Monday provides an operating to run processes, projects, and workflows in one digital workspace (see https://www.monday.com/). You can protect access to Monday.com by integrating Monday.com with Identity as a Service. Once integrated, users can use single sign-on to log in to their Monday.com account through Identity as a Service.
Note: This integration was tested using Identity as a Service version 5.17 and Monday.com Desktop App version 1.0.3, March 2021 release. Other versions of Monday.com may require integration and configuration steps that differ from those documented in this procedure. For other versions of Monday.com, this integration guide may be used as an initial approach for integrating Monday.com. In the event of other issues, contact support@entrust.com for assistance.
To integrate Monday with Identity as a Service, you must do the following:
Note: The metadata file is only accessible to monday.com account administrators.
Log in to your Monday.com SAML Provider account.
Open a web browser and enter https:<your_domain>.monday.com/saml/saml_metadata.
Example: https://mycompany-cast.conday.com/saml/saml_metadata
Copy the metadata file and paste it into a text editor, such as a Notepad.
Save the file as monday_metadata.xml
Step 2: Add Monday.com to Identity as a ServiceStep 2: Add Monday.com to Identity as a Service
Add Monday.com as an application to Identity as a Service
Log in to 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 Monday.com. The Add Monday.com 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.
Select the Authentication Flow that appears to users during login.
Click Next. The General page appears.
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
Click
to the Upload Metadata XML and browse to the location of the metadata file you downloaded. 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.
If you do not have a metadata file, do the following:
In the Default Assertion Consumer Service URL, enter
https://<your_domain>.monday.com/saml/saml_callback where <your_domain> is your company domain.
In the Entity ID, enter
https://<your_domain>.monday.com/saml/saml_callback where <your_domain> is your company domain.
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. Alternately, if the SAML username is NameID, the SAML Request XML NameID element value is used to the identify the IDaaS userID.
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 User ID.
From the SAML Signature Algorithm drop-down list, select SHA512.
Select the SAML Signing Certificate from the drop-down list.
Deselect Enable Go Back Button if you do not want users to be able to go back to the Monday.com 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.
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.
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.
Log in to your Monday.com SAML provider administrator account.
In the menu pane, select Admin. The Admin page appears.
Click Security. The Security and Authentication Settings page appears.
In the Single Sign-On section, click Custom SAML 2.0.
In the SAML SSO Url field, enter the Single Sign-on URL you copied in Step 4: Copy the SAML Configurations from Identity as a Service.
In the Identity provider issuer field, enter the Entity ID you copied in Step 4: Copy the SAML Configurations from Identity as a Service.
In the Public certificate field, paste the contents of the certificate file you copied in Step 5: Copy the SAML signing certificate from Identity as a Service.
Click Activate.
Click Activate on the confirmation prompt.
Testing Service Provider Login
Open a Web browser and enter the URL for your Monday.com account. You are directed to Identity as a Service.
Enter your Monday.com account User ID and click Next.
Respond to the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged in to Monday.com.
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 Monday.com.
Respond to the second-factor authentication challenge. If you respond successfully, you are logged in to Monday.com.