These setup instructions provide information for configuring SAML based sign-in for all users in the organization to the eShare Collaborate application. The Entity ID and ACS URL, referenced in this document, will be provided by an eShare Customer Success Manager when the tenant for your organization is provisioned on the platform.
Login to the Google Admin portal (https://admin.google.com),
Go to ‘Apps’ > ‘SAML Apps’, and click on ‘Add a service/App to your domain’
In the ‘Enable SSO for SAML Application‘ page, click on ‘SETUP MY OWN CUSTOM APP’ link at the bottom of the window.
In the ‘Google IdP information’ page, copy the ‘SSO URL’ to provide back to the eShare Customer Success Manager
Select ‘NEXT’.
In ‘Basic information for your Custom App‘ screen, for Application Name, input ‘eShare’. Upload eShare logo, if provided and click on ‘NEXT’.
In ‘Service Provider Details’ page fill in the details using information provided by eShare (from Step 5 above) and as shown below:
ACS URL (provided by Customer Success)
Entity ID (provided by Customer Success)
Signed Response: Enabled
Name ID: Basic Information; Primary Email
Name ID Format: Email
In ‘Attribute Mapping’ screen, click on ‘ADD NEW MAPPING’ to add the following attributes, when done click on ‘FINISH’:
firstname Basic Information First Name
lastname Basic Information Last Name
email Basic Information Primary Email
ncckey Basic Information Primary Email
Go back to ‘App’ > ‘SAML Apps page’, verify that ‘Status‘ for eShare application shows ‘ON for everyone’. If it is not, click on menu option at far right and select ‘On for everyone‘.
Click on the e-Share application link and in ‘Settings for eShare’ page, click on ‘Service Provider Details’ section.
Click on ‘Manage Certificates’ link under ‘Certificates‘ information.
In the ‘Manage identity provider certificates‘ screen, click to ‘DOWNLOAD CERTIFICATE’ link to save the certificate
Send the following to eShare to complete the SAML SSO setup process:
SSO URL (from step 4)
Certificate (saved from step 11)