Hello All,
We are trying to configure Google SAML as our Appian authentication provider. However, Google does not provide the private key of the certificate (It only provides the public key). Also it does not let us to upload our own Certificate public and private key. On the other hand, Appian only accepts certificates that have both private and public keys.
As a result we are stock. I was wondering if anyone in community has setup Google SAML as their authentication service.
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Hey michelg - the SAML authentication certificate needs to be generated by you, it is not Google's IdP certificate. Google documents using OpenSSL here. We also have a Knowledge Base article KB-1108 that outlines options. From Google itself, you will only need the IdP metadata which needs to be uploaded into Appian. You will have to upload your SP metadata into Google. For more information, see the documentation.
Hello Jussi Lundstedt
The issue is that Google only provides the public key and does not provide any functionality to upload SP metadata, so when the authentication is completed, Appian can not verify that the response is actually signed by google. On the other hand, when I try to add Google's public key to Appian, it rejects it obviously because Appian expects private key as well. Unfortunately, you answer and the documentation that you provided covers the general approach not the situation that I am experiencing.