Microsoft Entra SSO integration with AppNeta Performance Manager
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In this article, you'll learn how to integrate AppNeta Performance Manager with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate AppNeta Performance Manager with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to AppNeta Performance Manager.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to AppNeta Performance Manager with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
Manage your accounts in one central location.
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.
AppNeta Performance Manager single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
AppNeta Performance Manager supports Just In Time user provisioning.
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Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
Adding AppNeta Performance Manager from the gallery
To configure the integration of AppNeta Performance Manager into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add AppNeta Performance Manager from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for AppNeta Performance Manager
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with AppNeta Performance 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 AppNeta Performance Manager.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with AppNeta Performance Manager, perform the following steps:
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > AppNeta Performance Manager > Single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, enter the values for the following fields:
a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<subdomain>.pm.appneta.com
b. In the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) field, enter:
https://sso.connect.pingidentity.com/sso/sp/ACS.saml2
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The Sign-on URL value above is an example. Update this value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact AppNeta Performance Manager customer support team to get this value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
AppNeta Performance Manager application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes:
In addition to above, AppNeta Performance Manager application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response, which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirement.
Name
Source Attribute
firstName
user.givenname
lastName
user.surname
email
user.userprincipalname
name
user.userprincipalname
groups
user.assignedroles
phone
user.telephonenumber
title
user.jobtitle
In order to properly pass along your ”groups” SAML assertions, you need to configure App roles and set the value to match the role mappings that are set within AppNeta Performance Manager. Under Identity > Applications > App registrations, select Appneta Performance Manager.
Click App roles in the left pane. The following screen will appear:
Click Create App role.
On the Create app role screen, follow these steps:
In the Display name field, enter a name for the role.
In the Allowed member types field, select Users/Groups.
In the Value field, enter the value of the security group set in your AppNeta Performance Manager role mappings.
In the Description field, enter a description for the role.
Click Apply.
After creating the roles, you need to map them to your users/groups. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Appneta Performance Manger > Users and groups.
Select a user/group and then assign your desired App role (created in the previous step).
Once you have mapped the App roles, browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Appneta Performance Manager > Single sign-on.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
If you have set up the roles as explained in the above, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown.
In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
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In practice, you’ll add groups to the application rather than individual users.
Configure AppNeta Performance Manager SSO
To configure single sign-on on AppNeta Performance Manager side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML to AppNeta Performance Manager support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create AppNeta Performance Manager test user
In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in AppNeta Performance Manager. AppNeta Performance Manager supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in AppNeta Performance Manager, a new one is created after authentication.
In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.
In the Azure portal, select Test this application. This will redirect to AppNeta Performance Manager Sign-on URL, where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to AppNeta Performance Manager Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the AppNeta Performance Manager tile in the My Apps portal, this will redirect to AppNeta Performance Manager Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps portal, see Introduction to My Apps.
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