Step 1: Create
a custom user attribute for Box Box is a secure cloud content management and file managing service (see https://www.box.com/en-ca/home). You can configure your Box account to Single Sign-On (SSO) through Identity as a Service. More information on configuring Box for SSO with Identity as a Service as an Identity Provider can be found at the Box Community Website.
Note: If you want to configure Box for Identity as a Service user provisioning, see Integrate Box for user provisioning.
Note: This guide was tested using previous versions of Identity as a Service and Box. Other versions of Box may require integration and configuration steps that differ from those documented in this procedure. For newer versions of Box, this integration guide may be used as an initial approach for integrating Box. In the event of other issues, contact support@entrust.com for assistance.
Step 1: Create
a custom user attribute for Box Create a custom user attribute for Box in Identity as a Service
You need to create custom user attribute to fully integrate Box and Identity as a Service.
1. Click
> Members > Attributes. The User
Attributes List page appears.
2. Under
Custom User Attributes, click 
. The Add User Attribute
dialog box appears..
3. Enter Box ID as the User Attribute Name for the custom user attribute.
4. Optional: Check Required to make the user attribute mandatory.
5. Click Add to create the attribute. The attribute now appears in the list of Custom User Attributes.
Step 2: Add
Box to Identity as a ServiceAdd Box application to Identity as a Service
1. Log into your Identity as a Service administrator account.
2. Click
> Security > Applications. The Applications
Lists page appears.
3. Click Add. The Select an Application Template page appears.
4. 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.
5. Click Box. The Add Box page appears.
6. Enter an Application Name.
7. Enter an Application Description.
8. Optional. Add a custom application logo.
a. Click next to Application Logo. The
Upload Logo dialog box appears.
b. Click 
to
select an image file to upload.
c. Browse to select your file and click Open. The Upload Logo dialog box reappears showing your selected image.
d. If required, resize your image.
e. Click OK.
9. Select the Authentication Flow that appears to users during login.
10. Click Next. The General page appears.
11. If available, use the Upload Metadata XML file option to auto-populate the following fields, if available in the file:
● Default Assertion Consumer Service URL
● Alternative Assertion Consumer URLs
● Service Provider Entity ID (Issuer)
● Single Logout Service URL
● SAML Signing Certificate
● SAML NameID Encoding Format
● SAML Signature Algorithm
12. To import the Metadata file:
a. Click and browse
to select the file. The Metadata
Configuration dialog box appears.
b. If required, click Merge with existing values to merge new values with existing values for Alternative Assertion Consumer Services URLs and SAML attribute names.
c. Click Save.
13. Enter the SAML Session Timeout to the time when the SAML Assertion times out. The maximum is 720 minutes.
14. 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.
15. If you do not have a metadata file, use the information provided in the next steps to populate the fields.
a. Enter the Default Assertion Consumer Service URL for the application.
https://sso.services.box.net/sp/Identity as a Service.saml2
b. Enter the Service Provider Entity ID (Issuer) that is used by Identity as a Service to identify your application.
box.net
c. Leave the Single Logout Service URL field blank.
d. 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.
e. From the SAML Name ID Attribute drop-down list, select Box Id as the user attribute that will be used to uniquely identity a user to both Identity as a Service and your application.
Note: If the user's email address in Identity as a Service matches exactly the user's email address in Box, then you can select Email as the SAML Name ID Attribute.
f. For the SAML NameID Encoding Format, select email.
g. For SAML Response Signature Algorithm, select the signing algorithm you want Identity as a Service to use to sign the SAML response/assertion. The type of algorithm you select depends on the requirements of the application being configured.
h. Select the SAML Signing Certificate from the drop-down list.
16. Optional: Select Sign complete SAML response to ensure the message integrity of the SAML response sent to the application during authentication.
17. 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.
18. Deselect Enable Go Back Button if you do not want users to be able to go back to the Box login page to log in.
19. 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.
20. Optional: Select Encrypt SAML Assertion. When selected the SAML Assertion is also encrypted. If you select this option, do the following:
a. From the Encryption Method for Key drop-down list, select either RSA Version 1.5 or RSA-OAEP. RSA Version 1.5 is the default.
b. From the Encryption Method for Data drop-down list, select the encryption method used to encrypt data. The options are:
– AES-256 (default)
– AES-128
– AES-192
– Triple DES
c. In the Encryption Certificate field, upload the encryption certificate file.
Note: The Subject Domain Name and Certificate Expiry Date values are populated with values from the certificate once the Encryption Certificate is uploaded.
21. Optional. Add Alternative Assertion Consumer Service URLs, as follows:
a. Click Add.
b. Enter a Name.
c. Enter a URL Value.
d. Select Show in My Profile to display the Alternative Consumer Service URL in a user's My profile page.
e. Optional. Add an Application Logo.
f. Click Add.
g. Repeat these steps to add more Alternative Assertion Consumer Service URLs.
22. Optional. Add a Relay State as follows:
a. Under Relay State, click Add. The Add Relay State dialog box appears.
b. Enter a Name for the relay state.
c. Enter the Value for the relay state. This setting specifies the application or URL that is a user is redirected to after successful authentication.
d. Select Show in My Profile to display the relay state on the user's My Profile page.
Notes: After
you add relay states, you can also enable or disable them on the Add/Edit
application page. Click 
next to the relay state to disable it or click 
to re-enable it.
Relay states apply to the Default Assertion Consumer Service URLs and
not the Alternative Assertion Consumers URLs.
e. Optional.
Add a Relay State custom logo.
Click next
to Relay State 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.
f. Click Add.
g. Repeat these steps to add more Relay States.
23. Click Submit.
Step 4: Download
the Metadata file from Identity as a ServiceDownload the Metadata file from Identity as a Service
1. In Identity as a Service, click
> Security > Applications.
The Applications List page appears.
2. Do one of the following:
● Click
next to the application you are integrating
with Identity as a Service.
–or–
● Click
next to the application you are integrating
with Identity as a Service and select SAML IDP Metadata.
The SAML Application Metadata dialog box appears.
3. Select the certificate to include in the SAML IDP Metadata file from the drop-down list.
4. If applicable, Select the domain to include in the SAML IDP Metadata file from the drop-down list.
5. Enter the Lifetime, in days, for the SAML IDP Metadata file. The value must be between 2 and 730.
6. Do one of the following, as required:
a. Copy the Public Endpoint to paste into your SAML application being used Identity Provider authentication.
b. Click Download.
Note: If you are using multiple domains, you must download each domain's metadata file separately because the values in the metadata file vary for each domain.
Step 5: In
Box, set up single-sign on for IDaaSFollow the instructions provided by Box to set up single sign-on for IDaaS. See for details and instructions:
Step 6: Map
the user's email address in the BOX ID attribute in Identity as a ServiceAdd Box ID to Identity as a Service user attribute
1. Log in to your Identity as a Service account.
2. Click
> Members > Users. The Users
List page appears.
3. Click the User ID for the profile you want to edit. The User Profile page appears.
4. Under Attributes, locate the one you created for Box ID.
5. On the line below, enter the user's email address that will be used to map the user's Box ID account to Identity as a Service.
6. Ensure that the email address matches exactly the email address used in Box.
7. Click Save.