What is Single Sign On?
Single Sign On is (SSO) is a new authentication method which is widely used across the world for various web applications where there is a need of credentials. Single sign on process will help the user to login into multiple services using the same credentials.
What do you need to know?
Once this feature is enabled from the backend, the new authentication process will enable the Ready Recruit customers (users) to safely login to the application by using a single set of credentials.
How to configure it?
The admin users will have the ability to customise these settings from the admin dashboard under the "Security Settings" section. This can be configured by the customers using their own identity provider. (Example: ReadyTech users use Office 365 to login via SSO).
What do you require?
- SSO feature enabled on Ready Recruit - contact Ready Recruit Support to facilitate this.
- Azure Active Directory, or Azure AD Premium (license required).
- Ready Recruit Administrator privileges.
How to set up SAML SSO:
- Log in to your Azure Active Directory.
- Select Enterprise Applications in the left-hand main menu> All Applications > New Application > Non-gallery application.
- Give your application a name related to the Application that you will be configuring. Example: Ready Recruit
- In the application record, you just created, under Manage, click Single Sign-on.
- Select SAML-based Sign-on.
- In Ready Recruit, navigate to Admin Settings > Security Settings > SAML SSO.
- In Azure Active Directory, click the "Edit" button next to "1. Basic SAML Configuration" to copy and paste the following URL's:
- Identifier (Entity ID):
- Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) and
- Sign on URL:
8. Now In the Preview window, under 3. SAML Signing Certificate, click Download on 'Federation XML Data'.
9. Go back to Admin Settings > Security Settings > SAML SSO in Ready Recruit.
10. Select Choose File, to upload the Azure Federation XML Data file you just downloaded to the Ready Recruit SAML SSO Identity Provider Metadata (IdP) field.
12. Go back to Azure Active Directory, navigate to the left-hand menu, and select Users and Groups.
13. Add your users that correspond to your existing Ready Recruit user list, with matching emails.
You are ready to start using SSO!
The "Sign in with Single Sign-on" button on Ready Recruit login portal should now be visible. When a user clicks on this blue colour button, they will be redirected to authenticate with Azure. They will not need to authenticate again once this is completed.
Troubleshooting
If Ready Recruit returning an Invalid Signature on SAML Response error when attempting to sign in using SSO? Try these steps:
- Open the Ready Recruit Enterprise Application in your Azure Active Directory.
- Open the SAML Signing Certificate list by selecting the SAML Signing Certificate heading's Edit icon (a pencil).
- Ensure there is only one active signing certificate on that list. Back up and delete any extra certificates.
- Download the Federated Metadata XML file and upload it in the Ready Recruit SAML SSO admin section.
- Ensure that the remaining steps are completed according to the Ready Recruit SAML SSO Configuration guide.
- Log in to Ready Recruit via SAML SSO.
Force SSO Feature:
- Please contact Ready Recruit support team to have feature enabled for you.
- The Force SSO feature restricts the users to only log in using SSO.
- If the feature is not enabled, users will have both options to log in using password/username, as well as via Single Sign on.
If you continue to experience issues after attempting these troubleshooting steps, please contact our team at Ready Recruit Support where we can investigate the issue further.