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Version: 95.3
Enterprise

Overview

Kpow can integrate with your SAML Identity Provider (IdP) of choice.

We have integration guides for common providers:

Generic configuration​

Assuming your instance of Kpow is available at https://kpow.corp.com:

  • AUTH_PROVIDER_TYPE=saml
  • SAML_RELYING_PARTY_IDENTIFIER= the Audience URI (SP Entity ID), i.e. the name of your Kpow instance in your IdP, e.g. Kpow-UAT-1
  • SAML_ACS_URL= the Single sign-on URL, available at /saml on your Kpow instance, e.g., https://kpow.corp.com/saml
  • SAML_METADATA_FILE= the path to the IdP metadata file, e.g. /var/saml/saml-idp-metadata.xml
  • SAML_CERT= the path to the SAML certificate file, e.g. /var/saml/saml-cert.pem
    • Note: This is optional, as it is most commonly bundled inside the IdP metadata XML
  • SAML_SESSION_S=3600 the duration in seconds before re-authenticating SAML credentials (default 1hr)

SAML and path-proxied Kpow​

tip

Set AUTH_LANDING_URI when running Kpow at a proxied path.

Often our users configure Kpow behind a reverse proxy at a specific path, e.g.

https://tools.your-corp/kafka/kpow

When Kpow is proxied to a specific host/path we need to set the AUTH_LANDING_URI to that same path so the post-login redirect process can work properly, e.g.

AUTH_LANDING_URI=https://tools.your-corp/kafka/kpow

Custom role field configuration​

Kpow offers Role Based Access Control for user authorization.

Roles are defined by the Roles attribute in the SAML assertion response from your IdP. To use a field other than the Roles attribute, add the following to your RBAC configuration file.

saml:
  role_field: "Groups"

Now, Kpow will look to the Groups attribute for its basis of roles.

Debugging SAML​

Start Kpow with the environment variable DEBUG_AUTH=true to debug SAML configurations.

This will log the SAMLResponse payload from your IdP. You can use a tool like samltool.com to inspect and verify your IdP is correctly forwarding your configured claims/attributes.

Kpow provides a /me endpoint that returns a JSON payload with the state of the currently authenticated user, e.g.:

{
  "provider": "saml",
  "email": "user@corp.com",
  "name": "User",
  "roles": [ "admin" ]
}