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Configure Shibumi for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate Shibumi with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating Shibumi with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Shibumi.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Shibumi (Single Sign-On) with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

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

  • Shibumi single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Shibumi supports SP and IDP initiated SSO

  • Shibumi supports Just-In-Time user provisioning

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

To add Shibumi from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  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 search box, type Shibumi, select Shibumi from result panel then select Add button to add the application.

    Shibumi in the results list

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Shibumi based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Shibumi needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Shibumi, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure Shibumi Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  5. Create Shibumi test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Shibumi that's linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Shibumi, perform the following steps:

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

  2. Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > Shibumi application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, select Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Basic SAML Configuration, where you can enter Identifier, Reply U R L, and select Save.

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.shibumi.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.shibumi.com/saml/SSO

  6. Select Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    Screenshot shows Set additional U R Ls where you can enter a Sign on U R L.

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.shibumi.com/saml/SSO

    Note

    These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Contact Shibumi Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  7. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Shibumi section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Microsoft Entra Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure Shibumi Single Sign-On

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

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.

Create Shibumi test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Shibumi. Shibumi supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Shibumi, a new one is created after authentication.

Test single sign-on

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you select the Shibumi tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Shibumi for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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