> For AI agents: [llms.txt](https://docs.trustedauth.com/llms.txt) provides a Markdown index of this documentation. # BambooHR BambooHR is a cloud-based human resource management platform that collects and organizes all the information gathered throughout the employee lifecycle (see ). You can protect access to BambooHR by integrating BambooHR with Identity as a Service. Once integrated, users can use single sign-on to log in to their BambooHR account through Identity as a Service. note This integration was tested using Identity as a Service version 5.13 and BambooHR version 4.42. Other versions of BambooHR may require integration and configuration steps that differ from those documented in this procedure. For other versions of BambooHR, use this procedure as a starting point for integrating BambooHR. In the event of other issues, contact for assistance. To integrate BambooHR with Identity as a Service, you must do the following: ## Step 1: Copy the SAML configuration from Identity as a Service ## Step 1: Copy the SAML configuration from Identity as a Service Copy the SAML Configuration from Identity as a Service 1. Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account. 2. Click Menu icon **>** **Security > Applications**. The **Applications** **Lists** page appears. 3. Under **SAML Cloud Integrations**, click **SAML Configuration**. The **SAML Configuration** dialog box appears. This dialog box contains information you need to configure your SAML application for Identity as a Service authentication. 4. Do one of the following: - Leave this dialog box open to reference later in this procedure. - Copy the Entity ID, Single Sign-on URL, and Single Logout URL to a text file and save it to reference later in this procedure. note Depending on the integration you are performing, you may not need all three of these SAML configuration values. ## Step 2: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service ## Step 2: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service Copy a SAML signing certificate 1. Log in to your Identity as a Service administrator account. 2. Click Menu icon **>** **Security > Applications**. The **Applications List** page appears. 3. Under **SAML Cloud Integrations**, click **SAML Signing Certificates**. The **SAML Signing Certificates** page appears. 4. Click the copy icon next to the certificate to copy it to the clipboard. You can additionally download the certificate and save it for future use. 5. Open a text editor, such as Notepad, and paste the contents of the certificate into the text file. 6. Save the file. ## Step 3: Configure BambooHR for Identity as a Service authentication Configure BambooHR for Identity as a Service authentication 1. Log in to BambooHR as an administrator. The **BambooHR Welcome** page appears. 2. If a pop-up window appears with a video, click **Close**. 3. Click the settings icon. The **Settings** page appears. 4. In the **Settings** menu, click **Apps**. The **Apps Settings** page appears. 5. Scroll to **SAML Single Sign-On** and click **Install**. 6. In the **SSO Login URL**, enter the **Single Sign-ON URL** that you copied in _Step 1: Copy the SAML configurations from Identity as a Service_. 7. In the **x509 Certificate** field, paste the certificate you copied in _Step 2: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service_. 8. Click **Install**. ## Step 4: Download the metadata from BambooHR ## Step 4: Download the metadata from BambooHR Download the metadata from BambooHR 1. Open a Web browser and go to to open the BambooHR **Third Party SAML** page. 2. Scroll to click **SAML Configuration**. Review the metadata information that says, If your SAML provider is configured with a metadata URL, then you will use this: > https://.bamboohr.com/saml/sp_metadata.php **Example:** > where mycompany is your tenant name. 3. Open a Web browser and enter the metadata URL in a the browser. The metadata appears. 4. Copy the contents of the metadata and paste it into a text editor, such as Notepad. 5. Save the metadata as BambooHR_SP_metadata.xml. ## Step 5: Add BambooHR to Identity as a Service ## Step 5: Add BambooHR to Identity as a Service Add BambooHR as an application to Identity as a Service 1. Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account. 2. Click Menu icon **>** **Security > Applications**. The **Applications** **Lists** page appears. 3. Click **Add**. The **Select an Application Template** page appears. 4. Do one of the following: - Select **SAML Cloud Integrations** from the search drop-down list and scroll to find the application you want to add to IDaaS. - - or - - In the **Search bar**, enter a search option to filter for the application you want to add to IDaaS. 5. Click **BambooHR**. The **Add** **BambooHR** page appears. 6. Enter an **Application Name**. 7. Enter an **Application Description**. 8. Optional. Add a custom application logo. 1. Click Plus icon next to **Application Logo**. The **Upload Logo** dialog box appears. 2. Click Upload icon to select an image file to upload. 3. Browse to select your file and click **Open**. The **Upload Logo** dialog box reappears showing your selected image. 4. If required, resize your image. 5. Click **OK**. 9. Select the **Authentication Flow** that appears to users during login. 10. Click **Next**. The **General** page appears. 11. Click Upload icon to the **Upload Metadata XML** and browse to the location of the metadata file you downloaded. The **Metadata Configuration** dialog box appears. 12. If required, click **Merge with existing values** to merge new values with existing values for Alternative Assertion Consumer Services URLs and SAML attribute names. 13. Click **Save**. -OR- 14. In the **Default** **Assertion Consumer Service URL**, enter Example: > where mycompany is your tenant name. 15. In the **Entity ID** field, enter BambooHR-SAML. 16. Optional. Enter the **SAML Username Parameter Name** used to identity the user ID being requested for authentication. The user ID can then be passed as a parameter, for example, Username=jdoe. 17. Enter the **SAML Session Timeout** to the time when the SAML Assertion times out. The maximum is 720 minutes. 18. Enter the **Max Authentication Age (seconds)** to set the maximum amount of time that can elapse before a user is required to reauthenticate during a new login attempt. This applies for both SP-initiated and IDP-initiated login. Set this field to -1 to disable this feature. 19. From the **SAML NameID Attribute** drop-down list, select **Email**. 20. From the **SAML NameID Encoding Format** drop-down list, select **Email**. 21. From the **SAML Signing Certificate** drop-down list. select the signing certificate you added to the BambooHR SSO Configuration page (from the _Step 2: Copy the SAML Signing Certificate from Identity as a Service_. 22. From the **SAML Signature Algorithm** drop-down list, select **SHA512**. 23. Select **Sign Complete SAML Response**. 24. Optional: Select **Respond Immediately for Unsuccessful Responses** to return to the application immediately after a login failure, rather than allow user to try again with a different userID. 25. Deselect **Enable Go Back Button** if you do not want users to be able to go back to the BambooHR login page to log in. 26. Select **Show Default Assertion Consumer URL Service in the My Profile**. When selected, the Default Assertion Consumer URL appears in a user's My Profile page in addition to relay states and Alternative Assertion Consumer URLs. 27. Optional. Add **Alternative Assertion Consumer Service URLs**, as follows: 1. Click **Add**. 2. Enter a **Name**. 3. Enter a URL **Value**. 4. Select **Show in My Profile** to display the Alternative Consumer Service URL in a user's My profile page. 5. Optional. **Add an Application Logo**. 6. Click **Add**. 7. Repeat these steps to add more Alternative Assertion Consumer Service URL 28. Click **Submit**. ## Step 6: Add a resource rule See [Create resource rules](/docs/authentication-and-security/create-and-manage-resource-rules.md). ## Step 7: Test the integration ## Step 7: Test the integration Testing Service Provider Login 1. Open a Web browser and enter the URL for your BambooHR account. You are directed to Identity as a Service. 2. Enter your BambooHR account **User ID** and click **Next**. 3. Respond to the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged in to the BambooHR. Testing Identity as a Service redirect log in 1. Log in to your Identity as a Service account. 2. Go to your **My Profile** page if you are not already there. 3. Under **Applications**, click **BambooHR**. 4. Respond to the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged into BambooHR.