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Microsoft Entra SSO integration with NetCloud Manager

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In this article, you learn how to integrate NetCloud Manager with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate NetCloud Manager with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to NetCloud Manager.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to NetCloud Manager with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

  • NetCloud Manager single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • NetCloud Manager supports only IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of NetCloud Manager into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add NetCloud Manager from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type NetCloud Manager in the search box.
  4. Select NetCloud Manager from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for NetCloud Manager

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with NetCloud Manager using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in NetCloud Manager.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with NetCloud Manager, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure NetCloud Manager SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create NetCloud Manager test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in NetCloud Manager that's linked to the Microsoft Entra ID representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > NetCloud Manager > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Screenshot shows how to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://cradlepoint.okta.com/sso/saml2/<ID>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://cradlepoint.okta.com/sso/saml2/<ID>

    Note

    These values aren't real. They are used temporarily to configure the rest of the application's settings. To receive the actual values, contact NetCloud Manager support team to begin the migration process. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

  6. NetCloud Manager application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

    Screenshot shows the image of attributes configuration.

  7. In addition to above, NetCloud Manager application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response, which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    firstName user.givenname
    lastName user.surname
    email user.userprincipalname

  8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  9. On the Set up NetCloud Manager section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration URLs.

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure NetCloud Manager SSO

To configure single sign-on on NetCloud Manager side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from Microsoft Entra admin center to NetCloud Manager support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create NetCloud Manager test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in NetCloud Manager. Work with NetCloud Manager support team to add the users in the NetCloud Manager platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  • Select Test this application in Microsoft Entra admin center and you should be automatically signed in to the NetCloud Manager for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the NetCloud Manager tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the NetCloud Manager for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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