Integrate Box with Identity as a Service

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.

To integrate Box with Identity as a Service you must do the following:

Step 1: Create a custom user attribute for Box

Step 2: Add Box to Identity as a Service

Step 3: Create a resource rule to protect access to Box

Step 4: Download the Metadata file from Identity as a Service

Step 5: In Box, set up single-sign on for IDaaS

Step 6: Map the user's email address in the BOX ID attribute in Identity as a Service