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Configure STACKIT Cloud for single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to STACKIT Cloud.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to STACKIT Cloud 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:

Scenario description

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

STACKIT Cloud supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with STACKIT Cloud 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 STACKIT Cloud based on the email.

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

    Screenshot shows how to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL: https://portal.stackit.cloud

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://accounts.stackit.cloud/idps/*/saml/metadata

    c. In the Reply URL text box, type the URL: https://accounts.stackit.cloud/ui/login/login/externalidp/saml/acs

    Note

    The Identifier value isn't real. Update the value with the actual Identifier, which is obtained from the STACKIT during the federated directory setup process.

  6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select the copy button to copy App Federation Metadata URL and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot of Certificate download link.

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

    Screenshot that shows how to copy the 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 STACKIT Cloud SSO

To configure STACKIT Cloud SSO, go to the STACKIT Portal and open a support ticket with the following information:

  1. Select Federation type as SAML 2.0 with Microsoft Entra ID.
  2. Provide the Reason for integration with brief explanation (for example, “Enable SSO for enterprise users”).
  3. Enter the Email domains with all email domains your employees use for login (for example, @example.org and @foobar.com).
  4. Enter the IdP metadata URL as a publicly accessible URL to your IdP’s metadata file. The system uses this URL to automatically retrieve configuration details such as endpoints and certificates.

Note

The downloaded file is also enough to configure the federation on STACKIT side.

After you provide the required information, STACKIT support team configures the federation. Then, they provide you with a unique SAML metadata URL for the STACKIT IdP.

Create STACKIT Cloud test user

On the Organization page, select Grant Access to invite the user into the organization. Enter the email address of the user in Microsoft Entra ID.

Screenshot of the Grant Access button on the Organization page in STACKIT Cloud.

Test SSO

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

  • Select Test this application, this option redirects to STACKIT Cloud Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the STACKIT Cloud tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to STACKIT Cloud Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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