OpenID Connect

Atomic Enterprise OSSEC (AEO) supports Single Sign On (SSO) via integration with OpenID Connect. A full list of certified providers is available at: https://openid.net/developers/certified/

Requires

  • AEO 6.0.0+

  • OpenID Connect Server

  • AEO 6.0.0+ registration with OpenID Connect Server

Overview

This module is designed to allow SSO and authentication that utilizes the OpenID Connect protocol.

Note

This meets the requirements for SAML authentication

Generic Provider

Step 1: Register AEO with your OpenID Connect endpoint

Note

The process for this is endpoint specific. Refer to your OpenID service provider for more information.

Step 2: Create a user in AEO whose email address matches the email address of the user on file with the OpenID Connect server.

Step 3: Navigate to Integrations > OpenID Connect

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Step 4: Enter OpenID credentials

Name: is an arbitrary name that displays on the login page

Provider URL is the endpoint of your OpenID Connect server

ClientID, ClientSecret, and Redirect URL are all provided by the OpenID Connect endpoint when AEO is first registered

ClientID example: 894664563140-361jamgdp65eflek6mv8l11ifa2l05tf.app.website.com

ClientSecret example: SV4bb77clx6m6Ntd_Z8df71S

Redirect URL example: http://fakedomain:30001/auth/app/callback (deprecated)

Okta

These are generic instructions, please refer to the Okta documentation for more detailed configuration options.

Step 1: Log in to your Okta domain

Step 2: Create App Integration

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Step 3: Select OIDC - OpenID Connect, and Web Application

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Step 4: Enter your application name, and Sign-in redirect URIs

Sign-in redirect URI: https://your-aeo-server:30001/auth/app/callback

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Step 5: Set the Assignments to the appropriate level for your organization

In this example, we are using “Allow everyone in your organization to access”. Note that the user account must still exist in AEO in order for the account to be able to access the console.

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Step 6: click save and note the client credential, and secrets

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Step 7: Log into AEO, and select the Integration->SSO OpenID Connect

Name: is an arbitrary name that displays on the login page

Provider URL is the Okta openid provider in the format of: https://<value>.okta.com/oauth2/default

ClientID: from step 6 above

ClientSecret: from step 6 above

RedirectURL: https://your-aeo-server:30001/auth/app/callback

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Step 8: Restart awpd

systemctl restart awpd

Troubleshooting

unable to match id token to application user: unable to find user with email username@domainname

This means that the user has not been created in the AEO console