{"id":16273,"date":"2026-04-09T17:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:59:45","slug":"custom-saml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/how-to-articles\/custom-saml\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up a Custom SAML for SSO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Overview<\/h2>

Enable Single Sign-On with any SAML 2.0-compliant identity provider. This integration allows your staff and students to securely authenticate to Onflo using existing organizational credentials, reducing password fatigue and improving security posture.<\/span><\/p>

Features<\/h2>
  • SAML 2.0 compliant authentication<\/span><\/li>
  • Attribute mapping for user profile synchronization<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

    Prerequisites<\/h2>

    Make sure you have the following before connecting this integration:<\/span><\/p>

    • Administrator access to your SAML identity provider<\/span><\/li>
    • IdP metadata URL or XML file<\/span><\/li>
    • X.509 signing certificate from your IdP<\/span><\/li>
    • Onflo SP metadata configured in your IdP<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

      Step 1: Click Connect<\/strong> on the SAML<\/strong> application in the Custom Integrations<\/strong> section of the Integration Marketplace<\/strong>.\"\"<\/p>

      Step 2: Enter the SAML Setup Configuration details and select the Claim Type. Click Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>

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      Step 3: Enter the Service Provider Details when you are creating a new SAML application for Onflo in your Identity Provider.<\/p>

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      Step 4: Enter the details provided by your Identity Provider. There are three ways to perform this step:<\/p>

      1. Enter Metadata URL\"\"<\/li>
      2. Upload XML file\"\"<\/li>
      3. Upload certificate\"\"<\/li><\/ol>

        Step 5: Once you have entered the configuration click Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>

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        Step 6: Map the User fields from Onflo to the fields from the SAML application.<\/p>

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        Step 7: Enable the Integration and activate by clicking Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>

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        Step 8: Once the Integration is installed it will be displayed in the Installed apps section of the Integration Hub.\"\"<\/p>

        Step 9: Now users can login into Onflo via their Identity provider.<\/p>

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        Overview Enable Single Sign-On with any SAML 2.0-compliant identity provider. This integration allows your staff and students to securely authenticate to Onflo using existing organizational credentials, reducing password fatigue and improving security posture. Features SAML 2.0 compliant authentication Attribute mapping for user profile synchronization Prerequisites Make sure you have the following before connecting this integration:...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409,514],"class_list":["post-16273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-articles","category-integrations-marketplace","tag-integrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16273"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16583,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273\/revisions\/16583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}