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Instructions on how to integrate Squirro with Google's Single Sign-on offering.

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Configure Google Apps

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  • Application Name: Squirro
  • Upload logo: You can use the file squirro_symbol.png
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Configure SAML Metadata

To configure SAML Single Sign-On with the federation metadata file, go to the Server space in Squirro and in the navigation on the left select Single Sign-On (SAML).

Press the red plus button on the top right. Fill out the form:

  • Domain: *
  • Enabled: Check
  • Metadata file: upload the GoogleIDPMetadata-squirro.com.xml file that was downloaded from Google earlier
  • User group: Select a user group which should be assigned to all SSO users

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Enable SSO

For security reasons, the final configuration needs to be done directly on the server. Log into the server using SSH or similar means and edit the file /etc/squirro/frontend.ini. Then append the following lines at the end:

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[security]
sso_enabled = true
sso_endpoint = http://localhost:81/studio/extauth_saml/extauth

Reduce HTTP Session

By default Squirro will keep user sessions for 30 days, surviving browser restarts as well. In a Single Sign-On environment, this should be changed to the session expiring once the user restarts the browser. This can be achieved by changing /etc/squirro/frontend.ini and adding the following lines:

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[frontend]
session_permanent = false

Restart the frontend service to make these config file changes active:

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This page can now be found at Google SAML Setup on the Squirro Docs site.