What are the steps to connect an identity provider?
You can connect an identity provider and configure single sign-on for your portal-only customers (Jira Service Management) when you subscribe to Atlassian Guard Standard or Atlassian Government Cloud. Read more about connecting an identity provider to customers.
Who can do this? |
Here are the steps you need to do to set up and connect an identity provider for users in your organization:
When you do this step: | Then you can: | Useful info |
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Name an identity provider directory in your Atlassian organization and choose the identity provider | Connect to set up single sign-on and/or user provisioning | To configure multiple identity providers for a single organization, you will need an Atlassian Enterprise plan. Otherwise, a single IDP applies to the entire organization. |
Set up provisioning and sync users from the identity provider to your Atlassian organization | Automatically provision users from your identity provider | If you intend to use advanced SAML SSO features, such as syncing multiple domains and integrating multiple IDPs, you will need an Atlassian Enterprise plan. |
Set up user authentication from the identity provider to your Atlassian organization | Make it easy for users to log in from your identity provider | - |
Link domains to the identity provider directory in your Atlassian organization | Automatically associate the domain’s user accounts to the directory | If you need to configure separate SSO connections with different IDPs, create a separate Atlassian organization for each IDP you wish to connect. Each organization can link independently to its own IDP. |
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