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In this document you are going to set up IDmelon as an external IdP to the Salesforce.

In order to set up the connection, you will need to log into to your Salesforce administration panel.

To login to the Salesforce administration panel, click the Setting icon on the top right corner of Salesforce user panel page then Click Setup.

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Add Identity Provider

In the Salesforce administration panel, from the side menu, navigate to the Security menu, then Click identity and finally select Single Sign-On Settings.

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Then Check SAML Enable box from the main panel. Under Single Sign-On Settings Click New.

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Configure SAML 2.0 IdP

To configure SAML 2.0 IdP, fill the values of settings as below.

Click Name: Your custom name
API Name: Your custom api name

Get all values for {..} from your IDmelon panel. If you are currently login here, you will see the replaced values instead.

Issuer: {{idp_issuer_uri}}
Entity ID: Your custom salesforce portal
- Example: https://idmelon_test_sso.my.salesforce.com
IdP Signature Certificate :{{idp_certificate_download_url}}
Request Signing Certificate :Your salesforce certificate
Request Signature Method :RSA_SHA256
Assertion Decryption Certificate : Assertion not encrypted or Your salesforce certificate
SAML Identity Type : SAML Identity Type
SAML Identity Location :Identity is in the NameIdentifier element of the Subject statement
Service Provider Initiated Request Binding : HTTP POST
Identity Provider Login URL :{{idp_single_sign_on_url}}
Custom Logout URL :{{idp_single_sign_on_url}}
Click Save.

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IDmelon SAML configuration

After completing previous SAML Single Sign-On Settings section and submitting the form, you can see a new IdP added to your list.

You should upload metadata file from this Salesforce panel to IDmelon Panel.

Download -> Download Metadata File

You should copy values of below fields from the Salesforce panel to the IDmelon Panel:

Entity IDYour custom salesforce portal
- Example https://idmelon_test_sso.my.salesforce.com
Login URL : Copy and Paste to Assertion consumer service url
Logout URL : Copy and Paste to Single Sign Logout url

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