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Understanding the SAML authentication workflow in AIQUM

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Applies to

  • Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM)
  • Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Description   

The below example outlines the SAML workflow in Active IQ Unified Managersaml-kb-1.png

  1. The administrator connects to Unified Manager (UM) web GUI.   
  2. UM looks up the configured IdP for the cluster.
  3. UM redirects the administrator’s browser to the IdP.
  4. The IdP prompts the administrator for credentials. The IdP is responsible for multiple authentication factors.
  5. The IdP verifies the administrator’s credentials in AD.
  6. The IdP issues a SAML assertion, and redirects the administrator’s web browser back to UM.
  7. UM processes the SAML assertion, and then looks up the authorization role from its internal database.
  8. The session is established and UM returns a SAML session token to the administrator’s web browser in the Set-Cookie header. From this point on, the administrator is allowed access to UM using a secure SAML token.

Additional Information

Parent topic: SAML setup and troubleshooting in Active IQ Unified Manager

 

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