How to Set Up your SSO

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Introduction

Zuddl lets you build Single Sign On (SSO) workflows for you events by talking to your identity provider. The SSO connection is linked to all your events on Zuddl which means you only have to configure once and all events thereafter take the users through the SSO workflow.

SSO setup would require you to reach out to your IT team to help set this up.

What is Single Sign-On?

With Single Sign-On (SSO) you can let your users gain access to multiple applications using a single set of login credentials without having them re-authenticate at every instance. Beside the great time-saving benefits, implementing SSO also allows you to securely host private events, keeping your’s and your audience’s data safe.

Zuddl relies on your Identity Providers (IdPs) for authenticating users by their login credentials. It is built on OAuth 2.0 framework and supports both SAML and OpenID Connect protocol standards.

How it works?

A high-level workflow of an SSO login for an attendee is explained below. It also includes the interactions between the different actors is explained below:

User clicks on the SSO login option provided on your event landing/registration page.
The user is redirected to a path where they have to authenticate with their Identity Provider using their credentials.
Once the user logs in by entering their event-level credentials, the Identity Provider provides the required authorization and shares the user profile and authentication information in the form of tokens to your application. Once this is verified, your application grants the user access to your event.

For first time users, clicking on the SSO login option would be prompt them to register with SSO credentials before they could logging in. Zuddl creates account on their behalf. Learn more about SSO and its advantages.

Adding an SSO Connection

The process of setting up an SSO connection varies according to the identity provider being used. Contact support@zuddl.com if you wish to add an SSO connection for your organization.

Prerequisites

Before configuring SSO for your events, you must share the following details to Zuddl:

Your organization name in Zuddl
Your Identity Provider(s)
Domain(s) that require SSO connection

Steps

On your dashboard homepage Go to Settings > Members.
Click on the Edit button dropdown and select Configure SSO.

This redirects you to select an identity provider and guide you to set up SSO.
Select you Identity provider or IDP. You will be redirected to a guide to set up an SSO with the selected IDP. Follow the instructions to set up the SSO
Once you've setup the SSO, you arrive at the members screen on the Zuddl dashboard homepage.

Editing SSO Setup

To make changes to your SSO settings, click on the Edit dropdown button and select Edit SSO.

This takes you to your SSO settings page where you can

Review your SSO settings as per your identity provider such as Connection and Metadata configuration

You can also Test sign-in with SSO settings by clicking the Test sign-in button.
View the logged in session with email, name, timestamp etc.
You can remove the SSO connection from Zuddl by clicking Reset connection button from the more option button.

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