# Single Sign-On

## Overview

Commanders Act supports SAML 2.0 based Single Sign-On authentication and authorization.

<figure><img src="/files/xgiChQ4uQt6CROph7eKj" alt=""><figcaption><p>Worklfow diagram of the Single Sign-On functionality.</p></figcaption></figure>

## Setup

To setup Single Sign-On Commanders Act requires the metadata.xml of the IDP or following information:

* Single Sign-In Endpoint
* Single Sign-Out Endpoint
* Entity Id of the IDP
* Public key of the IDP (X509 certificate)

Please contact a Commanders Act consultant to initiate the setup. You will then receive a namespace parameter `<name>` and the site id `<id_site>` used in following SAML Endpoints and SAML Attributes.

### SAML Endpoints

Following you will find an overview of the SAML API endpoints used by Commanders Act.

**ACS URL/Endpoint URL**\
<https://platform.commandersact.com/saml2-acs/\\><name>

**Login URL**\
<https://platform.commandersact.com/saml/\\><name>

**SP Entity ID/Partner's Realm**\
commanders-act

### SAML Attributes

Following SAML attributes are currently supported. It is required to send the email attribute.

| Attribute                  | Description          | Type                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| firstname                  | User first name      | optional, default empty                                                                                                                                                                     |
| lastName                   | User last name       | optional, default empty                                                                                                                                                                     |
| email                      | User email           | **required**                                                                                                                                                                                |
| companyName                | Company name         | optional, default empty                                                                                                                                                                     |
| jobTitle                   | Job title            | optional, default empty                                                                                                                                                                     |
| mobileNumber               | Mobile phone number  | optional, default empty                                                                                                                                                                     |
| lang                       | User language code   | optional, default 'en'                                                                                                                                                                      |
| commandersact\_\<id\_site> | Applied user profile | <p><strong>required</strong>, possible values :</p><ul><li>administrator</li><li>technical</li><li>marketing</li><li>custom</li><li>readOnly</li><li>partnerAdmin</li><li>partner</li></ul> |

Add "administrator|accountmanager" to enable the "Account Manager" permission for the Administrator role.

## FAQ

**How long is the SAML session duration?**\
1440 seconds.

**Which protocol is used for Single Sign-On?**\
SAML 2.0


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