Orchestrator User Guide

DELIVERY:

Automation Cloud Automation Cloud Public Sector Automation Suite Standalone

Last updated Dec 12, 2023

PingOne Authentication

Configure PingOne to Recognize a New Orchestrator Machine

Note: The following steps are valid for PingOne SAML setup. Please note that the procedure is a broad description of a sample configuration. For a fully detailed how-to, visit the official PingOne Documentation.

Log in to the PingOne Administrator Console.
On the Applications tab, click + Add Application. A new window opens.
Select WEB APP, and click the Configure button in the SAML box.
On the Create App Profile page, enter an application name in the dedicated field, and click the Next button.
On the Configure SAML page, specify the ACS URL by filling in the URL of the Orchestrator instance plus the suffix identity/Saml2/Acs. For instance: https://orchestratorURL/identity/Saml2/Acs. Keep in mind that the ACS is case sensitive.
Scroll down the Configure SAML page, and set the Entity ID to https://orchestratorURL.
On the same page, select HTTP Redirect as your SLO binding.
In the Assertion Validity Duration field, enter the desired validity period in seconds, and press Next.
On the Map Attributes page, map the following attribute: Email Address = http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress
Click Save and open the app from the Connections tab.
In the newly opened window, copy the Single SignOn URL.

Set Orchestrator/Identity Server to Use PingOne Authentication

Define a user in Orchestrator and have a valid email address set on the Users page.
Import the signing certificate provided by the Identity Provider to the Windows certificate store using Microsoft Management Console. See here how to do that.
Make sure that the following configuration is present in Identity Server's SAML2 settings within the External Providers page (read here how to access Identity Server):
- Select the Enabled check box.
- Set the Service Provider Entity ID parameter to https://orchestratorURL.
- Set the Identity Provider Entity ID parameter to the value obtained by configuring PingOne authentication.
- Set the Single Sign-On Service URL parameter to the value obtained by configuring PingOne authentication.
- Select the Allow unsolicited authentication response check box.
- Set the Return URL parameter to https://orchestratorURL/identity/externalidentity/saml2redirectcallback.
- Set the External user mapping strategy parameter to By user e-mail.
- Set the SAML binding type parameter to HTTP redirect.
- In the Signing Certificate section, set the Store name parameter to My from the drop-box.
- Set the Store location parameter to LocalMachine.
- Set the Thumbprint parameter to the thumbprint value provided in the Windows certificate store. Details here.
  
  Note:
  Replace all occurrences of https://orchestratorURL with the URL of your Orchestrator instance.
  
  Make sure that the URL of the Orchestrator instance does not contain a trailing slash. Always fill it in as https://orchestratorURL, not https://orchestratorURL/.
Click Save to save the changes to the external identity provider settings.
Restart the IIS server after performing any configuration changes within Identity Server.