Mavenlink cloud application

1. Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Web and mobile apps .
3. Click Add app Search for apps.
4. Enter Mavenlinkin the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the MavenlinkSAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider detailspage:
   • Copy and save the SSO URLand Entity ID.
   • Download the Certificate.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider detailspage, edit the  ACS URL,  replacing {your‑domain} with your Mavenlink installation's subdomain name.
9. Click Continue.
10. (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mappingwindow:

    1. Click Add Mapping.
    2. Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
    3. For  App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
11. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:

    1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
    2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
    3. For App attribute, enter the corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.

    Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to  About group membership mapping .

12. On the Attribute mappingpage, click  Finish.

1. Open a new incognito browser window.
2. Sign in to https://app.mavenlink.com/login with your organization's Mavenlink administrator account.
3. Navigate to Settings > Security.
4. In the Single Sign On section, click Enable SAML 2.0 for Single Sign On.
5. Enter the Google identity provider information copied in Step 1 above:
   • Identity Provider SSO URL: SSO URL
   • Identity Provider Entity ID: Entity ID
   • X.509 Certificate: The certificate you downloaded in Step 1.
6. Click Save.

1. Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Web and mobile apps .
3. Select  Mavenlink.
4. Click  User access.

5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click  On for everyoneor  Off for everyone, and then click  Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select  Onor  Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to  Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to  Overridden, either click Inheritto revert to the same setting as its parent, or click  Saveto keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Learn more about organizational structure .
7. (Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access .
8. Ensure that your Mavenlink user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Mavenlink supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

1. Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Web and mobile apps .
3. Select  Mavenlink.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Mavenlink should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

SP-initiated

1. Close all browser windows.
2. Open https://{your_domain}.mavenlink.com and attempt to sign in. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign in page.
3. Enter your sign in credentials.
4. After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you are automatically redirected back to Mavenlink.