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May 15, 2021
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Is SAML Authentication possible for AWS SSO?

  • May 15, 2021
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IDp Source: AWS SSO, Accessing Appian app. as external application thru AWS SSO SAML authentication.

Could you pls suggest how do we import / upload  the signing certificate in AWS SSO? I could not find any option to upload the certificate in the "Manage Certificate" section.  
Is this something that we can't do in AWS SSO whereas this is allowed in Azure AD SSO.

The AWS SSO certificate which we can download does not contain the private key. My SAML Appian SP application expects to configure SAML settings with private and certificate data in the combined . pem file.

In AWS SSO, I'm unable to upload / import the certificate file that I've configured in Appian application. Does it means AWS SSO SAML authentication not compatible to integrate with Appian?

We've managed to successfully configure and test this with Azure AD SSO. I'm trying for alternative approaches of integrating AWS SSO Idps with Appian app.

Thanks.

    2 replies

    danny.verb
    May 17, 2021

    Here's some Appian documentation https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.1/SAML_for_Single_Sign-On.html

    What's missing from this documentation which would help you?

    May 17, 2021

    Sorry Danny, I've already gone thru that link. It does not explore any use cases with other SAML authentication provider.

    We are trying to configure AWS SSO SAML as our on-primise application authentication provider.
    However, AWS SSO does not provide the private key of the SAML signing certificate (It only provides the certificate key).
    Also it does not let us to upload our own / self signed Certificate key and private key.
    On the other hand, Appian application only accepts certificates that have both private and certificate keys.

    There is one existing unanswered appian community thread discussing the similar issue with GCP SSO.

    https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/administration/18036/appian-google-saml-setup/76805#76805