Configuring SAML authentication in AIQUM
Applies to
- Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM)
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Description
- Configuring SAML authentication in Active IQ Unified Manager
- The below SAML configuration is done on Active IQ Unified Manager 9.8 and ADFS (IDP) server.
- Note: Make sure all the pre-requisites are done mention in "part 1"
- Log on your Active IQ Unified Manager Web UI.
- Go to General -> SAML Authentication
- Enable SAML authentication
- Put in the IDP URL and click on Fetch Idp Metadata
- We capture this information as a "pre-requisite"
- Confirm the "Host URL" pointing to the right UM server name
- Click on Copy host Metadata and create a file called
um_host_metadata.xml
- Take this file
um_host_metadata.xml
to IDP (ADFS) server- Note: Do not click "save" until you finish "step 8"
- High-level IDP server configuration
- Note: NetApp support is not responsible configuring IDP server
- Import "
um_host_metedata.xml
" under "relying party trust" - Permit all user to access the relying party, choose default settings
- Edit claim rules
- Add rules
- Choose "send LDAP Attributes as a claim".
- Claim rules are mention above under "part 1 - pre-requisites"
- Claim Rule Name "Rule 1"
- Attribute Store: Active Directory
- Ldap Attribute: SAM-Account-Name: Name ID
- Finish
- Repeat the steps again to add the next two rules as showing in the screenshot
9. Go back to Active Unified Manager page and Click Save and then click Confirm and Logout
10. If everything works out OK then Active IQ Unified Manager will redirect to ADFS single sign on screen.
Note: As UM service restarted after successful SAML authentication setup, please be patient for services to restart successfully.
11. Log on as "sAMAccountName" (domain\username) with Remote user name and password.
Note: Remember the Remote user name or Remote group setup in Active IQ Unified Manager which was part of "remote authentication".
Additional Information
Parent topic: SAML setup and troubleshooting in Active IQ Unified Manager