Oracle Siebel CRM SSO (Single Sign-On)
Oracle Siebel CRM is a major product line of Oracle Corporation. Oracle Siebel CRM is a combined set of transactional, analytical and engagement features to manage all customer-facing operations.
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"miniOrange Oracle Siebel CRM SSO connector enables Single Sign-On (SSO) between Oracle Siebel CRM and any IDPs without the need to purchase and install Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Internet Directory (OID) license."
Siebel CRM SSO connector enables the Single Sign-On (SSO) integration between any Oracle application and IDPs (Identity Providers) like miniOrange, ADFS, Active Directory, Azure AD, Google, Okta, Onelogin, Ping Idenity, Centrify and many more. It also provide SSO support for web applications which do not provide support for federated Single Sign-On (SSO) protocol such as SAML or OAuth 2.0. SSO connector gives you the flexibility of extending your existing SSO integration to Oracle Siebel CRM as well. This is possible due to its capability to act as a broker between multiple IdP's & your configured applications. This states that you can perform seamless SSO integration for Oracle Siebel CRM with your existing authentication platform.
Connect with External Source of Users
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Shibboleth, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more.
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Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for Oracle Siebel CRM Single Sign-On (SSO)
1. Download and Install Siebel CRM SSO Connector
- This short tutorial walks you through starting up the sso connector in standalone mode, setting up the initial admin account, and logging into the miniOrange admin dashboard.
- Prerequisites:
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Java 8 (JDK 1.8): When you install JAVA 8, only JRE 1.8 would be present.
Note: Tomcat is already included in this distribution (zip file), you don’t have to install it separately.
Installation of JDK 1.8 requires login through the oracle account. If you don't have the oracle account, you can directly install JDK 1.8 from here.
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If JAVA is already installed and Environment Variables are set correctly on your system, then you don't need to follow this step, you can directly go to step 1.2.
Note - Once the Java installation is complete, check that the JAVA_HOME environment variable has been set correctly.Open a command prompt and type echo %JAVA_HOME%
and hit Enter. If you see a path to your Java installation directory, the JAVA_Home environment variable has been set correctly.If nothing is displayed, or only %JAVA_HOME% is returned, you'll need to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable manually.
Set Java environment variables i.e. JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME and path variables. Lets say JDK software is installed on your computer, for example, at C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221 then JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME paths can be as mentioned -
- JAVA_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221
- JRE_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221\jre
To Save these variables, right click My Computer and select Properties > Advanced System Settings.Click the Environment Variables button.Under System Variables, click New.In the Variable Name field, enter:
- JAVA_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221
- JRE_HOME - C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221\jre
Also update the path variable set with path : path_to_JAVA_HOME/bin. You can Read more about java specific environment variables.
To install Siebel CRM SSO Connector:
- To start the miniOrange Siebel CRM SSO Connector, go to the bin/ directory of the Siebel CRM SSO Connector distribution (i.e. folder with name similar to mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector-kit (version may vary)). Execute the startup file based on your environment.
> ...\bin\startup.bat
- This short tutorial walks you through starting up the sso connector in standalone mode, setting up the initial admin account, and logging into the miniOrange admin dashboard.
- Prerequisites:
Java 8 (JDK 1.8): When you install JAVA 8, only JRE 1.8 would be present.
Note: Tomcat is already included in this distribution (zip file), you don’t have to install it separately.
You can download OpenJDK8 package using
apt install openjdk-8-jdk
for Debian, Ubuntu, etc. OR
yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk
for Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc.
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Linux users can use below commands to set JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME variables using below commands -
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk
export JRE_HOME=/path/to/jre
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You can verify whether above environment variables are set correctly. Execute below commands to verify environment variables -
echo $JAVA_HOME
echo $JRE_HOME
To install Siebel CRM SSO Connector:
- To start the miniOrange Siebel CRM SSO Connector, go to the bin/ directory of the Siebel CRM SSO Connector distribution (i.e. folder with name similar to mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector-kit (version may vary)). Execute the startup file based on your environment.
- Linux/Unix – Execute chmod +x startup.sh to give executable permission to this file. Set relevant permission of mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector folder to allow the creation of new folder like temp or logs folder – chmod 755.
$ .../bin/startup.sh
1.1. Setup Database
- After tomcat startup, open http://localhost:8080 in browser. You will see a page to choose a database configuration for the Siebel CRM SSO Connector. You can choose where you would like to store its data.
- Oracle Siebel CRM SSO Connector gives you the flexibility to choose your database type. We support Embedded H2 Database which is a light weight database good for testing purposes. Later you can migrate to your production database type that is supported in the external database section. In External Database section, we support Postgresql (ideally 9.6), MySql and Oracle Databases.
- Note : Before you proceed with Embedded H2 database, make sure your system has given write
permission to the Siebel CRM SSO Connector folder i.e. mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector-kit folder. If not then first assign the write
permission to the Siebel CRM SSO Connector folder to avoid getting stuck in permission issues. Write permission is required
because Embedded H2 database is created in Siebel CRM SSO Connector folder with the folder named data.
- Select embedded Database and click on proceed.
- Set up miniOrange with the embedded H2 database to get you started. You’ll need to migrate to a
supported external database before using miniOrange as a production system. This option is recommended
if you’re just using miniOrange for a test trial. The database folder is created inside the
mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector folder named data.
