Microsoft Entra SSO integration with HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator, you need:

• A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
• HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator version 9.4.1 or newer.

Scenario description

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

• HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator supports both SP and IDP initiated SSO.

Add HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator from the gallery

To configure the integration of HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator 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 HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator in the search box.

4. Select HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator tile from results panel. Enter a name, and click Create to 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 HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator 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 HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator, perform the following steps:

1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - This step will enable your users to use this feature.
2. Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user - This step allows you to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
3. Assign the Test user to the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator application - This step allows you to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on on EdgeConnect Orchestrator
4. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications. In the search bar, type the name of the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator app you created earlier. The Overview page opens.

3. In the left pane, under Manage, click Single sign-on.

4. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

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

   a. You must enter the values of Identifier (Entity ID) text box, Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) text box, and Logout Url (Optional) values. To find these values, first, log in to Orchestrator and navigate to the Authentication dialog box (Orchestrator > Users & Authentication > Authentication).

   

   b. In the Authentication dialog, click +Add New Server.

   c. Select SAML from the Type field.

   d. In the Name field, enter a name for your SAML configuration.

   e. Click the copy icon next to the ACS URL field.

   f. Go to the Basic SAML Configuration section on Microsoft Set up single sign-on with SAML page:

   1. Under Identifier (Entity ID), click Add identifier link. Paste the ACS URL value on the Identifier field.

      Note

      1. Use below pattern if you are configuring SAML SSO on any of the following three Orchestrator products: "HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Cloud Orchestrator", "HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Service Provider Orchestrator" and "HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Global Enterprise Orchestrator"- https://<SUBDOMAIN>.silverpeak.cloud/gms/rest/authentication/saml2/consume.
      2. Use below pattern if you are configuring SAML SSO on a self-deployed HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator (whether it's deployed on-premises or in a public cloud environment such as Microsoft Entra)- https://<PUBLIC-IP-ADDRESS-OF-ORCHESTRATOR>/gms/rest/authentication/saml2/consume.

   2. Under Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL), click Add reply URL link. Paste the same ACS URL value on the Reply URL field.

      Note

      1. Use below pattern if you are configuring SAML SSO on any of the following three Orchestrator products: "HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Cloud Orchestrator", "HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Service Provider Orchestrator" and "HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Global Enterprise Orchestrator"- https://<SUBDOMAIN>.silverpeak.cloud/gms/rest/authentication/saml2/consume.
      2. Use below pattern if you are configuring SAML SSO on a self-deployed HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator (whether it's deployed on-premises or in a public cloud environment such as Microsoft Entra)- https://<PUBLIC-IP-ADDRESS-OF-ORCHESTRATOR>/gms/rest/authentication/saml2/consume.

   3. Under Logout URL (Optional), paste the EdgeConnect SLO Endpoint value from the Orchestrator’s Remote Authentication Server page as shown on the image below:

   Note

   On self-hosted Orchestrators, if the Orchestrator is displaying the private IP address on the ACS URL field and the EdgeConnect SLO Endpoint field, please update it with the public IP address of the Orchestrator. As shown on the screenshot below, all five fields must contain the public IP address of the Orchestrator (not the private IP).

   

   g. Click Save to close the Basic SAML Configuration section

7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the Attributes & Claims section, click the edit icon and copy the highlighted entry below, and paste the information into the Username Attribute field in Orchestrator as shown below:

   

8. 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:

   

9. Open the certificate using a text editor such as Notepad. Copy and paste the content of the certificate on the IdP X.509 Cert field in Orchestrator as shown below:

   

10. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the Set up HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator section, copy the Microsoft Entra Identifier and paste it into the Issuer URL field in Orchestrator:

    

11. Click the Properties tab and copy the User access URL and paste it into the SSO Endpoint field in Orchestrator as shown below:

    

12. On the Orchestrator Remote Authentication Server dialog, set the Default role field. Example: SuperAdmin. (This is the last item on the dropdown list.) The Default role is needed if you did not define Role Based Access Control (RBAC) in the user attributes in the Attributes & Claims section.

13. Click Save on the Remote Authentication Server dialog.

14. You have successfully configured SAML SSO authentication on the Orchestrator. The next step is to create a test user and assign the Orchestrator application to that user to verify if SAML is configured successfully.

Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Microsoft Entra admin center 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 Test user to the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator application

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on by granting access to HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator.
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.

Test SSO

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

SP initiated:

• Click on Test this application in Microsoft Entra admin center. This will redirect to HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator Sign on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

IDP initiated:

• Click on Test this application in Microsoft Entra admin center and you should be automatically signed in to the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign-on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization's sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.