Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with Rightscale

In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Rightscale with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Integrating Rightscale with Azure AD provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Azure AD who has access to Rightscale.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Rightscale (Single Sign-On) with their Azure AD accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Azure AD, see What is application access and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

To configure Azure AD integration with Rightscale, you need the following items:

  • An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have an Azure AD environment, you can get a free account
  • Rightscale single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Rightscale supports SP and IDP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of Rightscale into Azure AD, you need to add Rightscale from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add Rightscale from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, on the left navigation panel, click Azure Active Directory icon.

    The Azure Active Directory button

  2. Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select the All Applications option.

    The Enterprise applications blade

  3. To add new application, click New application button on the top of dialog.

    The New application button

  4. In the search box, type Rightscale, select Rightscale from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Rightscale in the results list

Configure and test Azure AD single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Rightscale based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Rightscale needs to be established.

To configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Rightscale, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Azure AD Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure Rightscale Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
  5. Create Rightscale test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Rightscale that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD single sign-on

In this section, you enable Azure AD single sign-on in the Azure portal.

To configure Azure AD single sign-on with Rightscale, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, on the Rightscale application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  2. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  3. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  4. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

    Screenshot shows the Basic SAML Configuration page.

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

    Screenshot shows Set additional U R Ls where you can enter a Sign on U R L.

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://login.rightscale.com/

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Rightscale section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Azure AD Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure Rightscale Single Sign-On

  1. To get SSO configured for your application, you need to sign-on to your RightScale tenant as an administrator.

  2. In the menu on the top, click the Settings tab and select Single Sign-On.

    Screenshot shows Single Sign-On selected from Settings.

  3. Click the new button to add Your SAML Identity Providers.

    Screenshot shows the new buttons selected to add a SAML Identity Provider.

  4. In the textbox of Display Name, input your company name.

    Screenshot shows where enter a display name.

  5. Select Allow RightScale-initiated SSO using a discovery hint and input your domain name in the below textbox.

    Screenshot shows where you can specify a Login Method.

  6. Paste the value of Login URL which you have copied from Azure portal into SAML SSO Endpoint in RightScale.

    Screenshot shows where you can enter a SAML S S O Endpoint.

  7. Paste the value of Azure AD Identifier which you have copied from Azure portal into SAML EntityID in RightScale.

    Screenshot shows where you can enter a SAML Entity I D.

  8. Click Browser button to upload the certificate which you downloaded from Azure portal.

    Screenshot shows where you can specify your SAML Signing Certificate.

  9. Click Save.

Create an Azure AD test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user in the Azure portal called Britta Simon.

  1. In the Azure portal, in the left pane, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.

    The "Users and groups" and "All users" links

  2. Select New user at the top of the screen.

    New user Button

  3. In the User properties, perform the following steps.

    The User dialog box

    a. In the Name field enter BrittaSimon.

    b. In the User name field type brittasimon@yourcompanydomain.extension
    For example, BrittaSimon@contoso.com

    c. Select Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.

    d. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Rightscale.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, select All applications, then select Rightscale.

    Enterprise applications blade

  2. In the applications list, select Rightscale.

    The Rightscale link in the Applications list

  3. In the menu on the left, select Users and groups.

    The "Users and groups" link

  4. Click the Add user button, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.

    The Add Assignment pane

  5. In the Users and groups dialog select Britta Simon in the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  6. If you are expecting any role value in the SAML assertion then in the Select Role dialog select the appropriate role for the user from the list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  7. In the Add Assignment dialog click the Assign button.

Create Rightscale test user

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

Test single sign-on

In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you click the Rightscale tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Rightscale for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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