Integrate AwardCo
AwardCo is an employee recognition platform that offers millions of rewards, free shipping, and no markups through Amazon Business (see https://www.award.co/). You can protect access to AwardCo by integrating AwardCo with Identity as a Service. Once integrated, users can use single sign-on to log in to their AwardCo account through Identity as a Service.
Note: This integration was tested using Identity as a Service version 5.15 and AwardCo Release March 1, 2021. Other versions of AwardCo may require integration and configuration steps that differ from those documented in this procedure. For other versions of AwardCo, this integration guide may be used as an initial approach for integrating AwardCo. In the event of other issues, contact support@entrust.com for assistance.
To integrate AwardCo with Identity as a Service, you must do the following:
Step 1: Copy the SAML Configuration from Identity as a ServiceStep 1: Copy the SAML Configuration from Identity as a Service
Copy the SAML Configuration from Identity as a Service
Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account.
Click 
> Security > Applications. The Applications Lists page appears.
Under SAML Cloud Integrations, click SAML Configuration. The SAML Configuration dialog box appears.
This dialog box contains information you need to configure your SAML application for Identity as a Service authentication.
Do one of the following:
Leave this dialog box open to reference later in this procedure.
Copy the Entity ID, Single Sign-on URL, and Single Logout URL to a text file and save it to reference later in this procedure.
Note: Depending on the integration you are performing, you may not need all three of these SAML configuration values.
Step 2: Copy the signing certificate from Identity as a ServiceStep 2: Copy the signing certificate from Identity as a Service
Copy a SAML signing certificate
Log in to your Identity as a Service administrator account.
Click > Security > Applications. The Applications List page appears.
Under SAML Cloud Integrations, click SAML Signing Certificates. The SAML Signing Certificates page appears.
Click 
next to the certificate to copy it to the clipboard.
You can additionally download the certificate and save it for future use.
Open a text editor, such as Notepad, and paste the contents of the certificate into the text file.
Save the file.
Step 3: Configure AwardCo for single sign-on with Identity as a ServiceStep 3: Configure AwardCo for single sign-on with Identity as a Service
Configure Awardco for single sign-on
Log in to your AwardCo administrator account. The Home page appears.
Click Admin. The Dashboard page appears.
Click the Settings tab. The General page appears.
In the menu pane, select Single Sign On. The Single Sign-On page appears.
Set Standard Login to On.
Set SSO with SAML to On.
Set Assertion or Response Signed to On.
In the SSO URL field, paste the Single Sign-On URL you copied is Step 1: Copy the SAML Configuration from Identity as a Service.
In the Entity Id field, paste the Entity ID you copied is Step 1: Copy the SAML Configuration from Identity as a Service.
In the Certificate field, paste the SAML signing certificate you copied in Step 2: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service.
Enter a Sign In Button Label, for example enter your company name.
Attention: AwardCo autosaves changes.
Once the changes have been saved, click Download Metadata. You need this file in Step 4: Add AwardCo to Identity as a Service.
Step 4: Add AwardCo to Identity as a ServiceStep 4: Add AwardCo to Identity as a Service
Add AwardCo as an application to Identity as a Service
Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account.
Click > Security > Applications. The Applications Lists page appears.
Click Add. The Select an Application Template page appears.
Do one of the following:
Select SAML Cloud Integrations from the search drop-down list and scroll to find the application you want to add to IDaaS.
- or -
In the Search bar, enter a search option to filter for the application you want to add to IDaaS.
Click AwardCo. The Add AwardCo page appears.
Enter an Application Name.
Enter an Application Description.
Optional. Add a custom application logo.
Click 
next to Application Logo. The Upload Logo dialog box appears.
Click 
to select an image file to upload.
Browse to select your file and click Open. The Upload Logo dialog box reappears showing your selected image.
If required, resize your image.
Click OK.
Click Next. The General page appears.
Select the Authentication Flow that appears to users during login.
Click 
to the Upload Metadata XML and browse to the location of the metadata file you downloaded in Step 1: Download the AwardCo metadata file. The Metadata Configuration dialog box appears.
If required, click Merge with existing values to merge new values with existing values for Alternative Assertion Consumer Services URLs and SAML attribute names.
Click Save.
Click OK on the Metadata Configuration dialog box to complete the upload of the metadata.
Optional. Enter the SAML Username Parameter Name used to identity the user ID being requested for authentication. The user ID can then be passed as a parameter, for example, Username=jdoe.
Enter the SAML Session Timeout to the time when the SAML Assertion times out. The maximum is 720 minutes.
Enter the Max Authentication Age (seconds) to set the maximum amount of time that can elapse before a user is required to reauthenticate during a new login attempt. This applies for both SP-initiated and IDP-initiated login. Set this field to -1 to disable this feature.
From the SAML NameID Attribute drop-down list, select Email.
From the SAML NameID Encoding Format, select Email.
From the SAML Signing Certificate from the drop-down list, select the signing certificate.
Select Sign Complete URL Response.
Optional: Select Respond Immediately for Unsuccessful Responses to return to the application immediately after a login failure, rather than allow user to try again with a different userID.
Deselect Enable Go Back Button if you do not want users to be able to go back to the application login page to log in.
Select Show Default Assertion Consumer URL Service in the My Profile. When selected, the Default Assertion Consumer URL appears in a user's My Profile page in addition to relay states and Alternative Assertion Consumer URLs.
Optional. Add Alternative Assertion Consumer Service URLs, as follows:
Click Add.
Enter a Name.
Enter a URL Value.
Select Show in My Profile to display the Alternative Consumer Service URL in a user's My profile page.
Optional. Add an Application Logo.
Click Add.
Repeat these steps to add more Alternative Assertion Consumer Service URLs.
Click Submit.
Step 5: Add a resource ruleStep 5: Add a resource rule
Step 6: Test the integrationStep 6: Test the integration
Testing Service Provider Login
Open a Web browser and enter the URL for your AwardCo account. You are directed to Identity as a Service.
Enter your AwardCo account User ID and click Next.
Respond to the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged in to the AwardCo.
Testing Identity as a Service redirect log in
Log in to your Identity as a Service account.
Go to your My Profile page if you are not already there.
Under Applications, click AwardCo.
Respond to the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged into AwardCo.