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Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Axway CSOS

  • Straipsnis

In this article, you'll learn how to integrate Axway CSOS with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Axway CSOS with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Axway CSOS.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Axway CSOS 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.
  • Axway CSOS single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Axway CSOS supports SP initiated SSO.

Pastaba

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Axway CSOS

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Axway CSOS 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 Axway CSOS.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Axway CSOS, 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 Axway CSOS SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Axway CSOS test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Axway CSOS that is 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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Axway CSOS > 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, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

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

    a. In the Identifier text box, type the URL: https://www.axway.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<host>:<port>/ui/core/SsoSamlAssertionConsumer

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<host>:<port>/ui

    Pastaba

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Contact Axway CSOS 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 Axway CSOS section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll 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 Identity > Users > All 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'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Axway CSOS.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Axway CSOS.
  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 click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are 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, click the Assign button.

Configure Axway CSOS SSO

To configure single sign-on on Axway CSOS side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Axway CSOS support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Axway CSOS test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Axway CSOS. Work with Axway CSOS support team to add the users in the Axway CSOS platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Axway CSOS Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Axway CSOS tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Axway CSOS Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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