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Grafana Single Sign-On SSO
Single Sign-On (SSO) solution by miniOrange provides secure
Single Sign-On
access into Grafana using a single set of login credentials. You can log into Grafana using miniOrange credentials or Azure AD credentials or any of your existing identity providers. With miniOrange SSO services, along with Grafana you can also login into other On-Premise and Cloud Applications using your existing
Identity Providers
/User Store (Azure Active Directory, Okta, Ping) credentials. Follow the given setup guide to integrate SAML SSO for your Grafana account.
miniOrange and Grafana Single Sign-On (SSO) integration supports the following features:
SP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)
IdP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)
Connect with External Source of Users
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be
Directories
(like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc),
Identity Providers
(like Shibboleth, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, KeyCloak),
Databases
(like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and
many more.
Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for Grafana Single Sign-On (SSO)
Note
: SAML Authentication is available only in
Grafana Enterprise
and
Grafana Cloud Pro and Advanced
, not in the free version.
1. Configure Grafana in miniOrange
Login into miniOrange
Admin Console
.
Go to
Apps
and click on
Add Application
button.
In
Choose Application Type
click on
SAML/WS-FED
application type.
Search for
Grafana
in the list, if you don't find Grafana in the list then, search for
custom
and you can set up your application via
Custom SAML App
.
Enter
Custom Application Name: Grafana
.
Enter the
SP Entity ID
or
Issuer
, use the
/saml/metadata
endpoint URL of your Grafana instance.
For example: https://grafana.example.com/saml/metadata.
Enter the
ACS URL
,use the
/saml/acs
endpoint URL.
For example: https://grafana.example.com/saml/acs.
Enter the
Single Logout URL(Optional)
.
Click on
Next
to proceed further.
In the
Attribute Mapping
tab configure the following attributes as shown in the image below.
To enter SAML attributes to be shared with Grafana click on
Add Attribute
Enter Attribute Name and Select Attribute Value
for the respective attributes
for Example:
Attribute Name
: Email
Attribute Value
: E-Mail Address
Select any Attributes according to Requirement as shown below, then
Save
.
To upload respective app logo for a
Custom SAML App
, click on
Upload Logo
tab.
Click on
Save
.
To get miniOrange metadata details in order to configure Grafana:
Go to
Apps >> Manage Apps
.
Search for your app and click on the
select
option under the action column against your app.
Click on the
Metadata Option
under the
Select
Dropdown to get the miniOrange Metadata details. You can also click on the
Show SSO Link
to see the IdP initiated SSO link for Grafana.
Here you will see 2 options, if you are setting up
miniOrange as IDP
copy the metadetails related to miniOrange, if you want users to be authenticated from the
external IDP's(okta,AZURE AD, ADFS, ONELOGIN, GOOGLE APPS)
you can get metadata from the 2nd Section as shown below.
Copy the
Metadata URL
which will be required in
Step 2
.
2. Configure SSO in Grafana
Go to
"GrafanaLabs → grafana → conf"
folder, replicate
"defaults.ini"
and paste it in the same folder and rename it to
"custom.ini"
or
"grafana.ini"
.
Copy
“custom.ini”
to desktop, uncomment the required field by deleting ‘;’ and fill in the important fields marked below and other fields which you require.
In
auth.saml
section
Apply the changes to respective Configurations as given below.
set
Enabled
to
True
Set
certificates and private_key
, Grafana supports two types of specifying both the
certificates and private_key
.
Without a
suffix (certificate or private_key)
, the configuration assumes you’ve supplied the
base64-encoded file contents
.
With the
_path suffix (certificate_path or private_key_path)
, then Grafana treats the value entered as a file path and attempts to read the file from the file system.
Note: Using multiple forms, such as both certificate and certificate_path, results in an error.
Set the
idp_metadata_url
to the URL obtained from the previous step. The URL should look like:
https://{your-org-id}.xecurify.in/moas/broker-metadata/saml/{customer-id}/{app-id}
For Attributes Assigned in Attribute Mapping Section (Step 1)
, respective values need to be assigned in
Assertion_attribute
section
For Example: Email was added as an Attribute in Section 1
assertion_attribute_email
: Email
Using SP Initiated Login
Go to your Grafana URL, here you will be either asked to enter the username or click on the SSO link which will redirect you to miniOrange IdP Sign On Page.
Enter your miniOrange login credential and click on Login. You will be automatically logged in to your Grafana account.
