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Self-Service SSO with an OIDC-based IdP

Configure an OIDC-based identity provider

Self-service single sign-on (SSO) is only available for organizations with Dedicated and Enterprise plans who previously set up their SSO using PingOne and need to migrate. If you're unsure if you need to migrate please see the Migration Guide . If you are setting up SSO for the first time, please refer to these instructions .

This guide walks through configuring a generic OpenID Connect (OIDC) based identity provider (IdP) for use with Apollo SSO. If you use Okta or Microsoft Entra ID as your IdP, instead see the corresponding guide for your IdP:

ⓘ note
For organizations using SSO, access to GraphOS is exclusively managed through your IdP. Any invitation links created before SSO setup will be automatically revoked and you won't be able to create new invitation links once SSO is enabled. To give team members access, assign them to the GraphOS application in your IdP.
💡 tip
If your organization's SSO was set up before April 2024 according to the legacy instructions , Apollo highly recommends creating a new SSO configuration with the updated instructions .

Prerequisites

Setup requires:

  • A GraphOS user account with the Org Admin role

    • Check the Members tab in GraphOS Studio to see your role and which team members are org admins

  • Administrative access to your IdP

Setup

OIDC-based SSO setup has these steps:

  1. Enter your SSO details in GraphOS Studio.
  2. Create a custom application for GraphOS in your IdP.
  3. Verify and configure OIDC details.
  4. Verify your SSO configuration works.
  5. Enable SSO in GraphOS Studio.

The SSO setup wizard in GraphOS Studio guides you through these steps.

Step 1. Enter your SSO details

  1. Go to GraphOS Studio . Open the Settings page from the top navigation. Open the Security tab from the left sidebar and click Migrate SSO. A setup wizard appears.
  2. Enter the Email domain(s) you are setting SSO up for. Click Continue.
  3. Select OIDC as the SSO type. Click Continue.

Step 2. Create a custom application

  1. Once you reach Step 2: Configure Your IdP in the wizard, open your IdP's admin dashboard in a separate browser tab.

  2. Create a new application in your SSO environment. While doing so, set the following values:

  3. Retrieve the following values from your SSO provider and enter them in the setup wizard.

  • Client ID: this should be a specific Application ID

  • Client Secret: a secret value you may need to first create in your IdP

  • Issuer: the issuer value from a OpenID Connect metadata document found in your IdP

Step 3. Configure OIDC to work with Apollo

  1. Verify that the Sign-in Redirect URL in your application matches the one shown in the GraphOS wizard.

  2. If your IdP permits it, set the following user attributes:

  • sub: user.email

    • The sub attribute should uniquely identify any particular user to GraphOS. In most cases, user.email or user.mail provides this unique mapping.

  • email: Your IdP's email attribute, often something like user.email

  • given_name: Your IdP's first name attribute, often something like user.firstName

  • family_name: Your IdP's last name attribute,often something like user.lastName

  1. Save this configuration in your IdP and click Next in the GraphOS wizard.

Step 4. Verify SSO Configuration

To verify that your SSO configuration works, click Login with new SSO in the GraphOS Studio wizard. This button launches a new login session in a new browser tab. Once you successfully login using your new configuration, click Next.

Step 5. Enable SSO

If team members could previously login before you implemented SSO, they must re-login to GraphOS Studio via SSO. Signing in creates a new user profile for them. Any personal API keys associated with their previous user profile will be lost. (Graph API keys ) are unaffected and remain functional.) Additionally, you must reassign any GraphOS roles associated with their previous user profile.

Assign users in your IdP

Once your SSO setup is live, assign users to your new Apollo GraphOS application in your IdP. Consult your IdP documentation if necessary. For help assigning the relevant groups and users, contact your SSO or Identity & Access Management team.