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Soloinsight

Soloinsight is a global recognition software platform that provides solutions for digital and physical threats. See https://www.soloinsight.com. You can protect access to Soloinsight by integrating Soloinsight with Identity as a Service. Once integrated, users can use single sign-on to log in to their Soloinsight account through Identity as a Service.

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This integration was tested using Identity as a Service version 5.33 and Soloinsight Trial version December 2023. Other versions of Soloinsight may require integration and configuration steps that differ from those documented in this procedure. For other versions of Soloinsight, this integration guide may be used as an initial approach for integrating Soloinsight. In the event of other issues, contact support@entrust.com for assistance.

Prerequisites

Contact Soloinsight with a request to configure an account for Single sign-on and to provide you with the following:

  • User ID and password (you can change the password later)
  • Account name
  • Account URL (example: https://cloudgate.<locale>.trustedauth.com)

To integrate Soloinsight with Identity as a Service, you must do the following

Before you begin, open two browser windows. In one window, log in to your Soloinsight Administrator account. In the other window, log in to your IDaaS administrator account.

Step 1: Obtain the Assertion Consumer Service URL and Entity ID from Soloinsight

  1. Open a browser and enter your Soloinsight account URL provided by Soloinsight.
  2. Enter your username and password and log in. The Dashboard page appears.
  3. Click Home > Administration > System Settings. The Configuration page appears.
  4. Click the General in the menu pane.
  5. Click the Global Settings tab.
  6. Scroll to Enable SSO and toggle to Yes.
  7. Open a text editor such as Notepad and scroll to and then copy the following:
    • Identifier (Entity ID)
    • Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)

Step 2: Add Soloinsight to Identity as a Service

  1. Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account.
  2. Click > 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.
    • In the Search bar, enter a search option to filter for the application you want to add to IDaaS.
  5. Click Soloinsight. The Add Soloinsight page appears.
  6. Enter an Application Name.
  7. Enter an Application Description.
  8. Optional. Add a custom application logo.
    1. Click next to Application Logo. The Upload Logo dialog box appears.
    2. Click 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. In the Default Assertion Consumer Service URL enter the Assertion Consumer Service URL you obtained from Soloinsight in Step 1: Obtain the Assertion Consumer Service URL and Entity ID from Soloinsight.
  12. In the Service Provider Entity ID field, enter the Entity ID you obtained from Soloinsight in Step 1: Obtain the Assertion Consumer Service URL and Entity ID from Soloinsight.
  13. Leave the Single Logout Service URL field empty.
  14. Enter the SAML Session Timeout to the time when the SAML Assertion times out. The maximum is 720 minutes.
  15. 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.
  16. From the SAML NameID Attribute drop-down list, select Email.
  17. From the SAML NameID Encoding Format drop-down list, select Email.
  18. Select the SAML Signing Certificate.
  19. Deselect Enable Go Back Button if you do not want users to be able to go back to the Soloinsight login page to log in.
  20. 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.
  21. Add SAML Attributes as follows:
    1. Under SAML Attributes, click Add. The SAML Attributes dialog box appears.
    2. In the Name field enter first_name.
    3. Click Add next to Value(s).
    4. In the Values field, type < and select First Name.
    5. Click Add.
    6. Repeat this procedure to add the following additional user attributes:
      • Last Name (enter last_name in the Name field)
      • Email (enter email in the Name field)
      • Unique User ID (enter object_id in the name field)
  22. Leave the remaining settings at the default values.
  23. Click Submit.

Step 3: Add a resource rule

See Create resource rules.

Step 4: Copy the SAML configurations from Identity as a Service

  1. Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account.

  2. Click > 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 5: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service

  1. Log in to your Identity as a Service administrator account.

  2. Click > Security > Applications. The Applications List page appears.

  3. Under SAML Cloud Integrations, click SAML Signing Certificates. The SAML Signing Certificates page appears.

  4. Click next to the certificate to copy it to the clipboard.

  5. You can additionally download the certificate and save it for future use.

  6. Open a text editor, such as Notepad, and paste the contents of the certificate into the text file.

  7. Save the file.

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    Be sure to same the file with the .cer extension, for example, SAML_certifcate.cer.

Step 6: Configure Soloinsight for Identity as a Service authentication

  1. Return to the window you opened in Step 1: Obtain the Assertion Consumer Service URL and Entity ID from Soloinsight.
  2. From the Select Identity Provider IdP drop-down list, select Generic SAML IDP.
  3. In the Microsoft Entra ID Identifier field, enter the Entity ID you copied in Step 4: Copy the SAML configurations from Identity as a Service.
  4. In the Login URL field, enter the Single Sign-on URL you copied in Step 4: Copy the SAML configurations from Identity as a Service.
  5. In the Certificate (Base64) field, enter the signing certificate you copied in Step 5: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service.
  6. Click Save.

Step 7: Test the integration

Test Service Provider login:

  1. Open a web browser and enter the URL of your Soloinsight account.
  2. Click Single sign-on.
  3. Enter your username. You are re-directed to Identity as a Service.
  4. Log in to IDaaS.
  5. Respond the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged into Soloinsight.

Test 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 Soloinsight.
  4. Respond to the second factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged in to Soloinsight.