Using IDP Initiated Login
Login to miniOrange IdP using your credentials.
On the Dashboard, click on
Grafana
application which you have added, to verify SSO configuration.
4. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be
Directories
(like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc),
Identity Providers
(like Okta, Shibboleth, Ping, OneLogin, KeyCloak),
Databases
(like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and
many more
. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.
Click on
Users >> User List >> Add User
.
Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the
Create User
button.
After successful user creation a notification message
"An end user is added successfully"
will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.
Click on
On Boarding Status tab
. Check the email, with the registered e-mail id and select action
Send Activation Mail with Password Reset Link
from
Select Action
dropdown list and then click on
Apply
button.
Now, Open your email id. Open the mail you get from miniOrange and then click on the
link
to set your account password.
On the next screen, enter the password and confirm password and then click on the
Single Sign-On (SSO) reset password
button.
Now, you can log in into miniOrange account by entering your credentials.
2. Bulk Upload Users in miniOrange via Uploading CSV File.
Navigate to
Users >> User List
. Click on
Add User
button.
In Bulk User Registration
Download sample csv format
from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.
To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in
comma separated .csv file format
then click on Upload.
After uploading the csv file successfully, you will see a success message with a link.
Click on that link you will see list of users to send activation mail. Select users to send activation mail and click on Send Activation Mail. An activation mail will be sent to the selected users.
Click on
External Directories >> Add Directory
in the left menu of the dashboard.
Select
Directory
type as
AD/LDAP.
STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE
: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If active directory is behind a firewall, you will need to open the firewall to allow incoming requests to your AD.
STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION ON PREMISE
: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in your premise and only allow access to AD inside premises. You will have to download and install
miniOrange gateway
in your premise.
Enter
LDAP Display Name
and
LDAP Identifier
name.
Select
Directory Type
as
Active Directory
.
Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against
LDAP Server URL
field.
Click on
Test Connection
button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.
In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for
Distinguished Name attribute
.
Enter the valid Bind account Password.
Click on
Test Bind Account Credentials
button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
Search Base
is the location in the directory where the search for a user begins. You will get this from the same place you got your Distinguished name.
Select a suitable Search filter from the drop down menu. To use custom Search Filter select
"Write your Custom Filter"
option and customize it accordingly.
You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable
Activate LDAP
in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the
Save
button to add user store.
Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.
Attribute
Description
Activate LDAP
All user authentications will be done with LDAP credentials if you Activate it
Sync users in miniOrange
Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP
Fallback Authentication
If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange
Allow users to change password
This allows your users to change their password. It updates the new credentials in your LDAP server
Enable administrator login
On enabling this, your miniOrange Administrator login authenticates using your LDAP server
Show IdP to users
If you enable this option, this IdP will be visible to users
Send Configured Attributes
If you enable this option, then only the attributes configured below will be sent in attributes at the time of login
Click on
Save
. After this, it will show you the list of User stores. Click on
Test Connection
to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.
On
Successful
connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
Click on
Test Attribute Mapping
.
Enter a valid
Username
. Then, click on
Test
. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are
fetched
.
After successful Attribute Mapping Configuration, go back to the ldap configuration and enable
Activate LDAP
in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP.
Refer our
guide
to setup LDAPS on windows server.
User Import and Provisioning from AD
Go to
Settings >> Product Settings
in the Customer Admin Account.
Enable the "
Enable User Auto Registration
" option and click Save.
(Optional) To send a welcome email to all the end users that will be imported, enable the "
Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration
" option and click Save.
From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select
Provisioning
.
In
Setup Provisioning
tab select
Active Directory
in the Select Application Drop Down.
Toggle the
Import Users
tab, click on
Save
button.
On the same section, switch to
Import Users
section.
Select
Active Directory
from the dropdown and click on the
Import Users
tab, to import all the users from Active Directory to miniOrange.
You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting
Users >> User List
from Left Panel.
All the imported users will be auto registered.
These groups will be helpful in adding multiple 2FA policies on the applications.
miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.
AWS Cognito
Many more
Not able to find your IdP or Need help setting it up?
Contact us
or email us at
[email protected]
and we'll help you setting it up in no time.
