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Use ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú SAML Single Sign On (SSO) to give your users convenient but secure access to all their web applications with a single set of credentials. Leverage this integration to centralize user lifecycle, user identity, and group management in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú for ParkMyCloud. Save time and avoid mistakes, as well as potential security risks, related to manually creating users.

Read this article to learn how to setup the ParkMyCloud integration.

Prerequisites

• A ParkMyCloud administrator account.
• Your ParkMyCloud domain name and unique name.
• A ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú administrator account.

Important Considerations

• This connector asserts FirstName and LastName in the AttributeStatement passing the values of the first and last name of the user in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú to ParkMyCloud.

Creating a new ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Application Integration

1. Log in to the .
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION &²µ³Ù;ÌýSSO Applications.
3. Click + Add New Application.
4. Type the name of the application in the Search field and select it.
5. Click Next.
6. In the Display Label, type your name for the application. Optionally, you can enter a Description, adjust the User Portal Image and choose to hide or Show in User Portal.

7. Optionally, expand Advanced Settings to specify a value for the SSO IdP URL. If no value is entered, it will default to https://sso.jumpcloud.com/saml2/<applicationname>.

8. Click Save Application.
9. If successful, click:
   • Configure Application and go to the next section
   • Close to configure your new application at a later time

Configuring the SSO Integration

To configure ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú

1. Create a new application or select it from the Configured Applications list.
2. Select the SSO tab.
3. Replace any instances of YOURDOMAIN and UNIQUE_NAME with your ParkMyCloud values.
4. Add any additional attributes.
5. Click save.

Copy the metadata URL

1. Find your application in the Configured Applications list and click anywhere in the row to reopen its configuration window.
2. Select the SSO tab and click Copy Metadata URL.
3. The URL will be copied to your clipboard.

To configure ParkMyCloud

1. Access the ParkMyCloud console and select Single Sign-On from the left panel.
2. Select an option from the Single sign-on dropdown menu:
   • Allowed for all users.
   • Required for all users except admins.
3. Optionally, Click Change link at the top and specify a friendly Unique name,
4. Ensure the User login URL and SP ACS URL values match the values in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú.
5. Optionally, select your initial team (users automatically provisioned by SSO will be initially added to this team).
6. IdP - leave this as Custom.
7. IdP configuration - select Automatic from IdP metadata URL from the dropdown menu.
8. IdP metadata URL - copy and paste the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Metadata URL copied from the previous section.
9. Click Save Changes.

Authorizing User SSO Access

Users are implicitly denied access to applications. After you connect an application to ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú, you need to authorize user access to that application. You can authorize user access from the Application Configuration panel or from the Groups Configuration panel. 

To authorize user access from the Application Configuration panel

1. Log in to the .
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications, then select the application to which you want to authorize user access.
3. Select the User Groups tab. If you need to create a new group of users, see Get Started: User Groups.
4. Select the check box next to the group of users you want to give access.
5. Click save. 

To learn how to authorize user access from the Groups Configuration panel, see Authorize Users to an SSO Application.

Validating SSO user authentication workflow(s)

IdP-initiated user workflow

• Access the
• Go to Applications and click an application tile to launch it
• ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú asserts the user's identity to the SP and is authenticated without the user having to log in to the application

SP-initiated user workflow

• Go to the SP application login - generally, there is either a special link or an adaptive username field that detects the user is authenticated through SSO

• Login redirects the user to ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú where the user enters their ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú credentials
• After the user is logged in successfully, they are redirected back to the SP and automatically logged in

Removing the SSO Integration

To deactivate the SSO Integration

1. Log in to the .
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
3. Search for the application that you’d like to deactivate and click to open its details panel. 
4. Select the SSO tab.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the configuration.
6. Click Deactivate SSO. 
7. Click save. 
8. If successful, you will receive a confirmation message.

To delete the application

1. Log in to the .
2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
3. Search for the application that you’d like to delete.
4. Check the box next to the application to select it.
5. Click Delete.
6. Enter the number of the applications you are deleting
7. Click Delete Application.
8. If successful, you will see an application deletion confirmation notification.