Can Salesforce be used as an identity provider?
Salesforce can act as both an identity provider and a service provider for single sign-on (SSO). Depending on your authentication needs, you can create an identity provider chain, configure SAML SSO across multiple orgs or Experience Cloud sites, or use the predefined Salesforce authentication provider.
Does Salesforce support SAML?
SAML is an open-standard authentication protocol that Salesforce uses for single sign-on (SSO) into a Salesforce org from a third-party identity provider. You can also use SAML to automatically create user accounts with Just-in-Time (JIT) user provisioning.
What is identity provider in Salesforce?
An identity provider is a trusted provider that enables a customer to use single sign-on to access other websites. A service provider is a website that hosts apps.
How do I create an identity provider in Salesforce?
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How do I enable SAML in Salesforce?
In Salesforce, from Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Single Sign-On Settings , then select Single Sign-On Settings, and then click Edit. To view the SAML SSO settings, select SAML Enabled . Save your changes. In SAML Single Sign-On Settings, click the appropriate button to create a configuration.
Which language is SAML based on Salesforce?
All editions of Salesforce supports SAML based authentication. SAML is an XML-based protocol, which means that the packages of information being exchanged are written in XML.
Which of the following is true when Salesforce acts as an identity provider?
Answer: Authenticated users have the access to flow from an external identity provider into Salesforce. 3. In this case, Salesforce acts as an identity provider providing users with single sign-on (SSO) for connecting to different service providers.
What is the difference between identity provider and authentication provider?
An identity provider is a federation partner that vouches for the identity of a user. The Identity Provider authenticates the user and provides an authentication token (that is, information that verifies the authenticity of the user) to the service provider.
What are the different identity providers?
Popular identity providersGoogle.Facebook.Apple.Fitbit.Microsoft.Box.Amazon Web Services (AWS)
How do I configure SAML 2.0 for Salesforce?
Enable delegated authentication single sign-on for a user profileGo to the Profiles page located in the Setup > Manage Users section of Salesforce.Click Edit on the user profile and scroll down to the General User Permissions section.Check the Is Single Sign-On Enabled checkbox.Click Save.
What is SSO Salesforce?
Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that enables users to access multiple applications with one login and one set of credentials. For example, after users log in to your org, they can automatically access all apps from the App Launcher.
What is service provider and identity provider in SAML?
A service provider needs the authentication from the identity provider to grant authorization to the user. An identity provider performs the authentication that the end user is who they say they are and sends that data to the service provider along with the user's access rights for the service.
Set Up SSO
In Salesforce, from Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Single Sign-On Settings, then select Single Sign-On Settings, and then click Edit.
Set Up an Identity Provider to Encrypt SAML Assertions
When Salesforce is the service provider for inbound SAML assertions, you can pick a saved certificate to decrypt inbound assertions from third-party identity providers. Provide a copy of this certificate to the identity provider.
Enable JIT Provisioning
In Single Sign-On Settings, select User Provisioning Enabled in the Just-in-time User Provisioning section.
Edit the SAML JIT Handler
Note If you set up Standard JIT provisioning, skip this step and test the SSO connection.
Test the SSO Connection
After you configure and save your SAML settings, test them by trying to access the identity provider's application. Your identity provider directs the user's browser to POST a form containing SAML assertions to the Salesforce login page. Each assertion is verified, and if successful, users can log in with SSO.
Prerequisites
If you haven't already done so, sign up for a free Developer Edition account. This article uses the Salesforce Lightning Experience.
Create a self-signed certificate
If you don't already have a certificate, you can use a self-signed certificate. A self-signed certificate is a security certificate that is not signed by a certificate authority (CA) and doesn't provide the security guarantees of a certificate signed by a CA.
Create a policy key
You need to store the certificate that you created in your Azure AD B2C tenant.
Add a claims provider
If you want users to sign in using a Salesforce account, you need to define the account as a claims provider that Azure AD B2C can communicate with through an endpoint. The endpoint provides a set of claims that are used by Azure AD B2C to verify that a specific user has authenticated.
Add a user journey
At this point, the identity provider has been set up, but it's not yet available in any of the sign-in pages. If you don't have your own custom user journey, create a duplicate of an existing template user journey, otherwise continue to the next step.
Add the identity provider to a user journey
Now that you have a user journey, add the new identity provider to the user journey. You first add a sign-in button, then link the button to an action. The action is the technical profile you created earlier.
Configure the relying party policy
The relying party policy, for example SignUpSignIn.xml, specifies the user journey which Azure AD B2C will execute. Find the DefaultUserJourney element within relying party. Update the ReferenceId to match the user journey ID, in which you added the identity provider.
Prerequisite
Register for a Salesforce.com account. You must select one of the account types that include identity provider support.
Set up Auth0 as a service provider
Configure Auth0 as a service provider to communicate with the Salesforce identity provider for SSO.
Configure Salesforce as an identity provider
Configure Salesforce with the metadata from Auth0 so it can receive and respond to SAML-based authentication requests from Auth0.
Test connection to Salesforce
Navigate to the Authentication > Enterprise section of the Auth0 dashboard. Select the SAMLP Identity Provider.