- Note: In case if you are stuck in permission issues, you can run commands specific to your OS to
perceed or you can follow the instructions given on pop-up.
Windows |
icacls “path upto mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector-kit ” /remove:d Users /grant:r Users:(OI)(CI)F /T |
Linux |
chmod -R 775 “path upto mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector-kit” |
- If you don't have enough privileges to run above commands, in that case either you can follow
instructions from pop-up or can contact us.
- Once database is created successfully, you will be redirected to the admin set up page where you will
configure admin account for Identity Provider.
- Set up miniOrange with the external database supported in the list below. This is recommended for production systems. miniOrange supports a number of databases and if you don’t have an established database of choice within your organization and do not have a strong preference for any of our supported databases, we recommend the PostgreSQL, which is free and thoroughly tested against.
- You can refer to the below document to see supported versions of MySQL, MS SQL and PostgreSQL – click here. Note: If you already have a database setup which is not in the list below. You can contact us to add support for that database.
- Create an empty database in your database server – PostgreSQL/MySQL/MS SQL. Once done, start filling the form shown below –
- Enter Database Host – localhost or IP address.
- Enter Database Port :
PostGres – 5432
MySQL – 3306
- Enter the Database Name created in your database server.
- Enter username and password of your database server for the connection.
- Once database is created successfully, you will be redirected to the admin set up page where you will configure admin account for Identity Provider.
1.2. Setup Admin Account
- Setup your Admin Account. Enter a Username and Password for your admin account.
- Once your admin account is created, you will be auto logged in to the dashboard screen.
2. Configure Oracle Siebel CRM with miniOrange SSO Connector
Set up Siebel CRM according to the prerequisites in the Security Guide according to your version of Siebel CRM. You can access the Security Guide on this link.
3. Test SSO Configuration
- Non SSO login flow:
- SSO login flow:
4. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Okta, Shibboleth, Ping, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.
- Click on User Stores >> Add User Store in the left menu of the dashboard.
- Select User Store type as AD/LDAP.
- STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If active directory is behind a firewall, you will need to open the firewall to allow incoming requests to your AD.
- STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION ON PREMISE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in your premise and only allow access to AD inside premises. You will have to download and install miniOrange gateway in your premise.
- Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
- Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
- Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against LDAP Server URL field.
- Click on Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.
- In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.
- Enter the valid Bind account Password.
- Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
- Search Base is the location in the directory where the search for a user begins. You will get this from the same place you got your Distinguished name.
- Select a suitable Search filter from the drop-down menu. To use custom Search Filter select "Custom Search Filter" option and customize it accordingly.
- You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Save button to add user store.
Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.
Attribute |
Description |
Activate LDAP |
All user authentications will be done with LDAP credentials if you Activate it |
Sync users in miniOrange |
Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP |
Backup Authentication |
If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange |
Allow users to change password |
This allows your users to change their password. It updates the new credentials in your LDAP server |
Enable administrator login |
On enabling this, your miniOrange Administrator login authenticates using your LDAP server |
Show IdP to users |
If you enable this option, this IdP will be visible to users |
Send Configured Attributes |
If you enable this option, then only the attributes configured below will be sent in attributes at the time of login |
- Click on Save. After this, it will show you the list of User stores. Click on Test Configuration to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.
- On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
- Click on Test Attribute Mapping.
- Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.
- After successful Attribute Mapping Configuration, go back to the ldap configuration and enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP.
Refer our guide to setup LDAPS on windows server.
User Import and Provisioning from AD
- Go to Settings in the Customer Admin Account.
- Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.
- (Optional) To send a welcome email to all the end users that will be imported, enable the "Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration" option and click Save.
- From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.
- In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application drop-down.
- Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.
- On the same section, switch to Import Users section.
- Select Active Directory from the dropdown and click on the Import Users tab, to import all the users from Active Directory to miniOrange.
- You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.
- All the imported users will be auto registered.
- These groups will be helpful in adding multiple 2FA policies on the applications.
miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.
5. Run miniOrange SSO Connector over SSL (optional)
Before moving forward, you need to make two changes related to samesite cookie. Starting with version 80, Google Chrome will change the default value for the SameSite cookie parameter to Lax. Therefore, changes are required and SameSite parameter has to be set to NONE.
To do changes, follow the path: mo-siebelcrm-sso-connector >> moas >> WEB-INF >> classes. In this folder search for the file spring-context-onpemise and open it in editor. Search for bean id="customCookie". you will see a bean with name,samesite and secure properties. Update value of samesite from LAX to NONE and of secure to true.
- This document provides the steps to setup Siebel CRM SSO Connector over SSL . It contains 2 sections A and B.
Section A: This section provides the steps to setup Siebel CRM SSO Connector over self signed SSL certificate.
6. Run Tomcat as a Service for Siebel CRM SSO Connector(optional)
- For Windows:
- Install Tomcat as Windows Service using a Windows
Installer.
- Navigate to Tomcat Package that was provided by us and copy over the moas folder to the newly
installed Tomcat as a service directory root.
- Navigate to Tomcat As a Service Directory Root\conf and edit the server.xml file.
- Search for <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"> in the file.
- Add this line: <Context displayName="moas" docBase="../moas" path="/" reloadable="false" />
just below the line you searched for
- Now you can navigate to the windows services panel and start the Tomcat service.
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