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Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Fareharbor SAML SSO

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In this article, you'll learn how to integrate Fareharbor SAML SSO with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Fareharbor SAML SSO with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Prerequisites

To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Fareharbor SAML SSO, you need:

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

Scenario description

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

  • Fareharbor SAML SSO supports only SP initiated SSO.

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 Fareharbor SAML SSO into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Fareharbor SAML SSO 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 Fareharbor SAML SSO in the search box.
  4. Select Fareharbor SAML SSO 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Fareharbor SAML SSO

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Fareharbor SAML SSO 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 Fareharbor SAML SSO.

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

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Fareharbor SAML SSO > 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 shows how to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type the URL: https://fareharbor.com

    b. In the Reply URL textbox, type one of the following URL/pattern:

    Reply URL
    https://fareharbor.com/api/v1/login/provider/azure/complete/
    https://<ENVIRONMENT>.fareharbor.com/api/v1/login/provider/azure/complete/

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type one of the following URL/pattern:

    Sign on URL
    https://fareharbor.com/login/
    https://<ENVIRONMENT>.fareharbor.com/login/

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact Fareharbor SAML SSO support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

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

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  7. On the Set up Fareharbor SAML SSO section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration URLs.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Microsoft Entra admin center 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 Microsoft Entra single sign-on by granting access to Fareharbor SAML SSO.

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

To configure single sign-on on Fareharbor SAML SSO side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Raw) and appropriate copied URLs from Microsoft Entra admin center to Fareharbor SAML SSO support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Fareharbor SAML SSO test user

  1. Log in to Fareharbor SAML SSO company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Settings > Users & Permissions.

    Screenshot shows how to create users in application.

  3. Navigate to Users > New User and perform the following steps.

    Screenshot shows how to create new users in page.

    1. In the Name textbox, enter a valid name of the user.

    2. In the Username textbox, enter the username.

    3. In the Email textbox, enter your Azure SSO email address.

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application in Microsoft Entra admin center. This will redirect to Fareharbor SAML SSO Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Fareharbor SAML SSO tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Fareharbor SAML SSO Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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