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 Comeet
You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.
Step 1: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider-
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.
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Click Add app
Search for apps.
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For Enter app name, enter Comeet.
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In the search results, point to Comeet and click Select.
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In the Google Identity Provider details window:
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For Option 1: Download IdP metadata, click Download Metadata to download the file.
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For Option 2: Copy the SSO URL, entity ID, and certificate, next to SSO URL, click Copy
and save the URL.
You need these details to complete the setup in Comeet.
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- Open an Incognito browser window, go to the Comeet sign-in page, and sign in with your Comeet administrator account.
- Navigate to Setting
- For User access URL, enter the SSO URL that you copied in Step 1.
- For SAML Signing Certificate, enter the identity provider metadata that you downloaded in Step 1.
- Click Connect.
- Copy and save the ACS URL and Entity ID.
- Return to the Admin console browser tab.
- In the Google Identity Provider details window, click Continue.
- On the Service provider details page, replace the ACS URL and Entity ID with the values that you copied from Comeet in Step 2 and click Continue.
- In the Attribute Mapping window, click Select field and map the following Google directory attribute to its corresponding Comeet attribute. The comeet_id attribute is required.
Google directory attribute Comeet attribute Basic Information > Primary Email comeet_id -
(Optional) To add additional mappings, click Add Mapping and select the fields that you need to map.
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(Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
- For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
- Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
- 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.
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).
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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.
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- Click Comeet.
- Click User access.
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To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.
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(Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
- At the left, select the organizational unit.
- To change the Service status, select On or Off.
- 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.
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(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 your Comeet user account email domains match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.
Comeet supports only identity provider-initiated SSO.
Verify identity provider-initiated SSO
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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.
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- Click Comeet.
- In the Comeet 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.
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