Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) set up for Logz.io

Single sign-on (SSO) for the Logz.io - Azure portal integration

Logz.io offers an integration with Azure Marketplace. This topic provides guidance for admins to set up SSO for the Logz.io-Azure portal integration, which enables an SSO link for users who access Logz.io resources via Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Benefits

The advantages of providing your users access to the Logz.io Azure resource via SSO:

• No need to predefine a unique username and password for each user: Any user who has the SSO link can sign in to the application.
• Better user control: A user must be defined in the Azure account to be able to use the SSO link.

Prepare SSO connectivity before setting up the Azure resource for Logz.io. You'll need the credentials you create in this process to set up the resource.

Creating SSO connectivity for your Logz.io resource in Microsoft Entra ID

You'll create a Microsoft Entra Enterprise application to allow you use SSO to connect to your Logz.io account from your Azure resource.

Prerequisites:

To get started, you need the following privileges:

• Access to Microsoft Entra ID
• Permissions to create a new Enterprise Application
• Owner role permissions for the Azure subscription for which you are creating the Logz.io resource

To be able to access and use the SSO link that is created for a Logz.io-Azure integration resource, users must be defined in the associated Azure account.

Setting up an SSO link for the Logz.io - Azure portal resource

Add the Logz.io-Microsoft Entra Integration from the gallery

To configure SSO for the Logz.io resource in the Azure portal, you need to add the Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration 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 Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration in the search box.

4. Select Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

5. Rename the integration with a relevant name and click Create. (In the steps that follow, we used the name AD app for a logz.io resource)

   

Copy the Application ID

In AD app for a logz.io resource | Overview > Properties, copy the Application ID property.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

1. In AD app for a logz.io resource | Overview > Getting Started, in 2. Set up single sign on, click Get started to open Single sign-on.

   

2. In AD app for a logz.io resource | Single sign-on, select the SAML method.

   

Basic SAML configuration

1. In AD app for a logz.io resource | SAML-based Sign-on, click Edit to open the Basic SAML Configuration panel.

   

2. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a value using the pattern urn:auth0:logzio:*: Replace the * with the Application ID you copied in procedure 2, and click the Default option.

3. In the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL), text box, type a URL using the pattern https://logzio.auth0.com/login/callback?connection=: Replace CONNECTION_NAME with the Application ID you copied in procedure 2.

4. Click Save at the top of the panel.

   

Configure the user assignment option

In AD app for a logz.io resource|Properties (Manage > Properties), set User assignment required? to No and click Save.
This step enables users with access to the SSO link to sign in to Logz.io via Microsoft Azure portal, without requiring that you predefine each user in Active Directory.

This option allows any user who is defined under Active Directory to use the SSO link, instead of requiring that you define specific access rights for each user through the AD app that was just created.

If you don't want to configure this option, your organization will have to assign specific access rights to Logz.io for each user.

Enable SSO for your Logz.io resource via Microsoft Entra ID

When you create a Logz.io account, use the AD app you created for the Logz.io resource to enable single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID.

The Logz.io Microsoft Entra app resource name is automatically populated as you type.

The SSO link is displayed when you sign into your Logz.io resource.
Click the link to access your account in Logz.io.

If you don't configure SSO while you are creating the Logz.io resource, you can configure it later via the Single sign-on blade.

You'll have to configure your logs in Azure to ensure they're sent to Logz.io.

Microsoft Entra single sign-on for an existing Logz.io account

In this section, you'll learn how to integrate Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration 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.
• Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration supports IDP initiated SSO.

Add Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration from the gallery

To configure the integration of Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration 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 Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration in the search box.
4. Select Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration 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 Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration 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 Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration, 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 Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration 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 > Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration > 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.

   

5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, perform the following steps:

   a. In the Identifier text box, type a value using the following pattern: urn:auth0:logzio:CONNECTION-NAME

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://logzio.auth0.com/login/callback?connection=CONNECTION-NAME

   Note

   These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

6. Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

   

7. In addition to above, Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

   Name	Source Attribute
   session-expiration	user.session-expiration
   email	user.mail
   Group	user.groups

8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

   

9. On the Set up Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

   

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 username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
   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 Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration.
3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Logz.io Microsoft Entra Integration SSO

To configure single sign-on on Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Logz.io Microsoft Entra Integration test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration. Work with Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration support team to add the users in the Logz.io - Microsoft Entra Integration platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

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

• Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Logz.io Microsoft Entra Integration for which you set up the SSO.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Logz.io Microsoft Entra Integration tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Logz.io Microsoft Entra Integration 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 Logz.io Microsoft Entra Integration 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.