Runscope 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 Runscope

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

Before you begin

Contact Runscope support and request the team ID for your Runscope account.

Step 1: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider

Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
In the Admin console, go to Menu AppsWeb and mobile apps.
Click Add appSearch for apps.
For Enter app name, enter Runscope.
In the search results, point to Runscope and click Select.
In the Google Identity Provider details window, download the identity provider metadata.
Click Continue.
On the Service provider details page, for Start URL, replace {your-team-id-in-sp} with the team ID that you obtained from Runscope support.
Click Continue.

In the Attribute Mapping window, click Select field and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding Runscope attributes. The first_name and last_name attributes are required.

Google directory attribute	Runscope attribute
Basic Information > First Name	first_name
Basic Information > Last Name	last_name

(Optional) To add additional mappings, click Add Mapping and select the fields that you need to map.
(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 2: Set up Runscope as a SAML 2.0 service provider

Before you begin: Send an email to Runscope support and ask them to turn on SSO for your account. In the email, attach the identity provider metadata file that you downloaded in Step 1.

After Runscope support notifies you that SSO is turned on, verify that it’s set up in Runscope by completing the following steps:

Open an Incognito browser window, go to the Runscope sign-in page, and sign in with your Runscope administrator account.
Click SettingsTeams & UsageSettings & Usage.
Review the message and ensure that SSO is set up in Runscope before continuing to the next step.

Step 3: 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 to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
In the Admin console, go to Menu AppsWeb and mobile apps.
Click Runscope.
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.
    Note: 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 your Runscope user account email domains match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.

Step 4: Verify SSO is working

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

Verify identity provider-initiated SSO

Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
In the Admin console, go to Menu AppsWeb and mobile apps.
Click Runscope.
In the Runscope 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

Close all browser windows.
Go to the Runscope sign-in page and sign in with your Runscope administrator account.
You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page.
Select your account and enter your password.

After your credentials are authenticated, the app should open.

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