Websites and applications are implementing social single sign-on to allow users to login using trusted authentication providers such as Google, Facebook, and even Salesforce. Join us to learn how to configure the OpenID Connect authentication provider to allow users to authenticate at Google to access a Salesforce environment. We'll also look at how you can relieve yourself of the burden of password management by having your web app login users via Salesforce.
1. OpenID Connect & Single Sign-On for
Beginners
Abhishek Sivasubramanian
Senior Developer Evangelist
Suyati Technologies, India
@abhisheksubbu
Vikas Jain
Director, Product Management, Salesforce Identity
salesforce.com
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5. Agenda
• Problem
•OpenID Connect protocol
• Solution and demo
•Q&A
6. Example Scenario
All employees
Some employees Employees Some employees
+
External Users
7. Problems Identified
Universal Containers
1. Administrative overload for user management.
a) Lots of Reset Password & Change Password requests from users
b) Headache in maintaining same users in different orgs
2. Community users do not effectively use the product community.
a) Standard Sign up, Waiting for activation email, activating the account, login is not bringing in
more users.
b) Easiness for users to socialize is missing
3. Employee productivity is reduced.
a) Different username/password for same user across different org
b) Tend of forget username/password combinations
c) Takes more time for employees to recollect, access and login to an org
8. Business Expectation
Universal Containers
1. Solution for : Administrative overload for user management.
a) Manage user identity checks from enterprise org
b) Admin should be able to do reset/change password for a user from one org
2. Solution for : Community users do not effectively use the product
community.
a) Enable Salesforce Single Sign On
b) Take advantage of the Salesforce Community phenomenon
3. Solution for : Employee productivity is reduced.
a) Enable Single Sign-On in the Enterprise
b) Employee should only have one username-password to access all orgs
9. One thing is for sure
We have to get Universal Containers on
SINGLE SIGN-ON
19. OpenID Connect – Salesforce Implementation
As a Client As a Provider
• Auth Providers
• Social single sign-on
• JIT provisioning
• Account linking
•Connected Apps
•Salesforce as an IdP
•Enterprise policies for
Authorization
Authentication Levels
Refresh Token Decay
Application Policy
Attributes
Example Example
20. Coming back to Universal Containers
What are we going to Implement ?
•OpenID Connect – for Social Sign-On into the org
– Login to Salesforce org with Google+
•OpenID Connect - For salesforce login into the community
– Login to community with any Salesforce org
22. Steps for Social Sign-On with Google+ into Enterprise Org
1. Setup MyDomain in the org
2. Configure an OpenID Connect type Authentication Provider
pointing to Google.
3. Set a google plus user ID field on user record – for account
linking.
4. Update a user record with a valid google plus user ID.
5. Configure enterprise branding page to enable Login with
Google.
6. Test Login with Google into the enterprise org.
25. Steps for Single Sign On into Community with any
Salesforce Org
1. Setup OpenID Connect Auth Provider pointing to a
Connected App in IdP
2. Registration Handler code can do user checks based on
Email or FederationID
3. Set the Community Login Page to use this Auth Provider
28. Key Takeaways
• OpenID Connect is a modern Identity protocol that leverages OAUTH
• It provides an ID token and /UserInfo endpoint
• You can use it for Single sign-on (SSO)
• Salesforce can act as an OpenID Connect client. Example: Sign in with Google
• Salesforce can act as an OpenID Connect provider. Example: Login with Salesforce
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