Configure Single Sign-On for VOSS Automate¶

This procedure configures self-service Single Sign-On (SSO) for VOSS Automate.

The configuration applies to customers and customer administrators associated with the identify provider (IdP).

Note

Administrators are configured for SSO use via the Users form (default menu User Management > Users).
Administrators can also be configured with multiple user roles, i.e. have a user type “End User + Admin” (see: Add an Admin User). While the role of such an administrator user is “selfservice”, the user’s association with a Authorized Hierarchy model instance redirects such an administrator to the same interface as a single role administrator when using the SSO URLs for login - as indicated under Integrating with an SSO Identity Provider below.

Administrators with multiple user roles who wish to access the Self-service interface, need to explicitly switch to the Self-service portal URL upon login:
```
https://<Hostname>/selfservice/#/
```

Prerequisites

Create a self-signed or third-party-signed system certificate. For more information, see SSO Certificate Management.
The VOSS Automate server and the IdP server must be configured so that their clocks are synchronized.

SSO Service Provider Configuration¶

Log in to VOSS Automate as system administrator.
Choose Single Sign On > SSO SP Settings.

Note

This screen is only available to you if you’ve logged in as a higher-level administrator.
Click Add.

Note

Configure only one instance of SSO SP Settings.
On the Base tab:
- (Mandatory). From the System Certificate drop-down, choose the System Certificate to use. See SSO Certificate Management.
- To allow the SSO SP Setting to expire, enter a number of hours in the Validity (Hours) field.
Note
- Specifying an unsigned third-party-signed certificate results in an error.
- To renew an expired certificate, see Renew Single Sign-On Certificate for VOSS Automate.
On the SAML SP Settings tab:
- Enter the mandatory FQDN of the Server.
- Select the Sign Authn Requests and Want Assertions Signed check boxes as required by your security environment.
Note
- Only select Want Reponse Signed if you’re sure that all IdPs sign responses.
- If a secure connection is required with the secure attribute set on the cookies, the URL values for bindings of End Points must be specified with https.
Click Save.
To view the location of the VOSS Automate SP metadata that you will upload to the IdP:
- Choose Single Sign On > SSO SP Metadata.
- Point your browser to the URL shown here, and then save a copy of the SP metadata.
Upload the SP metadata to the IdP.

Refer to your IdP documentation for details on adding VOSS Automate as a service provider.

Note

The IdP must release the UID and map it to an appropriate attribute. For example, an IdP that authenticates with Active Directory can map the uid SAML attribute to sAMAccountName in the Active Directory server.
Download the IdP metadata from the IdP server.

Refer to your IDP documentation for details on downloading IDP metadata.

Note

If an expired SSO certificate is being renewed and the IdP metadata has not changed, the download, configure and upload of the IdP metadata is not required.

Integrating with an SSO Identity Provider¶

Log in as provider, reseller, or customer administrator (depending on your IdP configuration level).
Choose Administration Tools > File Management and upload the IdP metadata.
Choose Single Sign On > SSO Identity Provider.
Click Add to add the SSO Identity Provider configuration.

Note

Only one instance of an SSO Identity Provider can be configured for a hierarchy node.
On the SSO Identity Provider screen, complete at least the mandatory fields (Entity ID, Login URI, Local Metadata File, User lookup field at minimum, the mandatory SSO Identity Provider fields (see SSO Identity Provider fields):

If a customer is using a custom domain, the Service Provider Domain Name is filled in at the hierarchy level and the login and metadata URLs used will be tied to the IdP as follows:
```
SSO Login URL:         ``https://<Service Provider Domain Name>/sso/<Login URI>/login``
Admin Portal:          ``https://<Service Provider Domain Name>/admin/sso/<Login URI>/login``
Business Admin Portal: ``https://<Service Provider Domain Name>/business-admin/sso/<Login URI>/login``
```
The metadata is obtained from: https://<Service Provider Domain Name>/sso/<Login URI>/metadata

If the Service Provider Domain Name is specified, the metadata XML file from VOSS-4UC then contains Service.Provider.Domain.Name in the assertion consumer service URL as shown in the example below:
```
<md:AssertionConsumerService
    Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST"
    Location="https://Service.Provider.Domain.Name/sso/acs/"
    index="1"/>
```
This metadata needs to be uploaded to the IdP (not the generic metadata obtained from SSO Service Provider Configuration).

