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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Claromentis

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Claromentis with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Claromentis with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Claromentis.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Claromentis with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Claromentis single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • Claromentis supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
  • Claromentis supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

To configure the integration of Claromentis into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Claromentis from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Claromentis in the search box.
  4. Select Claromentis from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Claromentis

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Claromentis using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Claromentis.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Claromentis, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure Claromentis SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Claromentis test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Claromentis that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Claromentis > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, enter the identifier value as per your organization requirement.

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CUSTOMER_SITE_URL>/custom/loginhandler/simplesaml/www/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/claromentis

  6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Sign-on URL
    https://<CUSTOMER_SITE_URL>/login
    https://<CUSTOMER_SITE_URL>/login?no_auto=0

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Reply URL and Sign-on URL which is explained later in the tutorial.

  7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Claromentis section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the [email protected]. For example, [email protected].
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Claromentis.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Claromentis.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Claromentis SSO

  1. In a different browser window, sign into the Claromentis website as an administrator.

  2. Click on the applications icon and select Admin.

    Screenshot shows the Claromentis website with Admin selected.

  3. Select Custom Login Handler tab.

    Screenshot shows the Administration page with Custom Login Handler selected.

  4. Select SAML Config.

    Screenshot shows the configuration page for SAML.

  5. On the SAML Config tab, scroll down to the Config section and perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Config section of the page where you can enter the information described in this step.

    a. In the Technical Contact Name textbox, enter the name of technical contact person.

    b. In the Technical Contact Email textbox, enter the Email address of technical contact person.

    c. Provide the password in the Auth Admin Password textbox.

  6. Scroll down to Auth Sources and perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Auth Sources section where you can enter the information described in this step.

    a. In the IDP textbox, enter the Microsoft Entra Identifier value, which you copied previously.

    b. In the Entity ID textbox, enter the Entity ID value.

    c. Upload the Federation Metadata XML file, which you have downloaded.

    d. Click Save.

  7. You will now notice all URLs have been populated within the Identity Provider section in the SAML Config section.

    Screenshot shows the Identity Provider page populated with U R Ls.

    a. Copy Identifier (Entity ID) value, paste this value in the Identifier textbox on the Basic SAML Configuration section in Azure portal.

    b. Copy Reply URL value, paste this value in the Reply URL textbox on the Basic SAML Configuration section in Azure portal.

    c. Copy Sign On URL value, paste this value in the Sign-on URL textbox on the Basic SAML Configuration section in Azure portal.

Create Claromentis test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in Claromentis. Claromentis supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Claromentis, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Claromentis Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Claromentis Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Claromentis for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Claromentis tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the Claromentis for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Claromentis you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.