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System Settings to Support SSO - Azure

To set up SSO with Azure for File Access Manager, follow the task checklist below, followed by a detailed description of each step:

Task Checklist:

  • Admin client: Create an Azure identity collector.
  • Admin client: Select this identity store as the authentication store.
  • Website: Log in using the wbxadmin credentials and run the Identity collector task that was recently selected as the authentication store. This will load the Azure users into the database.
  • Website: Select SAML login and sign in to the relevant SSO Provider.
  • You should now be logged into File Access Manager as the Azure SSO provider user.

Detailed Settings

  1. IN the Admin Client, create an Azure identity collector.
  2. For the process of creating or editing an Azure identity collector, refer to the Creating or Editing an Azure Identity Collector section in the File Access Manager Admin Guide.
  3. To choose an identity store as the authentication store, navigate to Configuration > General Configuration > Authentication Store.
  4. Select the Azure identity collector created above as the current authentication store.
  5. Select Finish.
  6. Open the website and select on Continue with username and password.
  7. Log in to the system with the wbxadmin user and the password entered during installation.
  8. Select Login.
  9. Navigate to Settings > Tasks Management > Scheduled Tasks.
  10. Run the Identity Synchronization task that was recently selected as the authentication store. This step will load Azure users into the database.
  11. On the website, select SAML login.
  12. Sign in using your Azure SSO credentials.
  13. After logging in, you should be successfully logged into File Access Manager as the Azure SSO provider user.