Community IDP
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Community IDP
Cloudwork gives IT admins the option to have authentication completed by their IDP of choice
Work Flow of Community IDP
Users will still be prompted to enter username into Cloudworks. However when a community IDP is selected, the authentication process is no longer completed by Cloudwork but by the selected community IDP such as Entra
Generating a signing certificate
- In the Cloudwork Dashboard>Single Sign On Services>Signing Certificates>Create Certificate>Uploaded
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Certificate Name | Name of the IDP |
| Certificate Data | Provided by IDP |
| Key Data | Provided by IDP |
Add a new Community IDP
- In the Cloudwork Dashboard>Single Sign On Services>Manage Community IDPs>Add New IDP
- Select one of the following depending what was provided by IDP:
- Upload a file = If the IDP has provided an XML file, you can upload the XML file.
- Download from a URL = If the IDP has provided a URL containing the IDP information, enter the URL in Import from URL and submit
- Enter Manually = If the IDP has provided various information containing information related to the IDP. IT admins will need to manually enter the values given from the IDP.
Entering IDP details Manually
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the IDP |
| Metadata Endpoint | Provided by IDP |
| Entity ID | Provided by IDP |
| SSO Endpoint | Provided by IDP |
| SLO Endpoint | Provided by IDP |
| Username Attribute | Usually NameID |
| Signing Certificates | Select the Signing created in the previous section |
Selecting a different Primary IDP
- Once you have created a new community IDP, navigate to the CloudworkID Settings>Authentication Settings>Edit
- Under Primary IDP, select the newly created community IDP and click Submit
