Commit c509b35b authored by Douwe Maan's avatar Douwe Maan

Merge branch 'ce-jej/unflag-group-saml-metadata' into 'master'

Group SAML docs explain metadata configuration

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!28700
parents 6b89b7cb 8520f950
...@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SAML SSO for groups is used only as a convenient way to add users and does not s ...@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SAML SSO for groups is used only as a convenient way to add users and does not s
## Configuring your Identity Provider ## Configuring your Identity Provider
1. Navigate to the group and click **Settings > SAML SSO**. 1. Navigate to the group and click **Settings > SAML SSO**.
1. Configure your SAML server using the **Assertion consumer service URL** and **Issuer**. See [your identity provider's documentation](#providers) for more details. 1. Configure your SAML server using the **Assertion consumer service URL** and **Issuer**. Alternatively GitLab provides [metadata XML configuration](#metadata-configuration). See [your identity provider's documentation](#providers) for more details.
1. Configure the SAML response to include a NameID that uniquely identifies each user. 1. Configure the SAML response to include a NameID that uniquely identifies each user.
1. Configure required assertions using the [table below](#assertions). 1. Configure required assertions using the [table below](#assertions).
1. Once the identity provider is set up, move on to [configuring GitLab](#configuring-gitlab). 1. Once the identity provider is set up, move on to [configuring GitLab](#configuring-gitlab).
...@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ GitLab.com uses the SAML NameID to identify users. The NameID element: ...@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ GitLab.com uses the SAML NameID to identify users. The NameID element:
| First Name | `first_name`, `firstname`, `firstName` | | | First Name | `first_name`, `firstname`, `firstName` | |
| Last Name | `last_name`, `lastname`, `lastName` | | | Last Name | `last_name`, `lastname`, `lastName` | |
## Metadata configuration
GitLab provides metadata XML that can be used to configure your Identity Provider.
1. Navigate to the group and click **Settings > SAML SSO**.
1. Copy the provided **GitLab metadata URL**
1. Follow your Identity Provider's documentation and paste the metadata URL when it is requested.
## Configuring GitLab ## Configuring GitLab
Once you've set up your identity provider to work with GitLab, you'll need to configure GitLab to use it for authentication: Once you've set up your identity provider to work with GitLab, you'll need to configure GitLab to use it for authentication:
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