Meraki 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 Merakiin the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the MerakiSAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider detailspage, copy the X.509 certificateand use it to calculate fingerprint using SHA-1 algorithm.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider detailspage, edit the  ACS URL, replacing  {consumer-url-provided-by-sp} with the Meraki-provided Consumer URL. 
9. On the Attribute Mapping page, click the Select fieldmenu and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding Meraki attributes:
   

   Google directory attribute	Meraki attribute
   Role > Role in Meraki	role
   Basic Information > First Name	username

10. (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 .

11. Click  Finish.

1. Open a new incognito browser window.
2. Sign in to https://meraki.cisco.comwith your organization’s Meraki administrator account.
3. Go to Organization Settings.
4. Under SAML Configurationfrom the SAML SSOlist, select SAML SSO enabled.
5. In the X.509 cert SHA1 fingerprintfield, enter the SHA-1 certificate fingerprint you calculated in Step 1 above.
6. Click Save Changes .

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  Meraki.
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 Meraki user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Note:Meraki only supports IdP initiated SSO. You can’t use SSO if you sign in directly to Meraki.

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  Meraki.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Meraki 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.

You should be automatically redirected to your Meraki account.