depau/HackMD

Sheogorath 3251bcbadc

Split authentication guides into multiple documents

Splitting the documentation should provide an easier access to the
documentation people searching for and result in less merge conflicts
when adding new documentation here.

Signed-off-by: Sheogorath <sheogorath@shivering-isles.com>

2018-06-01 14:36:33 +02:00

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Authentication guide - SAML (OneLogin)

Sign-in or sign-up for an OneLogin account. (available free trial for 2 weeks)
Go to the administration page.
Select the APPS menu and click on the Add Apps.

Find "SAML Test Connector (SP)" for template of settings and select it.

Edit display name and icons for OneLogin dashboard as you want, and click SAVE.

After that other tabs will appear, click the Configuration, and fill out the below items, and click SAVE.
- RelayState: The base URL of your hackmd, which is issuer. (last slash is not needed)
- ACS (Consumer) URL Validator: The callback URL of your hackmd. (serverurl + /auth/saml/callback)
- ACS (Consumer) URL: same as above.
- Login URL: login URL(SAML requester) of your hackmd. (serverurl + /auth/saml)

The registration is completed. Next, click SSO and copy or download the items below.
- X.509 Certificate: Click View Details and DOWNLOAD or copy the content of certificate ....(A)
- SAML 2.0 Endpoint (HTTP): Copy the URL ....(B)

In your hackmd server, create IdP certificate file from (A)

Add the IdP URL (B) and the Idp certificate file path to your config.json file or pass them as environment variables.

config.json:

{
  "production": {
    "saml": {
      "idpSsoUrl": "https://*******.onelogin.com/trust/saml2/http-post/sso/******",
      "idpCert": "/path/to/idp_cert.pem"
    }
  }
}

environment variables

HMD_SAML_IDPSSOURL=https://*******.onelogin.com/trust/saml2/http-post/sso/******
HMD_SAML_IDPCERT=/path/to/idp_cert.pem

Try sign-in with SAML from your hackmd sign-in button or OneLogin dashboard (like the screenshot below).