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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Rightscale

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Rightscale, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • Rightscale single sign-on enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Rightscale supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Rightscale 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 Rightscale.

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

    Screenshot of Edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

  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 the URL: https://login.rightscale.com/

  7. 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.

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

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Rightscale.
  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 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.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Rightscale SSO

  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 into SAML SSO Endpoint in RightScale.

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

  7. Paste the value of Microsoft Entra Identifier which you have 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 previously.

    Screenshot shows where you can specify your SAML Signing Certificate.

  9. Click Save.

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 SSO.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra SSO configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

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

  • Go to Rightscale 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 Rightscale 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 Rightscale 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 Rightscale 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 Rightscale 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.