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With Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can sign in to enterprise cloud applications with their Google Cloud credentials.
Set up SSO via SAML for SkyHigh
Here's how to set up single sign-on (SSO) via SAML for the SkyHigh application.
Step 1: Get Google identity provider (IdP) information- Sign in to your Google Admin console .
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
- In the Admin console, go to Menu SecurityAuthenticationSSO with SAML applications.
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- In the Set up single sign-on (SSO)section, download the IdP Metadata.
In the next step, you send this information to SkyHigh via email. After they respond, you return to the Admin console in Step 3 below to finish SSO configuration.
Send an email to SkyHigh support asking to enable SAML on your account. Include the Metadata XML you downloaded in step 1.
SkyHigh will let you know when they've enabled SAML for your account. They will also provide you with the ACS URL you need to configure SSO in the Admin console in the next step.
- Sign in to your Google Admin console .
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
- In the Admin console, go to Menu Apps Web and mobile apps.
- Click Add app Search for apps.
- Enter SkyHighin the search field.
- In the search results, hover over the SkyHighSAML app and click Select.
- Click Continue.
- On the Service provider detailspage, replace the default ACS URLwith the ACS URL provided by SkyHigh.
- Click Continue.
- (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mappingwindow:
- Click Add Mapping.
- Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
- For App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
- (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
- For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
- Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
- For App attribute, enter the service provider’s corresponding groups attribute name.
Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response will include only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping .
- On the Attribute mappingpage, click Finish.
- Sign in to your Google Admin console .
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
- In the Admin console, go to Menu Apps Web and mobile apps.
- Select SkyHigh.
- Click User access.
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To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyoneor Off for everyone, and then click Save.
- (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
- At the left, select the organizational unit.
- To change the Service status, select Onor Off.
- 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.
Note: Learn more about organizational structure .
- 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 .
- Ensure that your SkyHigh user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.
SkyHigh supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:
IdP-initiated
- Sign in to your Google Admin console .
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
- In the Admin console, go to Menu Apps Web and mobile apps.
- Select SkyHigh.
- At the top left, click Test SAML login.
SkyHigh 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
- Open a new incognito browser window and go to your SkyHigh instance.
You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page. - Enter your username and password.
After your credentials are authenticated, you are redirected to SkyHigh.
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