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

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Fluxx Labs supports IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Fluxx Labs into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Fluxx Labs 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 Fluxx Labs in the search box.
  4. Select Fluxx Labs 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 Fluxx Labs

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Fluxx Labs 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 Fluxx Labs.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Fluxx Labs, 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 Fluxx Labs SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Fluxx Labs test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Fluxx Labs 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 > Fluxx Labs > 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 Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Environment URL Pattern
    Production https://<subdomain>.fluxx.io
    Pre production https://<subdomain>.preprod.fluxxlabs.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Environment URL Pattern
    Production https://<subdomain>.fluxx.io/auth/saml/callback
    Pre production https://<subdomain>.preprod.fluxxlabs.com/auth/saml/callback

    Note

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

  6. 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.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Fluxx Labs 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 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 Fluxx Labs.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Fluxx Labs.
  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 Fluxx Labs SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Fluxx Labs company site as administrator.

  2. Select Admin below the Settings section.

    Screenshot that shows the "Settings" section with "Admin" selected.

  3. In the Admin Panel, Select Plug-ins > Integrations and then select SAML SSO-(Disabled)

    Screenshot that shows the "Integrations" tab with "S A M L S S O- (Disabled) selected.

  4. In the attribute section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the "Attributes" section with "S A M L S S O" checked, values entered in fields, and the "Save" button selected.

    a. Select the SAML SSO checkbox.

    b. In the Request Path textbox, type /auth/saml.

    c. In the Callback Path textbox, type /auth/saml/callback.

    d. In the Assertion Consumer Service Url(Single Sign-On URL) textbox, enter the Reply URL value, which you have entered.

    e. In the Audience(SP Entity ID) textbox, enter the Identifier value, which you have entered.

    f. In the Identity Provider SSO Target URL textbox, paste the Login URL value, which you copied previously.

    g. Open your base-64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste it to the Identity Provider Certificate textbox.

    h. In Name identifier Format textbox, enter the value urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress.

    i. Click Save.

    Note

    Once the content saved, the field will appear blank for security, but the value has been saved in the configuration.

Create Fluxx Labs test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to Fluxx Labs, they must be provisioned into Fluxx Labs. In the case of Fluxx Labs, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your Fluxx Labs company site as an administrator.

  2. Click on the below displayed icon.

    Screenshot that shows administrator options with the "Plus" icon selected under "Your Dashboard is Empty".

  3. On the dashboard, click on the below displayed icon to open the New PEOPLE card.

    Screenshot that shows the "Contact Management" menu with the "Plus" icon next to "People" selected.

  4. On the NEW PEOPLE section, perform the following steps:

    Fluxx Labs Configuration

    a. Fluxx Labs use email as the unique identifier for SSO logins. Populate the SSO UID field with the user’s email address, that matches the email address, which they are using as login with SSO.

    b. Click Save.

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 Fluxx Labs for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Fluxx Labs tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Fluxx Labs 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 Fluxx Labs 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.