Configuring OIDC Single Sign-on

Create OIDC directory in MetaDefender Core

1. Sign in to MetaDefender Core.

2. In the dashboard, click on User Management in the left sidebar.

3. In User Management page, select Directories tab and click Add Directory in the top right corner.

4. In Add Directory page, select OIDC as Directory type, and enter a name for the new directory, such as MDCore-OIDC.

5. Enter Host or IP where MetaDefender Core is hosted, for this example use https://127.0.0.1:8008.

6. Copy the string generated under Login URL and store it as reply_uri.

Create Amazon Cognito user pool

1. Access https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/v2/home and sign in with your account.

2. On the main page, click Create user pool.

3. In Step 1 - Configure sign-in experience, select Cognito user pool for Provider types.

4. Tick User name, Email, and Allow users to sign in with a preferred user name, then click Next.

5. In Step 2 - Configure security requirements, select No MFA for MFA enforcement, leave all others as default , and click Next.

6. In Step 3 - Configure sign-up experience, navigate to Required attributes and add additional attributes: given_name, middle_name , and family_name. Click Next.

7. In Step 4 - Configure message delivery, choose Send email with Cognito and click Next.

8. In Step 5 - Integrate your app, enter the user pool name and tick Use the Cognito Hosted UI.

9. Enter your domain to Cognito domain.

10. Under Initial app client section, select Public client for App type, enter App client name, and select Generate a client secret for Client secret.

11. Under Allowed callback URLs section, fill in URL box with the value of reply_uri.

12. Expand Advanced app client settings, then stick to ALLOW_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD_AUTH and ALLOW_USER_PASSWORD_AUTH for Authentication flows.

13. Navigate to OpenID Connect scopes and add Profile scope.

14. Click Next in the final review page and click Create user pool.

Create Amazon Cognito user

1. In Amazon Cognito, click User Pools in the left sidebar and select the user pool that has been created.

2. In Users tab, click Create User.

3. Enter the user name, and optional email address; stick to Set a password, and enter your temporary password. Click Create User to complete.

Download and modify ODIC metadata

1. Start your favorite web browser and enter a URL in the following format: https://cognito-idp.{region_where user_pool_is_created}.amazonaws.com/{user_pool_id}/.well-known/openid-configuration, where user_pool_id can be found in User pool overview.

2. Save the responded content to a file on disk.

3. Open the file in your favorite editor.

4. Add the following content to the beginning of the file, right after the first open brace.

5. Save the file.

Complete the configurations

1. In Amazon Cognito, click on User Pools in the left sidebar and select the user pool that has been created.

2. In App Integration tab, navigate to App Client list and select the app client that has been created.

3. Copy Client ID and Client Secret.

4. Switch to MetaDefender Core, under Service Provider, paste Client ID and Client Secret from the previous step into their respective fields.

5. In Identity Provider, click Submit JSON button and upload the file that was modified in the previous stage. Wait a moment for MetaDefender Core to set Amazon Cognito as its IdP.

6. Enter User identified by with ${given_name} and select the appropriate role.

7. Click Add to complete.

8. In User Management, toggle the new directory. A dialog box will appear to confirm the action. Once Enable is clicked, all sessions will be expired immediately.

Test the integration

1. On the home screen of MetaDefender Core, click Login; the user is redirected to Amazon Cognito page.

2. Change the password, enter other required fields, and click Send.

3. If everything goes well, MetaDefender Core dashboard is displayed with the user identity in the top right corner.

4. Otherwise, access backup login page at <mdcore-host>#/public/backuplogin for trouble shooting.