Azure Active Directory SSO set up

Azure Active Directory SSO set up

Set-Up Steps

  1. Open your Azure AD and select Enterprise applications



  1. Click New application


  1. Click Create your own application


  1. Add a name for your app and ensure Integrate any other application you don't find in the gallery (Non-gallery) is selected and click Create

  1. Click Single sign-on in the navigation bar

  1. Click on SAML to select SAML as the single sign-on method

  1. Edit the Basic SAML Configuration and enter these details then Save:

    Identifier: urn:amazon:cognito:sp:us-west-2_QKp3VycRu
    Reply URL: https://lightyear-live.auth.us-west-2.amazoncognito.com/saml2/idpresponse

  2. Sign on URL: https://app.lightyear.cloud/sso-verification
    Logout Uri:     https://app.lightyear.cloud/login

  3. Under the SAML Certificates section, copy the App Federation Metadata Url and give this to Lightyear.


At this point you can make any other configuration changes to your application e.g. assigning users.


  1. Final configuration changes are made by Lightyear (on Cognito) upon which a new URL for initiating the SSO flow will be passed across.





      

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