Configuring SAML Authentication

Introduction

This section uses the OneAccess user portal as an example to describe how to configure the SAML authentication. After configuring the SAML authentication provider, you can refer to this section to log in to each application system.

Prerequisites

• You have permissions to access the administrator portal.
• You have configured the SAML authentication provider in OneAccess. For details, see Configuring a SAML Authentication Provider.

Enabling SAML Authentication

1. Log in to the administrator portal.
2. On the top navigation bar, choose Resources > Applications.
3. Click User Portal on the page.
4. On the application information page, click the application icon.
5. Choose Login Settings > Website Applications, click SAML to enable SAML authentication, and select the authentication provider added in Adding a SAML Authentication Provider.

Logging In to the User Portal Through SAML Authentication

1. Go to the user portal login page, select SAML, enter an IdP account and password, and click Login.
   Figure 1 Selecting SAML
   

2. After login, go to the administrator portal, choose Users > Organizations and Users, and view the automatically created user.
   

   • To automatically create a user if the authorized user is not associated with any system user, set No User Associated to Automatically create users. For details, see Table 1.
   • By default, users automatically created in the preceding scenario belong to the first root organization on the SP side.