KB-1461 How to update SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Wasil Akhtar — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:43:14 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Wasil Akhtar on 9/23/2022 2:43:14 PM

Purpose

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration Console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

Instructions

The following steps should be attempted on a non-production environment first, before making the changes on production.

Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Log into Appian as the System Administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Select Done and click Save Changes.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for the same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.11 and later.

Last Reviewed: September 2022

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication

KB-1461 How to update SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Maggie Deppe-Walker — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:20:09 GMT

Revision 6 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Maggie Deppe-Walker on 8/22/2022 3:20:09 PM

Purpose

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration Console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

Instructions

The following steps should be attempted on a non-production environment first, before making the changes on production.

Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Log into Appian as the System Administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Select Done and click Save Changes.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for the same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.11 and later.

Last Reviewed: August 2022

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication

KB-1461 How to update SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Parmida Borhani — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:59:00 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/18/2018 4:59:00 AM

Purpose

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration Console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

Instructions

The following steps should be attempted on a non-production environment first, before making the changes on production.

Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Log into Appian as the System Administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for the same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.11 and later.

Last Reviewed: January 2018

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication

DRAFT KB-XXXX How to update SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Cali Nelson — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:05:58 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Cali Nelson on 1/17/2018 9:05:58 AM

Purpose

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration Console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

Instructions

The following steps should be attempted on a non-production environment first, before making the changes on production.

Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Log into Appian as the System Administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for the same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.11 and later.

Last Reviewed: January 2018

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication

DRAFT KB-XXXX How to update SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Parmida Borhani — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:41:33 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/16/2018 10:41:33 PM

Purpose

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration Console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

Instructions

The following steps should be attempted on a non-production environment first, before making the changes on production.

Log into Appian as the System Administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for the same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.11 and later.

Last Reviewed: January 2018

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication

DRAFT KB-XXXX How to update SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Parmida Borhani — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:40:20 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/16/2018 10:40:20 PM

Purpose

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration Console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

Instructions

It is highly recommend that the following steps be attempted on a non-production environment before making the changes on production.

Log into Appian as the System Administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for the same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.11 and later.

Last Reviewed: January 2018

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication

DRAFT KB-XXXX Updating SAML configurations for use with a new IDP signing certificate

Cali Nelson — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:16:28 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Cali Nelson on 1/16/2018 10:16:28 PM

The following steps will need to be performed in the Appian Administration console once the new IDP signing certificate has been installed on the IDP side.

We highly recommend attempting the following steps on a non-PROD environment before attempting the update on PROD if possible.

Log into Appian as the system administrator and navigate to Administration Console > Authentication > SAML.
Obtain the new IDP metadata for the connection once the new IDP certificate has been successfully installed.
Delete the existing Identity Provider Metadata file and upload the new file from Step 1.
Test the settings by clicking Test, and a new window/tab will be redirected to the IDP login page. Enter the credentials for same user in Appian.
When the authentication is successful, close the test window and click on Test Completed.
Click Save Changes to complete the update.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Tags: SAML, admin console, how-to, authentication