Federated Security

Use the Federated Security page to configure a SAML 2.0 identity provider and WS-Trust security for your Infor Ming.le instance. This feature provides users the option to authenticate to Infor Ming.le using their corporate identity.

This page displays this information:

  • The display name of the federated security
  • The issuer of the federated security
  • If the federated security is enabled for SAML 2.0
  • If the federated security is enabled for JIT user provisioning
  • If the federated security is enabled for WS-Trust

The Federated Security SAML 2.0 tab has these options:

Option Description
SAML 2.0 Enabled This flag enables or disables federated security using SAML 2.0. When disabled, the Federated Security page is disabled.
Display Name This option is displayed to users during the sign-in process if you allow users to select their own authentication method on the Authentication URL Options page.
Display Icon This option is displayed to users during the sign-in process if you allow users to select their own authentication method on the Authentication URL Options page.
Import SAML Metadata If you have an Identity Provider metadata XML file available to be uploaded, click From File and select the metadata XML file.

If you have a publicly accessible URL to an Identity Provider metadata XML file, click From URL and enter the metadata XML URL.

The XML file is parsed, and the following input fields on this page are automatically completed.

  • Issuer
  • Identity Provider Certificate
  • Assertion Consumer Service
  • Single Logout Service

Verify the inputs and add any additional information required.

If you are not importing Identity Provider SAML metadata, enter the following information manually.

Issuer Enter the SAML issuer entityId.
Identity Provider Certificate Select the certificate file. Only *.CER files are supported.

The certificate is parsed and the Current Certificate and Expiration information are displayed.

Assertion Consumer Service Select the type and enter the location of the assertion consumer end point.
Single Logout Service Select the type and enter the location of the single logoff end point.
Assertion Identity Key

This specifies the field from the incoming assertion used to identify the user.

Select one of these options:

  • Identity is the NameIdentifier element of the Subject statement
  • Identity is an Attribute element

Attribute Name – This is where the claim uri is entered.
IFS user lookup field This specified which value from the IFS user definition is being used to identity the user. The administrator can use the drop-down to select a user property.
Service Provider Information Click View to open an overlay that contains the Infor Ming.le Service Provider information. This information is displayed:
  • Entity Id

    This is the unique identifier of the identity provider.

  • Certificate

    This is the encrypting certificate public key of the service provider.

  • Expiration

    This is the expiration date of the encrypting certificate of the service provider.

  • Assertion Consumer Service

    This is the end point of the assertion consumer service.

  • Binding

    This is the SAML binding of the Identity Providers assertion consumer service.

  • Single Logoff Service

    This is the end point of the Identity Providers single logoff service.

  • Single Logoff Binding

    This is the end point of the Identity Providers single logoff binding.

You also have the option to export the above information as a SAML metadata XML file. Click Export SAML Metadata and save the file.

JIT User Provisioning Enabled This flag enables or disables Just In Time Provisioning. When enabled, users can be authenticated without first being defined in IFS. Upon their initial sign-in through the current federated identity provider, their user definition is created in IFS.
First Name Claim Specify the First Name Claim from your trusted federated security identity provider.
Last Name Claim Specify the Last Name Claim from your trusted federated security identity provider.
Email Address Claim Specify the Email Name Claim from your trusted federated security identity provider.
Authorization Claim Specify the authorization claim from your trusted federates security identity provider.
User Name Claim Specify the user name claim from your trusted federated security identity provider.

This is applicable only if Infor Ming.le does not require an email address for all users.

The Federated Security WS-Trust tab has these options:

Option Description
WS-Trust Enabled This flag enables or disables WS-Trust. When enabled, it can send security token requests to Security Token Services.
STS Name Specify the Security Token Services Name.
Soap Version Select the Soap Version from the drop-down menu.
WS-Trust Version Select the WS-Trust Version from the drop-down menu.
Service End Point Specify the Service End Point.
Client Authentication Select Client Authentication from the drop-down menu. When the Client Authentication is Basic or Digest, provide the user name and password. When Client Authentication is Client CER, provide the PFX file and password.
Note: 

If you are using Infor Ming.le Federated Security for any of the Infor mobile applications that are available, your SAML 2.0 identity provider must use Forms Authentication by default.

Note: 

The NameID value must be sent as part of the SAML subject by the trusted federated identity provider.