Configuring SAML using Azure

PART 1: creating your app

1- Go to https://portal.azure.com

2- Go "HOME-> Enterprise Applications -> New Application -> Create your own Application", to create your application. Set a name for it and select Unlisted

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user must have one of the following roles :

  • Global Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Administrator

3- choose create your own application

4- give it a name and press create

5- assign users or groups that can login to the dmax - press Assign users and groups

6- after assigining the users/groups , go back to overview and press set up signle sign on

7- select SAML

8- press edit to the Basic SAML Configuration

9- configure the Identifier (Entity ID) , this is the external url of your portal for example : https://lab120.cybercloudnetworks.net

10- configure the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) it is the external url of your portal + /apv1/ssocallback like :

https://lab120.cybercloudnetworks.net/apiv1/ssocallback

11- press Attributes & Claims to add the group claim

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You can choose instead of all groups only assign or other to get less groups with the user claim

12- copy and save the login url and download the certificate

13 open the dmax and go to authenticaion (you can configure frontend for portal safe saml or admin saml for administrator

14 configure the following :

15- go to authentication profile edit the profile where you want to enable saml

16- on SAML enable it and add the groups you want to be allowed - the group id you can take it from azure groups , propierties