Applies to:
- WSO2 Identity Server (4.0.0 onwards)
- WSO2 Application Server (5.0.1 onwards)
- WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (4.5.1 onwards)
- WSO2 Governance Registry (4.5.1 onwards)
By default all WSO2 Servers starts in the HTTPS port 9443 and HTTP port 9763. Therefore, when we run multiple WSO2 Servers we need to change the default ports so that there would be no port conflicts. So here is the plan we will follow in this scenario:
- IS runs in https port 9443 (default)
- AS runs in https port 9444 (offset = 1)
- ESB runs in https port 9445 (offset = 2)
- G-Reg runs in https port 9446 (offset = 3)
By default WSO2 Servers use Basic Authentication for its authentication purposes. However, in a Single-Sign-On (SSO) environment, we need to use SAML-based Authentication to authenticate users to WSO2 Servers. The following needs to be done in order to enable SSO:
Configuring WSO2 Application Server
We need to do two main configurations at the Application Server. Changing the port configuration and changing the Authenticator configuration.
Port Configuration
- Download the WSO2 Application Server from here.
- Extract the .zip file.
- Locate the carbon.xml file in the unzipped folder which is found in the path:
<AS_HOME>/repository/conf/carbon.xml
- Open the carbon.xml file and search for the configuration:
<offset>0</offset>
- Change the offset value from 0 to 1.
- Save the carbon.xml and close it.
Authenticators Configuration
- Locate the authenticators.xml file which can be found in the path:
<AS_HOME>/repository/conf/security/authenticators.xml
- Open the authenticators.xml file and set the "disabled" attribute value to "false" for the SAML2SSOAuthenticator configuration.
Configuring WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
Similar to the Application Server we need to configure the port and the authenticator of ESB.
Port Configuration
- Download the WSO2 ESB from here.
- Similar to the Application Server, open the carbon.xml file and change the port offset to 2.
Authenticators Configuration
- Follow the exact same steps did for the Application Server and enable the SAML2SSOAuthenticator.
- Now we need to do another configuration. We need to change the ServiceProviderID. This ID is used by the Identity Server to identify the ESB's requests. Change this value to carbonServer2.
Configuring WSO2 Governance Registry
Port Configuration
- Download the WSO2 Governance Registry from here.
- Set the port offset to 3.
Authenticators Configuration
Enable the SAML2SSOAuthenticator and change the ServiceProviderID value to carbonServer3.
Configuring WSO2 Identity Server
- Download the WSO2 Identity Server from here.
- Extract the .zip file.
- Open a terminal and navigate to the
<IS_HOME>/bin
folder. - Start the Identity Server using the wso2server.sh file in Unix or wso2server.bat file in Windows.
- Once the server is started, visit the following URL:
https://localhost:9443/carbon/
- Sign in to the WSO2 Identity Server. Enter your username and password to log on to the Management Console.
- Navigate to the Main menu to access the Identity menu. Click Add under Service Providers.
Fill in the Service Provider Name and provide a brief Description of the service provider in the resulting screen. If the service provider configuration is used by tenants as well, you must select the SaaS Application checkbox.
Tip: By default, the SaaS Application checkbox is disabled, which means the web application is not shared among tenants so only users in the current tenant (the one you use to define the service provider) will be allowed to log into the web application. Alternatively, if you enabled the SaaS Application checkbox, that means this web application is shared among tenants so users from any tenant will be allowed to log into the web application. For example, if there are three tenants, namely TA, TB and TC and the service provider is registered and configured only in TA.
If the SaaS Application configuration is disabled, only users in TA are able to log into the web application.
If the SaaS Application configuration is enabled, all TA, TB, TC users are able to log into the web application.
- Expand the SAML2 Web SSO Configuration under Inbound Authentication Configuration.
- Click Configure. Fill in the form that appears.
- Fill up this page with the following configurations. You must register different service providers for WSO2 Application Server, WSO2 ESB and WSO2 Governance Registry.
Use the following configurations for WSO2 Application Server and add them to the relevant sections in the New Service Provider screen:
Issuer: carbonServer
Assertion Consumer URL: https://localhost:9444/acs
Use fully qualified username in the NameID
Enable Response Signing
Enable Assertion Signing
Enable Single Logout
Use the following values to register the WSO2 ESB:
Issuer : carbonServer2
Assertion Consumer URL : https://localhost:9445/acs
Use fully qualified username in the NameID
Enable Response Signing
Enable Assertion Signing
Enable Single Logout
Use the following values to register the WSO2 Governance Registry.
Issuer : carbonServer3
Assertion Consumer URL : https://localhost:9446/acs
Use fully qualified username in the NameID
Enable Response Signing
Enable Assertion Signing
Enable Single Logout
Make a note of the following when you are using tenant configurations. This can be done in all the WSO2 Carbon servers.
Additional configurations
If you need to sign the SAML response using an authenticated user's tenant keystore, please add the following configuration. (By default, the response is signed using the certificate that belongs to the tenant where the service provider is registered). This property must be added if the SAML authenticator version in the WSO2 Carbon products that you are using is 4.2.2 or higher (
org.wso2.carbon.identity.authenticator.saml2.sso_4.2.2.jar
).Add the
<UseAuthenticatedUserDomainCrypto>
property available in the<IS_HOME>/repository/conf/identity.xml
file as shown below.<SSOService> ... <UseAuthenticatedUserDomainCrypto>true<UseAuthenticatedUserDomainCrypto> </SSOService>
Click Register to save the values and register each service provider created.
Testing the SSO Environment
Now that all the required configurations are done, test the SSO environment.
- Access the Application Server:
https://localhost:9444/carbon/
- You are redirected to the Identity Server for authentication. After successful authentication you are redirected back and logged into the Application Server.
- Access the ESB using the URL
https://localhost:9445/carbon/
. You are directly logged into ESB without any authentication challenge. - Access the Governance Registry using the URL
https://localhost:9446/carbon/
. You are logged into G-Reg directly without any authentication challenge. - Test the Single Sign Out,
- Log out from WSO2 Application Server. You are redirected to the SSO authentication page.
- Now you should be logged out from ESB and Governance Registry as well. Try accessing them.