Integrate with Certify

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 integrate with Certify. 

Prerequisites

• A JumpCloud administrator account
• JumpCloud SSO Package or higher or SSO à la carte option
• A Certify user account with administrator permissions
• Download Certify’s metadata

Considerations

• Certify only supports IdP-initiated authentication

Creating a new JumpCloud Application Integration

1. Log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
2. Navigate 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. Optionally, expand Advanced Settings to specify a value for the SSO IdP URL. If no value is entered, it will default to https://sso.jumpcloud.com/saml2/<applicationname>.

8. Click Save Application.
9. If successful, click:
   • Configure Application and go to the next section
   • Close to configure your new application at a later time

Configuring the SSO Integration

To configure JumpCloud

1. Create a new application or select it from the Configured Applications list.
2. Select the SSO tab.
3. Click Upload Metadata and browse to the Certify metadata file.
4. Add or change any desired attributes.
5. Click save.

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 Certify

1. Log in to your Certify organization as an administrator.
2. On your Certify homepage, navigate to Configuration > Configure Single Sign On.
3. Select Single Sign On.
4. Optionally, if using SSO through the Certify mobile app, enter the following information:
   • Certify Mobile Login URL – required for SSO through the mobile app and is where the user is directed after entering your company’s Certify Mobile Company Code. This URL must be public facing and accessible to your users outside of your company’s intranet. The page should accept the user’s IdP credentials and initiate a SAML 2.0 request to https://expense.certify.com/saml2.aspx
   • Certify Mobile Company Code – create a code between 3 and 14 alphanumeric characters that is easy for your users to remember, like an abbreviated company name or acronym
   • Email Login URL – replaces expense.certify.com/login.aspx at the bottom of email notifications and ensures that users accessing Certify through the email notifications are sent to JumpCloud to authenticate
   • Logout Redirect URL – dictates where a user is redirected when they click “Logout” in the Certify application
5. In the X.509 Certificate field, copy and paste the contents of the JumpCloud SSO certificate downloaded in the previous section.
6. Click Save.
7. Refer to Configuring a Custom Welcome Email for information on creating and maintaining a custom welcome email.

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: User 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 application’s tile
• The application will launch and login the user

Removing the SSO Integration

To deactivate the SSO Integration

1. Log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
3. Search for the application that you’d like to deactivate and click to open its details panel. 
4. Select the SSO tab.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the configuration.
6. Click Deactivate SSO. 
7. Click save. 
8. If successful, you will receive a confirmation message.

To delete the application

1. Log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
3. Search for the application that you’d like to delete.
4. Check the box next to the application to select it.
5. Click Delete.
6. Enter the number of the applications you are deleting
7. Click Delete Application.
8. If successful, you will see an application deletion confirmation notification.