Configuring external IDPs
This article explains how to configure external IDPs in Cloud Identity Plane.
Federation Management admin user interface
CIP administrative UI application provides a simple user interface to manage third party IDP agreement and mapping information. Administrators must have proper entitlements to be able to perform the actions mentioned here. UI actions are all mapped directly to specific entitlements to allow fine-grained access control of these operations from the administrative panel. The following actions related to third-party IDPs are available in CIP:
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List identity providers
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Get identity provider
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Register identity provider
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Update identity provider
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Delete identity provider
List identity providers
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Required entitlement:
ADMIN_LIST_IDPs
Admin UI location: Admin dashboard » Identity Providers
Get identity provider
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Required entitlement:
ADMIN_GET_IDP
Admin UI location: Admin dashboard » Identity Providers » [Select one from the list of IDPs]
Register identity provider
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Entitlement:
ADMIN_CREATE_IDP
Admin UI location: Admin dashboard » Identity Providers » Register Identity Provider
For ease of registration of external third party identity providers, CIP provides a list of templated providers to quickly create an agreement.
You can either choose from a template or register a generic SAML or OIDC Identity Provider by clicking on the generic logos.
Update identity provider
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Entitlement:
ADMIN_UPDATE_IDP
Admin UI location: Admin dashboard » Identity Providers » [Select one from the list of IDPs] » Update IDP
Delete identity provider
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Entitlement:
ADMIN_DELETE_IDP
Admin UI location: Admin dashboard » Identity Providers » [Select one from the list of IDPs] » Delete IDP