Google

This page will guide us through the steps required to integrate Google SSO into Lenses.

Create a custom attribute for Lenses groups

Open the Google Admin console from an administrator account.
Click the Users button
Select the More dropdown and choose Manage custom attributes
Click the Add custom attribute button
Fill the form to add a Text, Multi-value field for Lenses Groups, then click Add

Learn more about Google custom attributes

Assign Lenses groups attributes to Google users

Open the Google Admin console from an administrator account.
Click the Users button
Select the user to update
Click User information
Click the Lenses Groups attribute
Enter one or more groups and click Save

Learn how to create groups to manage permissions with Lenses

Add Google custom SAML app

Learn more about Google custom SAML apps

Open the Google Admin console from an administrator account.
Click the Apps button
Click the SAML apps button
Select the Add App dropdown and choose Add custom SAML app
Run through the below steps

App Details

Enter a descriptive name for the Lenses installation
Upload a Lenses icon

Google Identity Provider details

Click Download Metadata and save the metadata file for configuring Lenses .

Service provider details

Given the base URL of the Lenses installation, e.g. https://lenses-dev.example.com, fill out the settings as follows:

Setting	Value
ACS URL	Use the `base url` with the callback path e.g. `https://lenses-dev.example.com/api/v2/auth/saml/callback?client_name=SAML2Client`
Entity ID	Use the `base url` e.g. `https://lenses-dev.example.com`
Start URL	Leave empty
Signed Response	Leave unchecked
Name ID format	Leave as `UNSPECIFIED`
Name ID	Leave as `Basic Information > Primary Email`

Attribute mapping

Add a mapping from the custom attribute for Lenses groups to the app attribute groups

Enable the app

From the newly added app details screen, select User access
Turn on the service

Configure Lenses

Given the downloaded metadata file and a keystore , add the following configuration to security.conf:

lenses.security.saml.base.url="https://lenses-dev.example.com"
lenses.security.saml.idp.provider="google"
lenses.security.saml.idp.metadata.file="/path/to/GoogleIDPMetadata.xml"
lenses.security.saml.keystore.location = "/path/to/keystore.jks"
lenses.security.saml.keystore.password = "my_keystore_password"
lenses.security.saml.key.password = "my_saml_key_password"

Google SSO should now be fully activated.