Egnyte cloud application
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Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can use their Google Cloud credentials to sign in to enterprise-cloud applications.
Set up SSO via SAML for Egnyte
Here's how to set up single sign-onn (SSO) via SAML for the Egnyte® application.
Step 1: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider (IdP)-
Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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From the Admin console Home page, go to Apps
SAML apps.
To see Apps on the Home page, you might have to click More controls at the bottom.
- Click the plus (+) icon at bottom right.
- Locate and click Egnyte in the application list.
- On the Google IDP Information page:
- Copy and save the SSO URL.
- Copy and save the Entity ID.
- Download the Certificate.
- Click Next.
The Basic information window shows the Application name and Description seen by users.
- Click Next.
- On the Service Provider Details page, edit the ACS URL, replacing {your‑domain} with your domain name.
- Click Finish.
- Open a new incognito browser window.
- Sign in to https://{your-domain}.egnyte.com with your organization's Egnyte administrator account.
- Click
> Settings.
- Click the Configuration tab.
- Click Security & Authentication.
- In the Single Sign-on Authentication section, select or enter the following values in these fields:
- Single sign-on authentication: SAML 2.0
- Identity provider: CustomRedirect
- Identity provider login URL: SSO URL (copied in Step 1 above)
- Identity provider entity ID: Entity ID (copied in Step 1 above)
- Identity provider certificate: the certificate you downloaded in Step 1
- Default user mapping: Email address
- Click Save.
Enable SSO in Egnyte for specific Google users:
- At the top of the window, click the Users & Groups tab.
- Click the checkbox to select the user you're configuring SSO for, then click Details at right.
- Click Profile and enter the following information:
- From the Authentication menu, select SSO.
- For IdP Username, enter the user's email address.
- Click Save.
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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From the Admin console Home page, go to Apps
SAML apps.
To see Apps on the Home page, you might have to click More controls at the bottom.
- Select Egnyte.
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At the top right of the gray box, click Edit Service
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To turn on or off a service for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.
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To turn on or off a service only for users in an organizational unit:
- At the left, select the organizational unit.
- Select On or Off.
- To keep the service turned on or off even when the service is turned on or off for the parent organizational unit, click Override.
- If the organization's status is already Overridden, choose an option:
- Inherit—Reverts to the same setting as its parent.
- Save—Saves your new setting (even if the parent setting changes).
Learn more about organizational structure.
- Ensure that your Egnyte user account email IDs match those in the domain for your Google service.
- Close all browser windows.
- Open https://yourdomain.egnyte.com and attempt to sign in. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign in page.
- Enter your sign in credentials.
- After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you are automatically redirected back to Egnyte.