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Keeper Connection Manager SAML configuration with Microsoft Azure

Azure Configuration

The first step regardless of installation method is to configure your SAML 2.0 identity provider using Microsoft Azure.

(1) In Azure, go to Enterprise Applications and Create a new application.

(2) Give the Enterprise Application a name, and then select "non-gallery" application.

(3) Set up Single Sign On with SAML.

(4) Configure for SAML

(5) Set up the SAML properties to point Azure to your Keeper Connection Manager installation URL:

(6) To support Azure Group to Keeper Connection Manager User Group mappings, you can add a Group claim by editing the Attributes & Claims then adding a Group Claim.

When prompted, you can decide whether the group claim is always sent, or only for specific groups or assigned users.

Azure Group to Keeper Connection Manager Group mapping is through the Group GUID. If the Keeper Connection Manager contains a Group that has the name corresponding to the Azure Group GUID, the user will receive all connections assigned to that user group.

(7) Assign users and/or groups to the Keeper Connection Manager application, as you would normally do with any SAML connected app.

(8) Download the Azure Metadata file and save to your local machine as metadata.xml

The Azure side of the setup is complete. Note if you change anything, you need to re-download a new metadata.xml file.

(9) Add the KCM Logo

From the "Properties" screen of the Enterprise Application, upload the KCM logo. The file can be downloaded below.

Here's how the logo will look:

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Advanced Linux Install Method

If you have installed Keeper Connection Manager using the advanced linux install method, setting up SAML can be performed following the steps below.

Installing SAML support for Guacamole

Keeper Connection Manager packages Guacamole’s SAML support within the kcm-guacamole-auth-sso-saml package:

$ sudo yum install kcm-guacamole-auth-sso-saml

Connecting Guacamole to SAML

Guacamole’s main configuration file, /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties, must be modified to point the SAML installation:

$ sudo vi /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties

The guacamole.properties file provided with Keeper Connection Manager is organized into sections documented with blocks of comments and example properties. The first section which must be modified is marked “SAML-1” and defines the IdP configuration. Uncomment the saml-idp-metadata-url and saml-entity-id property. You'll need to reference the IdP's metadata file and Entity ID.

##
## [SAML-1] Identity provider details
##
## The details of the identity provider (IdP) that Guacamole should use for
## authentication. These properties dictate how Guacamole should communicate
## with the IdP, including the how users should be redirected for
## authentication by the IdP.
##
## The SAML IdP will typically provide this information in advance in the form
## of an XML file. If no such XML file is provided, or if information is
## missing from that XML file, additional properties will need to be specified
## to provide that information.
##
## The key pieces of information required are:
##
##  * The URL of the SAML endpoint used by the IdP.
##  * The "entity ID" that should be used by Guacamole to identify itself with
##    the IdP.
##
## If the SAML IdP provides an XML metadata file, it is unusual for that file
## to not contain both of the above pieces of information.
##
## THIS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED if the SAML extension will be used.
##

saml-idp-metadata-url: file:///etc/guacamole/metadata.xml
saml-entity-id: https://glyptodon.mycompany.com

The second section contains the callback URL that is used by the IdP. This is typically set to the user-facing URL of the Keeper Connection Manager service.

##
## [SAML-2] Guacamole server details
##
## The details of the Guacamole server that should be provided to the SAML IdP
## when authenticating the user. This information defines how the SAML IdP
## should send identity assertions back to the Guacamole server if their
## identity is confirmed.
##
## THIS PROPERTY IS REQUIRED if the SAML extension will be used. It is not
## otherwise possible for Guacamole to know its own public-facing URL,
## particularly in a production deployment that is expected to use SSL
## termination.
##

saml-callback-url: https://glyptodon.mycompany.com

The 3rd section contains the SAML group attribute that can be used for mapping IdP Groups to Keeper Connection Manager Groups. This is useful for assigning permissions to Connections based on a Group attribute from your identity provider. The below example is referencing a Microsoft Azure configuration.

##
## [SAML-3] Identity mapping
##
## How identity assertions received form the SAML IdP should be mapped back to
## user and group identities. The mapping for user identities is already known
## by the SAML standard, but the mapping for user groups can vary. If your SAML
## IdP provides user group information in addition to user identities, the
## attribute used by your SAML IdP to define those groups within assertions
## should be provided here.
##

saml-group-attribute: http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/groups

The 4th section contains optional parameters that can be set.

##
## [SAML-4] Request/response compression
##
## Whether compression should be used for requests sent to the SAML IdP, and
## whether compression should be requested for responses from the SAML IdP.
## By default, compression will be used for both requests and responses.
##

#saml-compress-request: true
#saml-compress-response: true

Completing installation

Guacamole will generally only load new extensions and reread guacamole.properties during the startup process. To apply the configuration changes, Guacamole must be restarted:

$ sudo systemctl restart guacamole

KCM Final Setup

Once you have activated the SAML module, there will be a new "Sign in with SAML" link on the login screen of the application as seen below:

When setting up your user identities in the Settings area, if you would like a user to login with SAML / SSO, just leave the "password" field empty.

If you would like to automatically mapping Group assignments in the identity provider to Keeper Connection Manager Groups, ensure that the saml-group-attribute parameter is defined to match the Identity Provider Group Attribute. The name of the Group in Keeper Connection Manager needs to match this identifier exactly in order for the mapping to work.

If the group name attribute from the identity provider is not easy to read, this may end up requiring you to create Group Names that look like below:

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