Single Sign-On

Following you will find information and setup instructions for SAML based Single Sign-On with Commanders Act.

Overview

Commanders Act supports SAML 2.0 based Single Sign-On authentication and authorisation.

Swimlane diagram of the Single Sign-On functionality.

Setup

To setup Single Sign-On Commanders Act requires the metadata.xml of the IDP or following information:

• Single Sign-In Endpoint

• Single Sign-Out Endpoint

• EntityId of the IDP

• Public key of the IDP (X509 certificate)

Please contact a Commanders Act consultant to initiate the setup. You will then receive a namespace parameter <name> and the site id <id_site> used in following SAML Endpoints and SAML Attributes.

SAML Endpoints

Following you will find an overview of the SAML API endpoints used by Commanders Act.

ACS URL/Endpoint URL https://platform.commandersact.com/saml2-acs/<name>

Login URL https://platform.commandersact.com/saml/<name>

SP Entity ID/Partner's Realm commanders-act

SAML Attributes

Following SAML attributes are currently supported. It is required to send the email attribute.

Attribute	Description	Type
firstname	User first name	optional, default empty ''
lastName	User last name	optional, default empty ''
email	User email	required
companyName	Company name	optional, default empty ''
jobTitle	Job title	optional, default empty ''
mobileNumber	Mobile phone number	optional, default empty ''
lang	User language code	optional, default empty ''
commandersact_<id_site>	Applied user profile	optional, Possible values: administrator technical marketing custom readOnly partnerAdmin partner

FAQ

How long is the SAML session duration? 1440 seconds.

Which protocol is used for Single Sign-On? SAML 2.0