A. Restricting access to Grafana with IP Blocking
You can use adaptive authentication with Grafana Single Sign-On (SSO) to improve the security and functionality of Single Sign-On. You can allow a IP Address in certain range for SSO or you can deny it based your requirements and you can also challenge the user to verify his authenticity. Adaptive authentication manages the user authentication bases on different factors such as Device ID, Location, Time of Access, IP Address and many more.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with IP Blocking in following way:
Login to
Self Service Console >> Adaptive Authentication
.
Add a
Policy Name
for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
Select your
Action for behaviour Change
and
Challenge Type
for user from the
Action for behaviour Change
Section.
Action for behaviour Change Options :
Attribute
Description
Allow
Allow user to authenticate and use services if Adaptive authentication condition is true.
Challenge
Challenge users with one of the three methods mentioned below for verifying user authenticity.
Deny user authentications and access to services if Adaptive authentication condition is true.
Challenge Type Options :
Attribute
Description
User second Factor
The User needs to authenticate using the second factor he has opted or assigned for such as
OTP over SMS
PUSH Notification
OTP over Email
And 12 more methods.
KBA (Knowledge-based authentication)
The System will ask user for 2 of 3 questions he has configured in his Self Service Console. Only after right answer to both questions user is allowed to proceed further.
OTP over Alternate Email
User will receive a OTP on the alternate email he has configured threw Self Service Console. Once user provides the correct OTP he is allowed to proceed further.
Now Enable
Enable IP Restriction
option from the
IP RESTRICTION CONFIGURATION
section to configure custom IP range.
Select the
Action
you want to perform if the IP address is out of the range.
i.e. Allow, Challenge & Deny.
Specify the IP Address range for which you want above setting to reflect. You can add more than one IP Address ranges by clicking on following button
+
.
Scroll to the end and click on
save
.
B. Adaptive Authentication with Limiting number of devices.
Using Adaptive Authentication you can also restrict the number of devices the end user can access the Services on. You can allow end users to access services on a fixed no. of devices. The end users will be able to access services provided by us on this fixed no. of devices.
You can configure Adaptive Authentication with Device Restriction in following way
Login to
Self Service Console >> Adaptive Authentication
.
Add a
Policy Name
for your Adaptive Authentication Policy.
Select your
Action for behaviour Change
and
Challenge Type
for user from the
Action for behaviour Change
Section.
Scroll down to
Device Configuration
section and enable
Allow User to Register Device
option to allow users to register their devices.
Enter the
Number of Devices
which are allowed to register in field next to
Number of Device Registrations Allowed
Choose
Action
if number of devices exceeded (This will override your setting for
Action for Behaviour Change.
)
Challenge
: The user needs to verify himself using any of the three methods mentioned in table in
step 5.1
Deny
: Deny users access to the system
Enable option
Send email alerts to Users if number of Device registrations exceeded allowed count
if you want to alert the user about no of devices exceeding the limit. Save the configuration.
C. Add Adaptive Authentication policy to Grafana.
Login to
Self Service Console >> Policies
.
Click on
Edit
option for predefined app policy.
Set your application name in the
Application
and select password as
Login Method.
Enable
Adaptive Authentication
on Policy page and select the required
restriction method
as an option.
From
Select Login Policy
dropdown select the policy we created in last step and click on save.
This section handles the notifications and alerts related to Adaptive Authentication.It provides the following options :
Get email alerts if users login from unknown devices or locations : Admin need to enable this option to enable receiving alerts for different alert options.
Option
Description
Challenge Completed and Device Registered
Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge and registers a device.
Challenge Completed but Device Not Registered
Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge but do not registers the device.
Challenge Failed
Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user fails to complete the challenge.
Next subsection is Send email alerts which allows us to enable or disable alerts for admin and end-users. To enable alerts for admins, you can enable the “Administrators” switch button.
In case you want multiple admins accounts to receive alerts then you can enable the option for admin and then enter the admin emails separated by a ‘,’ in the input field next to Administrators email to receive alerts label. To enable alerts for the end-users, you can enable the “End Users” switch button.
In case you want to customize the deny message that end user receive in case his authentication denied due to adaptive policy, you can do this by entering the message inside
“Deny message for Adaptive Authentication”
textbox.
How to add a trusted Device
When End-user log in to the self service console after the policy for device restriction is on, he is provided the option to add the current device as a trusted device.
External References
Single Sign-On (SSO)
What is Single Sign-On (SSO) and How does SSO Work?
Other Integrations
Single Sign-On
Seamless login for workforce and customer identity to cloud or on-premise apps
Learn more
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