探花大神

Integrate with Box

Use 探花大神 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 Box.

Prerequisites

  • A 探花大神 administrator account
  • 探花大神 SSO Package or higher or SSO 脿 la carte option
  • A Box Primary Administrator or a managed user with Co-Admin permissions and at least the following privileges in the Reports and Settings section selected:
    • View settings and apps for your company
    • Edit settings and apps for your company
  • A Box plan

Creating a new 探花大神 Application Integration

  1. Log in to the .
  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. 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>.

Warning:

The SSO IdP URL is not editable after the application is created. You will have to delete and recreate the connector if you need to edit this field at a later time.

  1. Click Save Application.
  2. 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 探花大神

  1. Create a new application or select it from the Configured Applications list.
  2. Select the SSO tab and enter the following:
    • IdP Entity ID - the default is 探花大神, but this field can be edited
    • Login URL (optional) - enter a URL if you want to force SP-initiated SSO
  3. Add or change any other desired attributes.
  4. Click save.

Download the 探花大神 metadata file

  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 Export Metadata.
  3. The 探花大神-<applicationname>-metadata.xml will be exported to your local Downloads folder.

Tip:

Metadata can also be downloaded from the Configured Applications list. Search for and select the application in the list and then click Export Metadata in the top right corner of the window.

To configure Box

  1. Use the  to have Box help you set up 探花大神 SSO.
  2. Attach the 探花大神 metadata file downloaded in the previous section.
  3. Once the file has been processed successfully, Box will send a notification to the email address of the main account admin and co-admin. 

Enabling SSO test mode

  1. Go to Admin Console > Enterprise Settings > User Settings tab. 
  2. In the Enable Single Sign-On (SSO) for All Users section, enable SSO Test Mode.
  3. At this point, all of your managed users should be able to access Box via the 探花大神 User Portal.

Important:

After enabling SSO, users will be unenrolled in  (if enabled) which will then be handled by 探花大神.

Enabling required single sign-on

Warning:
  • Enabling SSO Required is considered a "critical action" and requires multi-factor authentication (MFA) to complete
  • Ensure you have tested the SSO login flow before enabling this setting. If you do not test that your SSO credentials are working correctly, you could be locked out of your Box account
  1. Go to Admin Console > Enterprise Settings > User Settings tab. 
  2. In the Enable Single Sign-On (SSO) for All Users section:
    • Disable SSO Test Mode 
    • Enable SSO Required - select both checkboxes, then click Enable for All Users
  3. Use MFA to authenticate this change, using the method described in .

Using JIT Provisioning

Additional attributes are required to use JIT provisioning. JIT required attributes are prepopulated and are on by default to enable JIT provisioning. You can鈥檛 edit the JIT required service provider attributes. You can customize the 探花大神 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鈥檚 access to the application in 探花大神.  
  2. Have the user log in to the application using SSO. The SAML assertion passes from 探花大神 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 探花大神, you need to authorize user access to that application. You can authorize user access from the Applications, Users List or User Groups 辫补驳别.听

To authorize user access from the Application’s page

  1. Log in to the .
  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 desired group of users to which you want to give access.
  5. Click Save.听

To learn how to authorize user access from the聽Users or User Groups聽pages, see聽Authorize Users to an SSO Application.

Validating SSO user authentication workflow(s)

IdP-initiated user workflow

  • Access the
  • Go to聽Applications and click an application tile to launch it
  • 探花大神 asserts the user's identity to the SP and is authenticated without the user having to log in to the application

SP-initiated user workflow

  • Go聽to the SP application login - generally, there is either a special link or an adaptive username field that detects the user is authenticated through SSO

Note:

This varies by SP.

  • Login redirects the user to 探花大神 where the user enters their 探花大神 credentials
  • After the user is logged in successfully, they are redirected聽back to the SP and automatically logged in

Removing the SSO Integration

Important:

These are steps for removing the integration in 探花大神. Consult your SP's documentation for any additional steps needed to remove the integration in the SP. Failure to remove the integration successfully for both the SP and 探花大神 may result in users losing access to the application.

To deactivate the SSO Integration

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
  3. Search for the application that you鈥檇 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 .
  2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
  3. Search for the application that you鈥檇 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.
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