Cloud Access Manager 8.1.2 - How To Configure as an Identity Provider

Configuring the SAML application on idp-cam.partner.local
describes how to configure the Identity Provider (IDP) Cloud Access Manager instance (on idp-cam.partner.local) with a SAML application to define the service provider (SP) Cloud Access Manager instance (on sp-cam.demo.local).

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Setting up the front-end Authenticator in sp-cam.demo.local
describes how to configure the SP Cloud Access Manager instance (on sp-cam.demo.local) with a front-end authenticator (FEA) definition for the IDP Cloud Access Manager instance (on idp-cam.partner.local).

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Testing your configuration
describes how to test a federated logon to the SP Cloud Access Manager instance authenticating against the IDP Cloud Access Manager instance.

Figure 2. Lab deployment with Cloud Access Manager to Cloud Access Manager federation

Configuring the SAML application on idp-cam.partner.local

This section describes how to configure the Identity Provider (IDP) Cloud Access Manager instance on idp-cam.partner.local with a SAML application to define the service provider (SP) Cloud Access Manager instance on sp-cam.demo.local

There are two methods you can use to create the SAML application:

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Using the template provided

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Configuring the application manually

In addition you can:

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Configure the Cloud Access Manager roles to be returned.

To configure the SAML application using the template

From the main menu in the Applications section click + Add New.

In the Create an Application Using a Template section select the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager template.

On the Settings for Cloud Access Manager enter sp-cam.demo.local as the Cloud Access Manager hostname and then click Save & Next.

On the Subject Mapping page click Derive the username from an attribute.

In the Take the username from the following attribute field enter sAMAccountName.

Click Next.

The Permissions page is displayed. Here you can grant or deny access to the application based on role membership. Select Allow Role Access to specify which roles will have access to Cloud Access Manager.

Enter a name for this application configuration.

Click Next.

The Application Portal configuration screen allows you to determine how the app link to the Cloud Access Manager SP instance is presented on the local Application Portal. For this example, users will navigate directly to the Cloud Access Manager SP Application Portal. This means that the URL to the local Cloud Access Manager IDP Application Portal will not be published, and therefore the settings here are not important. Leave all settings as they are and click Finish.

The Federation Settings page provides you with information that you may need to configure your Service Provider. In this example, we will generate metadata to set up our Service Provider. Click Download Metadata and transfer the downloaded file to your sp-cam.demo.local machine.

Configuring the SAML application manually

From the main menu, in the Applications section, click + Add New.

The Create New Application page is displayed. Click Configure Manually.

The Back-end SSO Method page is displayed. Select SAML and then click Next.

On the Federation Settings screen, enter the Recipient and the Audience / SP Identity as follows:

Recipient:

https://sp-cam.demo.local/CloudAccessManager/RPSTS/Saml2/Default.aspx

Audience/SP Identity:

urn:sp-cam.demo.local/CloudAccessManager/RPSTS

Application Logout URL:

https://sp-cam.demo.local/CloudAccessManager/RPSTS/Saml2/Logout.aspx

On the Subject Mapping page, click Derive the username from an attribute.

In the Take the username from the following attribute field, enter sAMAccountName.

Click Next.

Click Next to advance to the External Access page. This asks you whether the application should be proxied for situations where external users are required to access applications on your internal network. When Cloud Access Manager is operating as an IDP, the application (SP) does not run on your internal network and therefore this is not required. Select Do not proxy this application.

Click Next.

Now enter a name for this application configuration.

Click Next.

The Application Portal configuration screen allows you to determine how the app link to the Cloud Access Manager SP instance is presented on the local Application Portal. Since in this example users will navigate directly to the Cloud Access Manager SP Application Portal, the URL to the local Cloud Access Manager IDP Application Portal will not be published, so the settings here are not important. Select IDP-Initiated under SSO Mode and click Finish.

The Federation Settings page provides you with information you may need to configure your Service Provider. In this example, we will generate metadata to set up our Service Provider. Click Download Metadata and transfer the downloaded file to your sp-cam.demo.local machine.

Configuring Cloud Access Manager roles to be returned

To configure the IDP instance to return the Cloud Access Manager roles that users belong to, use the following steps. You can then employ these roles in the SP instance to control user access to applications.