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Configure SmartTrace for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

  • Use Microsoft Entra ID to control who can access SmartTrace.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed in to SmartTrace with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location: the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • SmartTrace single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

To configure the integration of SmartTrace into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SmartTrace 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, enter SmartTrace in the search box.

  4. Select SmartTrace in the results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

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

  2. Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > SmartTrace > Single sign-on.

  3. Perform the following steps in the below section:

    1. Select Go to application.

      Screenshot showing the identity configuration.

    2. Copy Application (client) ID and Directory (tenant) ID, use it later in the SmartTrace side configuration.

      Screenshot of application client values.

  4. Navigate to Authentication tab on the left menu and perform the following steps:

    1. In the Redirect URIs textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://api.smarttrace.ai/v1/auth/callback/azure/<InstanceName>

    2. In the Front-channel logout URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://api.smarttrace.ai/v1/auth/callback/azure-logout/<InstanceName> Screenshot showing the redirect values.

    3. Select Configure button.

  5. Navigate to Certificates & secrets on the left menu and perform the following steps:

    1. Go to Client secrets tab and select +New client secret.

    2. Enter a valid Description in the textbox and select Expires days from the drop-down as per your requirement and select Add.

      Screenshot showing the client secrets value.

    3. Once you add a client secret, Value is generated. Copy the value and use it later in the SmartTrace side configuration.

      Screenshot showing how to add a client secret.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you 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 Entra ID > 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 enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to SmartTrace.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > SmartTrace.
  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 select the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you're 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, select the Assign button.

Configure SmartTrace SSO

Below are the configuration steps to complete the OIDC federation setup:

  1. Sign into the SmartTrace site as an administrator.

  2. Go to SmartTrace header > select Integrations and select pencil icon on the Azure Active Directory tile.

    Screenshot of the SmartTrace header integrations.

  3. Perform the following steps in the Azure Active Directory page:

    Screenshot of the configuration page in SmartTrace.

    1. In the APPLICATION ID textbox, paste the Application (client) ID, which you have copied from the Microsoft Entra page.

    2. In the TENANT ID textbox, paste the Directory (tenant) ID, which you have copied from the Microsoft Entra page.

    3. In the APPLICATION (CLIENT) SECRET textbox, paste the value, which you have copied from Certificates & secrets section at Microsoft Entra side.

    4. Select Save.