Ekarda - SAML Relying Party Configuration - SecurID Access Implementation Guide

This section describes how to integrate SecurID Access with Ekarda using Relying Party. Relying party uses SAML 2.0 to integrate SecurID Access as a SAML Identity Provider (IdP) to Ekarda SAML Service Provider (SP).

Architecture Diagram

Configure SecurID Access Cloud Authentication Service

Perform these steps to configure SecurID Access Cloud Authentication Service(CAS) as a relying party SAML IdP to Ekarda .

Procedure

1. Sign into the Cloud Administration Console and browse to Authentication Clients > Relying Parties and click Add a Relying Party. Then select Add for a SAML service provider.

   

    

   

    

2. On Basic Information page enter a Name for the application, ie. Ekarda Then click on Next Step.

3. On Authentication page.

   1. select the RSA SecurID Access manages all authentication.

   2. Select the desired Primary Authentication Method from the dropdown list.

   3. Select the desired policy from the Access Policy for Additional Authentication.

   4. Click Next Step.

      

       

4. On Connection Profile page.

   1. Under the Service Provider Metadata section.

      

       

   2. Enter the Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) . Enter the value for the ACS found in the Ekarda configuration. This is based on the Company ID for your Ekarda instance. The URL is in the form of https://my.ekarda.com/users/saml_acs/<CompanyID>. For example, https://my.ekarda.com/users/saml_acs/101538389182ef3cc430fa62687d2a47.

   3. Enter the Service Provider Entity ID. Enter the value for the EntityID found in the Ekarda configuration. This is based on the Company ID for your Ekarda instance. The URL is in the form of https://my.ekarda.com/users/saml_metadata/<CompanyID>. For example, https://my.ekarda.com/users/saml_metadata/101538389182ef3cc430fa62687d2a47.

   4. Uncheck SP signs SAML Requests.

   5. Click on Download Certificate. This will be used below in the Ekarda configuration.

   6. Click on Choose File and upload the certificate just downloaded.  This same certificate may be used in the Ekarda configuration below.

   7. Open Advanced Configuration section

      

       

   8. For Identifier Type Email Address choose mail for the Property.

   9. Under Attribute Extension click on +Add.

   10. For Attribute Name enter username for Property choose sAMAcountName.

   11. Under Attribute Extension click on +Add.

   12. For Attribute Name enter first_name for Property choose givenName.

   13. Under Attribute Extension click on +Add.

   14. For Attribute Name enter last_name for Property choose sn.

   15. Under Attribute Extension click on +Add.

   16. Select Constant for Attribute Source for Attribute Name enter companyID for Property enter the company ID for the your Ekarda instance.

   17. Note the Identity Provider Entity ID field . For Example :https://rsa-inst-pe.auth-demo.securid.com/saml-fe/sso.

5. Click on Save and Finish.

6. Browse to Authentication Clients > Relying Parties

7. Scroll down to the your newly created Relying party and click down arrow to Edit and choose View or Download IdP MetatData and save off the metadata information if desired.

   

    

8. Click on Publish Changes. Your application is now enabled for SSO. If you make any additional changes to the application configuration you will need to republish.

   

    

Configure Ekarda

Perform these steps to integrate Ekarda with SecurID Access as a Relying Party SAML SP.

Procedure

1. Sign into Ekarda and select  Admin tab and click on My Account .

2. Scroll down to SAML Settings.

3. Check the Enable SAML checkbox.

4. Note the Company ID or click on the Service Provider metadata for configuration details needed for SecurID configuration.

5. For IDP Entity ID copy the Entity ID from the above in the SecurID CAS configuration. For example, https://rsa-blr-pe.auth-demo.securid.com/saml-fe/sso.

6. For IDP Login URL copy the Entity ID from the above in the SecurID CAS configuration. For example, https://rsa-blr-pe.auth-demo.securid.com/saml-fe/sso.

7. For IDP X509 Certificate copy and paste the contents of the certificate saved above in the SecurID CAS configuration.

8. For Attribute Mapping provide the required attributes that map to the configuration with SecurID Access CAS configuration above. For example:

1. Email: mail.

2. UserName: sAMAccountName.

3. First Name: givenName.

4. Last Name: sn.

9. In Advanced section, uncheck the SignAuthnRequest checkbox.

10. Click on Update.

Configuration is complete.

Next Step: See main page for more certification information.