with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Fluxx Labs with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

  • Fluxx Labs single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Fluxx Labs supports IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Fluxx Labs into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Fluxx Labs 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Fluxx Labs in the search box.
  4. Select Fluxx Labs 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Fluxx Labs

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Fluxx Labs 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 Fluxx Labs.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Fluxx Labs, 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 Fluxx Labs SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Fluxx Labs test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Fluxx Labs that's 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > Fluxx Labs > 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Environment URL Pattern
    Production https://<subdomain>.fluxx.io
    Pre production https://<subdomain>.preprod.fluxxlabs.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Environment URL Pattern
    Production https://<subdomain>.fluxx.io/auth/saml/callback
    Pre production https://<subdomain>.preprod.fluxxlabs.com/auth/saml/callback

    Note

    These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact Fluxx Labs 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 Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

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

    Copy configuration URLs

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure Fluxx Labs SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Fluxx Labs company site as administrator.

  2. Select Admin below the Settings section.

    Screenshot that shows the "Settings" section with "Admin" selected.

  3. In the Admin Panel, Select Plug-ins > Integrations and then select SAML SSO-(Disabled)

    Screenshot that shows the "Integrations" tab with "S A M L S S O- (Disabled) selected.

  4. In the attribute section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the "Attributes" section with "S A M L S S O" checked, values entered in fields, and the "Save" button selected.

    a. Select the SAML SSO checkbox.

    b. In the Request Path textbox, type /auth/saml.

    c. In the Callback Path textbox, type /auth/saml/callback.

    d. In the Assertion Consumer Service Url(Single Sign-On URL) textbox, enter the Reply URL value, which you have entered.

    e. In the Audience(SP Entity ID) textbox, enter the Identifier value, which you have entered.

    f. In the Identity Provider SSO Target URL textbox, paste the Login URL value, which you copied previously.

    g. Open your base-64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste it to the Identity Provider Certificate textbox.

    h. In Name identifier Format textbox, enter the value urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress.

    i. Select Save.

    Note

    Once the content saved, the field appears blank for security, but the value has been saved in the configuration.

Create Fluxx Labs test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to Fluxx Labs, they must be provisioned into Fluxx Labs. In the case of Fluxx Labs, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your Fluxx Labs company site as an administrator.

  2. Select the below displayed icon.

    Screenshot that shows administrator options with the "Plus" icon selected under "Your Dashboard is Empty".

  3. On the dashboard, select the below displayed icon to open the New PEOPLE card.

    Screenshot that shows the "Contact Management" menu with the "Plus" icon next to "People" selected.

  4. On the NEW PEOPLE section, perform the following steps:

    Fluxx Labs Configuration

    a. Fluxx Labs use email as the unique identifier for SSO logins. Populate the SSO UID field with the user’s email address, that matches the email address, which they are using as login with SSO.

    b. Select Save.

Test SSO

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

  • Select Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Fluxx Labs for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Fluxx Labs tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Fluxx Labs for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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