Important

If you have previously uploaded metadata to the IDP and you subsequently complete this Service Provider Domain Name field, you need to remove the previous record from the IDP and re-upload the metadata so that it contains this field.
Click Save to save the SSO Identity Provider Configuration and enable SSO if selected.
Choose User Management > Users and filter on Auth Method equals SSO to display enabled SSO users.

When the Service Provider Domain Name is not specified for a given IDP, these URLs are used for SSO login:

SSO Login URL:         ``https://<FQDN of the Service Provider>/sso/<login_URI>/login``
Admin Portal:          ``https://<FQDN of the Service Provider>/admin/sso/<Login URI>/login``
Business Admin Portal: ``https://<FQDN of the Service Provider>/business-admin/sso/<Login URI>/login``

See SAML SP Settings FQDN in SSO Service Provider Configuration.

The IdP redirects to this FQDN on login.

Note

While an IdP may exist at more than one hierarchy in VOSS Automate, a user will only be permitted to log in if the user exists at or below the hierarchy of a single IdP.

SSO Identity Provider: Field Reference¶

Field	Description
Entity Id	Mandatory. Entity ID of the IDP. This field must exactly match the entity ID in the IdP metadata file.
Login URI	Mandatory. Login URI for the IDP. This is the URI that will be embedded in SSO Login URL. It can contain only alphanumeric characters and forward slashes.
Service Provider Domain Name	The FQDN that will be embedded in the SP metadata for this IdP for URLs that refer back to the Service Provider.
Local Metadata File	Mandatory. Choose the IdP metadata file. This field must be unique across the system.
SSO Enabled	Select the check box to enable SSO for users synced in or created at the current hierarchy level. Clear this check box to disable SSO for the users associated with the defined IDP.
Note	Reminder to upload the IdP metadata file
SSO Login URL	Read-only field displays the SSO Login URL to use. Users with `selfservice` role and no Authorized Admin Hierarchy will be redirected to Self-service.
Business Admin Portal Login URL	Read-only. Displays the Business Admin Portal SSO Login URL to use.
Admin Portal Login URL	Read-only. Displays the new Admin Portal SSO Login URL to use.
User lookup field	Mandatory. Select the field to bind the VOSS and SSO user - typically `username`.
Authentication Scope	Hierarchical scope this server applies to. Full tree authentication (default): All nodes at and below this node in its tree can authenticate against this server. Local authentication: Only users at this node can authenticate against this server.
User sync type	Type of users that can authenticate against this server. Synced users only: Only users synced in from LDAP can authenticate against this server. All users

For Authentication Scope, also see User Login Options by Authentication Method and Server Authentication Scope.

SSO Scenarios for User Roles¶

The table below shows the interface a user will be directed to when using a specific SSO URL, according to the user’s role: either single role or multiple role (includes Authorized Admin Hierarchy).

User Role	Auth Admin?	URL used	UI (Session Limiting)	Expected Behavior
selfservice	Yes	https://<hostname>/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Classic Admin
selfservice	Yes	https://<hostname>/business-admin/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Business Admin
selfservice	Yes	https://<hostname>/admin/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Admin
selfservice	No	https://<hostname>/sso/<login-uri>/login	selfservice	Redirect to Self-service
administration	Yes	https://<hostname>/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Classic Admin
administration	Yes	https://<hostname>/business-admin/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Business Admin
administration	Yes	https://<hostname>/admin/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Admin
administration	No	https://<hostname>/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Classic Admin
administration	No	https://<hostname>/business-admin/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Business Admin
administration	No	https://<hostname>/admin/sso/<login-uri>/login	administrator	Redirect to Admin

Administrators set up with SSO but who have multiple user roles and who wish to access the Self-service interface must navigate to the Self-service portal URL upon login:

https://<Hostname>/selfservice/#/

VOSS Automate 21.3