Kudos cloud app

Contact Kudos support and ask them to provide a unique subdomain for your organization. Allow at least one business day for setup. You need the subdomain to complete the following steps.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. For Enter app name, enter Kudos.
5. In the search results, point to Kudos (SAML) and click Select.
6. In the Google Identity Provider details window, for Option 2: Copy the SSO URL, entity ID, and certificate:
   1. Next to SSO URL, click Copy and save the URL.
   2. Next to Certificate, click Download and save the certificate.
      You need these details to complete the setup in Kudos.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider details page, for ACS URL, replace {your‑domain} with the subdomain provided by Kudos.
9. Click Continue.
10. (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.
11. (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.

12. Click Finish.

1. Open a new Incognito browser window, go to https://yourcompany.kudosnow.com, replace yourcompany with the subdomain provided by Kudos, and sign in with your Kudos administrator account.
2. Click Settings Account.
3. Click IntegrationsSSO.
4. For Sign on URL, paste the SSO URL that you copied in Step 1.
5. For X.509 certificate, paste the contents of the certificate that you downloaded in Step 1.
6. For Service Provider Issuer, enter https://yourcompany.kudosnow.com and replace yourcompany with the subdomain provided by Kudos.
7. For Logout URL, enter https://yourcompany.kudosnow.com/users/sign_out and replace yourcompany with the subdomain provided by Kudos.
8. Click Save.
9. (Optional) To create users in Kudos:
   1. Click Settings User AdminAdd a User.
   2. Enter the user's Google Workspace email address and click Create User.
   3. To create more users, repeat these steps.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Kudos.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (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.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
7. (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.
8. Ensure that your Kudos user account email domains match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.

Kudos supports both identity provider-initiated and service provider-initiated SSO.

Verify identity provider-initiated SSO

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Kudos.
4. In the Kudos 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.

Verify service provider-initiated SSO

1. Close all browser windows.
2. Go to https://yourcompany.kudosnow.com, and replace yourcompany with the subdomain provided by Kudos.
   You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page.
3. Select your account and enter your password.

After your credentials are authenticated, the app should open.

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