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SAML authentication for Guest internet access with AD FS

Alexandre de THOMASSON
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How to use ADFS SAML authentication for Guests with Cloudi-FI: A Step-by-Step Guide

                                                            

Before you begin

From the Cloudi-Fi interface, go to Settings Auth modes and get the following information from the SAML section:

  • Identifier (Entity ID): Copy and paste the Cloudi-Fi Entity ID (Marked two on the below image)

  • Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL): Copy and paste the link-back URL (Marked one on the Below image)

  • Sign-on URL: https://login.cloudi-fi.net/

The company hash is visible on your Cloudi-Fi account, 
go to Setting  Company Account  Cloudi-Fi Public Key

Set up SAML Single Sign-On

 

1. Add a SAML Configuration

 

From the AD FS management tool, right-click AD FS from the left panel and click Edit Federation Service Properties and get the value of the Federation Service identifier.

 

Return to Cloudi-Fi interface Settings Auth modes and paste the value in the Login Endpoint field.

 

From the AD FS management tool, go to the AD FS Service Endpoints tab, search for and copy the URL path with a Type of SAML 2.0/WS-Federation.

Go back to Cloudi-Fi interface Settings Auth modes and paste the path prefixing it with your server URL (ex https:///adfs/ls) into the IDP Endpoint field.

 

From the AD FS management tool, go to AD FS Service Certificates, click right the certificate under Token-signing, and click on View Certificate. From the Certificate dialog, go to the Details tab and click on Copy to File.

The Certificate export wizard opens, click Next and export the Certificate to Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER)

 

Open the exported certificate file and copy (without "Begin Certificate" and "End certificate" markers). Go back to the Cloudi-Fi interface and paste into the field IdP Signing Certificate (x509 format)

 

2. Create a relying party trust

From the AD FS management tool, expand AD FS from the left panel, select Relying Party Trusts, and click Add Relying Party Trust.

 

Select Claims Aware and then select Enter data about relying party manually and click Next.

 

Give it a name and a description, and then click Next

On the Configure certificate, download the Cloudi-Fi SAML public certificate
Click on Browse and add the certificate.
 
ADFS Interface - Add SAML Certificate

Select Enable support for the SAML 2.0 WebSSO protocol on the Configure URL.

From Cloudi-Fi, copy Identifier (Entity ID), paste the value into Relying party SAML 2.0 SSO Service URL field, and click Next.

ADFS Server - add Relying party SAML 2.0 SO service URL

From the Cloudi-Fi interface, get the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL), paste the value into the Relying party trust identifier field, and click add, then Next.

ADFS - add Relying party trust identifiers

From the access control policy lists, select Permit Everyone and click Next.

Check the parameters on the Ready to Add Trust tab, click Next, and then Close the Wizard.

3. Edit claim rules

From the AD FS management tool, go to Relying Party Trust, right-click on the relying party trust you recently added, click Edit Claim Issuance Policy, and then add a new Rule.

 

Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims

Give it a name and add the Mapping as follows.

 

From the Cloudi-Fi interface, configure it as follows:

 

Email Attribute name: Claim name corresponding to the E-mail-Addresses value (email).

 

Fullname attribute: Claim name corresponding to the Display-Name value (Name).

 

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