Integrate with Auth0

Use JumpCloud SAML Single Sign On (SSO) to give your users convenient but secure access to all their web applications with a single set of credentials. Read this article to learn how to configure the Auth0 connector. 

Creating a new JumpCloud Application Integration

1. Log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
3. Click + Add New Application.
4. Type the name of the application in the Search field and select it.
5. Click Next.
6. In the Display Label, type your name for the application. Optionally, you can enter a Description, adjust the User Portal Image and choose to hide or Show in User Portal.
7. If this is a Bookmark application, enter its URL in the Bookmark URL field.
8. Click Save Application.
9. If successful, click:
   • Configure Application and go to the next section.
   • Close to configure your new connector at a later time.

Configuring the SSO Integration

To configure JumpCloud 1

1. Create a new application or select it from the Configured Applications list.
2. Select the SSO tab and copy the IdP URL.
3. Click save.

To download the certificate

1. Find your application in the Configured Applications list and click anywhere in the row to reopen its configuration window.
2. Select the SSO tab and click IDP Certificate Valid > Download certificate.

To configure Auth0

1. Log in to the Auth0 dashboard.
2. Navigate to Authentication > Enterprise > SAML.
3. Click the + Create Connection button.
4. Enter information into the Configuration tab.
5. In the General section:
   1. Connection name – enter any unique name (e.g., SAML-JumpCloud).
   2. Sign In URL – enter the IdP URL.
   3. X509 Signing Certificate – click + Choose File, browse to the location you downloaded the certificate, select it and click Open.
   4. Sign Request Algorithm field, select RSA-SHA256.
   5. Sign Request Digest Algorithm field, select SHA256.
6. Click Create.
7. Copy the:
   1. Connection name
   2. Auth0 Tenant Name

To configure JumpCloud 2

1. Access the JumpCloud Administrator Console again.
2. Replace any instances of <YOURTENANTDOMAIN> with your Auth0 Tenant Name.
3. Replace any instances of <TEAMNAME> with your Connection Name.
4. Click save.

Using JIT Provisioning

Additional attributes are required to use JIT provisioning. JIT required attributes are pre populated and are on by default to enable JIT provisioning. You can’t edit the JIT required service provider attributes. You can customize the JumpCloud attribute name and the constant value for JIT required attributes. Toggle off the attributes to opt out of sending the attributes in the SAML assertion

To complete the provisioning process

1. Authorize a user’s access to the application in JumpCloud.  
2. Have the user log in to the application using SSO. The SAML assertion passes from JumpCloud to the service provider, and gives the service provider the information it needs to create the user account.

Authorizing User SSO Access

Users are implicitly denied access to applications. After you connect an application to JumpCloud, you need to authorize user access to that application. You can authorize user access from the Application Configuration panel or from the Groups Configuration panel. 

To authorize user access from the Application Configuration panel

1. Log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications, then select the application to which you want to authorize user access.
3. Select the User Groups tab. If you need to create a new group of users, see Get Started: Groups.
4. Select the check box next to the group of users you want to give access.
5. Click save. 

To learn how to authorize user access from the Groups Configuration panel, see Authorize Users to an SSO Application.

Validating SSO authentication workflow(s)

IdP Initiated

• Access the JumpCloud User Console.
• Select the Service Provider icon.
• This should automatically launch and login to the application.

SP Initiated

• Navigate to your Service Provider application URL.
• You will be redirected to log in to the JumpCloud User Portal.
• The browser will be redirected back to the application and be automatically logged in.