SpaceIQ cloud app

Using the SAML 2.0 standard, you can configure single sign-on (SSO) for a number of cloud apps. After you set up SSO, your users can use their Google Workspace credentials to sign in to an app using SSO.

Use SAML to set up SSO for SpaceIQ

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You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.

Step 1: Get Google identity provider information

Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
Go to Menu Apps > Web and mobile apps.
Click Add appSearch for apps.
For Enter app name, enter SpaceIQ.
In the search results, point to SpaceIQ and click Select.
In the Google Identity Provider details window, for Option 2: Copy the SSO URL, entity ID, and certificate:
1. Next to Entity ID, click Copy and save the entity ID.
2. Next to Certificate, click Copy and save the certificate.
  You need these details to complete the setup in SpaceIQ.
Leave the Admin console open. You'll continue with the configuration in the Admin console after the setup steps in the app.

Step 2: Set up SpaceIQ as a SAML 2.0 service provider

Open an Incognito browser window, go to the SpaceIQ sign-in page, and sign in with your SpaceIQ administrator account.
At the top right, click the Integrations icon.
In the Provisioning & SSO section, click Activate.
For SAML Endpoint URL field, paste the entity ID that you copied in Step 1.
In the x.509 Certificate field, paste the certificate that you copied in Step 1.
Click Activate.
On the Integrations page, in the Active section, click Configure.
Copy and save the SAML CallBack Endpoint Url.
You'll need this detail when you finish the configuration in the Admin console.

Step 3: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider

Return to the Admin console browser tab.
In the Google Identity Provider details window, click Continue.
On the Service provider details page, for ACS URL, paste the SAML CallBack Endpoint URL that you copied in Step 2.
Click Continue.
(Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mapping window:
1. Click Add Mapping.
2. Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
3. For App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
(Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
3. For App attribute, enter the corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.
Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.
Click Finish.

Step 4: Turn on app for users

Before you begin: To turn a service on or off for certain users, put their accounts in an organizational unit (to control access by department) or add them to an access group (to allow access for users across or within departments).

Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
Go to Menu Apps > Web and mobile apps.
Click SpaceIQ.
Click User access.
To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.
(Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
3. Choose one:
  - If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
  - If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
    Learn more about organizational structure.
(Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.
Ensure that the email domains of your SpaceIQ user account match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.

Step 5: Verify SSO is working

SpaceIQ supports only identity provider-initiated SSO.

Verify identity provider-initiated SSO

Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
Go to Menu Apps > Web and mobile apps.
Click SpaceIQ.
In the SpaceIQ section, click Test SAML Login.
The app should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, troubleshoot the error message and try again. For details on troubleshooting, go to SAML app error messages.

Step 6: Set up user provisioning

As a super administrator, you can automatically provision users in the app. For details, go to Configure SpaceIQ user provisioning.

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