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This article describes a new section available for the latest version of setting up one or multiple SAML SSO flows. You may not be using this latest version yet, as we've only enabled this version for a limited number of Bynder portals. If you are interested in switching to the updated SSO flow please contact your Customer Success Manager.
Single Sign-On (SSO) can be a big time saver for users and administrators. By implementing one or multiple SAML SSO flows in a portal, anyone in your network can click the SSO button on the login page of the portal to quickly login without the need for a separate Bynder username and password.
SSO also allows you to create new user accounts automatically (Just-in-Time provisioning - JIT), which takes this manual task away from portal administrators. Setting up a profile or group mapping ensures that a user account with the appropriate permission profile is created when a user logs in for the first time using SSO.
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Status: Allows you to enable or disable this SSO flow. You won't be able to enable it if you have not fully configured the flow.
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Navigate to Settings > Advanced Settings > Portal Settings.
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Click Login Configuration on the left sidebar.
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Click New login method, then select SAML SSO
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Enter a name for the SSO flow to allow you to identify it easily, and then click Save.
The name will only be visible within the Login configuration section. You will be able to update the label of the SSO button on the login page that appears to users.
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SAML Settings: These are the minimum settings needed to integrate with the identity provider.
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View setup instructions: Click to see all the instructions and details needed to set up Bynder on your identity provider.
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Click Permalink XML to access this information as an XML file.
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[optional] Add XML file: Click to upload or paste the XML file from your identity provider. If you add an XML file, the below settings will be prefilled automatically; otherwise, you will need to enter the details from your identity provider, such as Okta, Azure, etc.
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Identity provider identifier: Enter the main identifier of your identity provider, also known as entity ID or issuer.
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Identity provider login URL: Enter the endpoint from your identity provider where Bynder should send the login requests.
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Identity provider certificate: Click add certificate to add the certificate from your identity provider. Multiple certificates can be added.
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Enter the certificate name, then either upload the certificate or paste the details in the Certificate box. Click the
to edit or the 
to delete.Note
You will see real-time validation for the certificate, including Inactive, Active, or Expired. If the certificate is Active, you will also see the expiration date.
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Allows you to choose how you would like Bynder to handle your SSO users.
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Just-in-time user provisioning: Click
enable or disable just-in-time user provisioning. Enable if you would like Bynder to create users in the portal automatically when they log in with SSO for the first time. If disabled, a user will first need to manually be created in Bynder by an admin before they can log in for the first time using SSO.Note
We do not currently support automated user deprovisioning at this time.
If you’ve reached the licensed user seat limit outlined in your agreement, the user will not be created. They will see an error message when attempting to log in and an error will be logged in Logs.
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If enabled, you will need to select the Default user permission profile from the dropdown list. Users will automatically be added to this permission profile upon login unless you have added user profile mapping (see below).
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If disabled, a user will need to manually be created in Bynder by an admin before they can log in for the first time using SSO.
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Update users upon login: Click the
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Update user attributes: Enable if you’d like to update user attributes according to the mappings defined below.
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Update user profiles: Enable if you’d like to update user profiles according to the mappings defined below.
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Update user groups: Enable if you’d like to update user groups according to the mappings defined below.
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When this feature is enabled and a user does not match any of the profile mappings or no profile mappings are set up, then the user will be assigned the default permission profile.
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You can map Username, Email, First name, Last name, etc. attributes in Bynder with the corresponding attributes in your identity provider.
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Bynder now supports the functionality to map the email and username separately. This will allow for accurate mappings if your users have usernames different from their emails.
By default, Bynder will use SAML NameID to map the username and email when updating or creating users.
If you would like to map these attributes from your Identity Provider, make sure to uncheck the checkbox and input the relevant user attributes IDs.
User profiles mapping (Optional)
You can map permission profiles in Bynder with the profiles in your identity prover. This will automatically add users that belong to specific identity provider profiles to a specific permission profile within Bynder, reducing manual work for the Bynder administrator.
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If you’ve reached the limit of licensed users for the permission profile, the user’s profile will not be updated.
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Click Add profile.
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Enter the User profile attribute name, which is the name used in your identity provider for the user group attribute. An exact match is required for the mapping to work.
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Select the Bynder permission profile from the dropdown, then add the identity provider profiles that should be mapped to it.
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Click Add profile to add additional mappings.
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Click Add groups to map user groups in Bynder with groups in your identity provider.
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This will automatically add users that belong to specific identity provider groups to user groups within Bynder, reducing manual work for the Bynder administrator.
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Enter the User group attribute name, which is the name used in your identity provider for the user group attribute. An exact match is required for the mapping to work.
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Select the Bynder user group from the dropdown, then add the identity provider groups that should be mapped to it.
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Click Add group to add additional mappings.
You will need to update the identity provider certificate(s) before the expiration date for your users to continue to log in via SSO. These can be added anytime; Bynder only uses the currently active certificates when logging in.
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Navigate to Settings > Advanced Settings > Portal Settings.
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Click Login Configuration on the left sidebar.
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Click the login method that you need to update the certificate for, then select SAML settings.
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In the Identity provider certificates section, either click Add certificate or click the pencil icon next to the certificate that is set to expire.
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Enter the certificate name, then either upload the certificate or paste the details in the Certificate box. Click the
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You will see real-time validation for the certificate, including Inactive, Active, or Expired. If the certificate is active, you will also see the expiration date.
Can I set up more than one SSO provider in my Bynder account?
Yes, you can set up more than one of the following SSO methods to allow your users more than one SSO option for logging into their portals. Learn more about enabling SSO with Bynder here.
I followed the above directions to set up SSO in my account, and my users are receiving an error when logging in.
Check out this article to view the error logs to resolve the issue.
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