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vinayj0006

I want to implement single sign on in appian using saml authentication so in implementaing , we have to provide webaddress identifier and service provider meta ,what kind of data that we have to provide service provider metadata? 

we are refering this url : SAML for Single Sign-On - Appian 24.1

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    Certified Senior Developer

    Hi  ,

    Web Address Identifier: Indicates URL for  specific sign-in page on both web and mobile devices.
    When we configured with SSO, there are two ways of login
    1. Seamless login, where you don't enter any username and password. It works seamlessly because Appian connected with Identity provider, so SAML exchanging authentication information.
    2. Use credentials, there are some places where user has to enter the username and password. In this case we need to direct the end user to a specific URL. This is where we need to specify Web Address Idnetifier.
    Web Address Identifier Example from Docs: 
    For example, if you have an IdP with the Identifier set to "employee", users can get to that identity's sign-in page by adding "signin=employee" to their url. So, if a user wanted to get to the Appian Designer through that IdP, they would follow the url "">mysite.appiancloud.com/.../design
    Service Provider Metadata:
    Service provider is Appian. This section tells that, how do you represent Appian to Identify provider. So we provide name, entity ids and signing certificate to use when communicating with the IdP
  • 0 in reply to Dastagiri

    actually i dont know what is signing certifcate to use when communicating with the idp can you please explain me

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     in reply to vinayj0006

    Signing certificate is a contract between Service Provider (Appian) and Identity Provider (IdP). In this signing certificate they include how to share info, what info to share, what should be visible and not visible and cookie etc. As a best practice in SAML, all communications between the SP and IdP are signed. Signing certificate uses PEM-formatted.

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