If you have not already done so, activate the Cloud Identity
Engine app.
In the Cloud Identity Engine app, select
Authentication
SP Metadata
Download SP Metadata
and
Save
the
metadata in a secure location.
Log in to PingOne and select
Applications
My Applications
Add Application
New SAML Application
.
Enter an
Application Name
,
an
Application Description
, and select the
Category
then
Continue
to Next Step
.
Select
I have the SAML configuration
and
ensure the
Protocol Version
is
SAML
v 2.0
.
Click
Select File
to
Upload
Metadata
Copy the metadata information from the Cloud Identity Engine
and enter it in PingOne as described in the following table:
Copy From Cloud Identity Engine
Enter in PingOne
Copy the
Entity ID
from
the SP Metadata page.
Enter it as the
Entity ID
.
Copy the
Assertion Consumer Service
URL
.
Enter the URL as the
Assertion Consumer
Service (ACS)
.
Select either
RSA_SHA384
or
RSA_SHA256
as
the
Signing Algorithm
.
(Required for MFA) If you want to require multi-factor authentication
for your users, select
Force MFA
.
Click
Continue to Next Step
to specify
the attributes for the users you want to authenticate using PingOne.
Specify the
Application Attribute
and
the associated
Identity Bridge Attribute or Literal Value
for
your user then select
Required
.
Be sure to assign the account you are using so you can
test the configuration when it is complete. You may need to refresh
the page after adding accounts to successfully complete the test.
Click
Add new attribute
as
needed to include additional attributes then
Continue
to next step
to specify the group attributes.
Add
the groups you want to
authenticate using PingOne or
Search
for
the groups you want to add then
Continue to next step
to
review your configuration.
Add PingOne as an authentication type in the Cloud Identity Engine
app.
Select
Authentication Types
and
click
Add New Authentication Type
.
Set Up
a
SAML 2.0
authentication
type.
Enter a
Profile Name
.
Select
PingOne
as your
Identity
Provider Vendor
.
Select the method you want to use to
Add Metadata
and
Submit
the
IdP profile.
If you want to enter the information manually, copy
the identity provider ID and SSO URL, download the certificate,
then enter the information in the Cloud Identity Engine IdP profile.
In PingOne, select
Applications
My Applications
then select
the Cloud Identity Engine app.
Copy the necessary information from PingOne and enter it in
the IdP profile on the Cloud Identity Engine app as indicated in
the following table:
Copy or Download From Okta Admin Console
Enter in Cloud Identity Engine IdP Profile
Copy the
Issuer
ID.
Enter it as the
Identity Provider ID
.
Download
the
Signing
Certificate
.
Click to Upload
the certificate
from the Okta Admin Console.
Copy the
Initiate Single Sign-On (SSO) URL
.
Enter the URL as the
Identity Provider
SSO URL
.
Select the
HTTP Binding for SSO Request to IdP
method
you want to use for the SAML binding that allows the firewall and
IdP to exchange request and response messages (
HTTP Redirect
,
which transmits SAML messages through URL parameters or
HTTP
Post
, which transmits SAML messages using base64-encoded
HTML).
Specify the
Maximum Clock Skew (seconds)
, which
is the allowed difference in seconds between the system times of the
IdP and the firewall at the moment when the firewall validates IdP messages
(default is 60; range is 1–900). If the difference exceeds this value,
authentication fails.
If you want to upload a metadata file, download the metadata
file from your IdP management system.
In PingOne, select
Applications
My Applications
then
select the Cloud Identity Engine app.
Download
the
SAML Metadata
.
In the Cloud Identity Engine app,
Click to Upload
the
metadata file, then
Open
the metadata file.
The
Cloud Identity Engine does not currently support the
Get
URL
method for PingOne.
Test SAML setup
to verify the
profile configuration.
This step
is required to confirm that your firewall and IdP can communicate.
If your IdP is configured to require users to log in
using multi-factor authentication (MFA), select
Multi-factor
Authentication is Enabled on the Identity Provider
.
Select the SAML attributes you want the firewall to use
for authentication and
Submit
the IdP profile.
In the Okta Admin Console,
Edit
the
User
Attributes & Claims
.
In the Cloud Identity Engine, select the
Username
Attribute
and optionally, the
Usergroup Attribute
,
Access
Domain
,
User Domain
, and
Admin
Role
.
You must select the username attribute in
the Okta Admin Console for the attribute to display in the Cloud
Identity Engine.
