FortiManager 7.2.1 - SAML IDR SSO Configuration RSA Ready Implementation Guide
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Originally Published: 2023-03-24

This section describes how to integrate FortiManager with RSA Cloud Authentication Service using IDR SSO.

Procedure

  1. Sign into the RSA Cloud Console, and go to Applications > Application Catalog > Create From Template > SAML Direct.
  2. Select Identity Router in the Choose where to enable your application section and select Next Step.
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  3. Go to FortiManager System settings > Admin > SAML SSO and select Service Provider (SP) tab as Sinlge Sign-On Mode.
  4. Under IdP Settings section, select Custom tab, then fill in the IdP Entity ID and IdP Login URL from the Identity Provider URL found from the Application > Connection Profile that was done in the previous step.
    Note: You must Override the Identity Provider URL from RSA Cloud to be the full URL instead of the Identity String for it to work
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  5. You can choose to automatically create a new user after successful authentication or not from the Auto Create Admin option on the FortiManager SAML SSO page.
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  6. For the IdP Certificate, choose the certificate file from the RSA Cloud Console, whether you have chosen the default certificate or uploaded a new one, it is to be uploaded here to validate the SAML responses sent from RSA.
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  7. In the User Identity section, use NameID as unspecified and property as mail. You must send attribute statement for the FortiManager, it should be username and map it to mail.
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  8. Do one of the following:
    1. If you have chosen SP-Initiated flow, ensure at the top of the page that the Connection URL is added as the SP ACS (Login) URL.
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    2. If you have chosen it to be IdP-Initiated flow, ensure to add this input in the Connection URL parameter at the top of the page.
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  9. Select the Show Advance Configuration dropdown and under the User Access page, select your desired policy to be applied.
  10. Select Next Step > Save and Finish > Publish Changes.
  11. In the Portal Display page, if needed, select Display in Portal as FortiManager supports IdP initiated SAML SSO.
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Configuration is complete.

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