Create a SAML SSO authentication service so that users can authenticate using a SAML
identity provider.
To create an authentication service, you must have the
pzCanCreateAuthService privilege, which is included in the
PegaRULES:SecurityAdministrator role.
Before you create a SAML
authentication service, you must register with the identity provider. You do this
outside of Pega Platform.
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In the navigation panel of App Studio, click .
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Click New, and then click SAML
2.0.
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Enter a Name for the service.
The value that you enter is used to populate the Login
URL field. Users access this URL to log in to your application.
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Click Import metadata to import metadata from your
identity provider.
- To select a URL where the metadata is stored, select via
URL, enter a URL, and click
Submit.
- To select a file where the metadata is stored, select via
file, enter a file name, and click
Submit.
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Select how to map the user identifier from the SAML assertion to the Pega
operator ID.
- To map from the standard name identifier attribute, select
NameID.
- To map from any other SAML attribute, select
Attribute and enter an attribute name.
- Optional:
To automatically create an operator when the operator who is logging in does
not already exist in the Pega database, do the following steps.
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Select the Create operators for new users check
box.
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In the Access role list, click the access role
for the new user.
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To display the newly created metadata in a new browser window, click the URL
that is displayed under Configure your IdP.
To complete the SSO configuration, you must configure Pega Platform as a service provider within your identity provider.
To do this, you will need to provide this URL or some of its content.
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Click Submit.
- Optional:
To configure advanced functionality, on the Single sign-on
(SSO) landing page, where the new service is listed, click the
More icon and then click Open in Dev Studio.
The authentication service opens in Dev Studio. For
more information, refer to the help in Dev Studio.
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To enable the authentication service, on the Single sign-on
(SSO) landing page, where the new service is listed, turn on the
switch.