On Journey by Forj, SSO can be configured with the MemberSuite AMS Platform. Once SSO is configured appropriately in a Journey by Forj Community with MemberSuite, users are able to link from the Community sign-in page to the MemberSuite login page to authenticate access to the Community. After successful authentication MemberSuire, the session is redirected back to the Community and the user is logged in automatically without re-entering any credentials in the Community.
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Setup MemberSuite Authentication in Journey by Forj
MemberSuite Setup
There is no specific setup required in MemberSuite to allow an SSO connection with Journey by Forj. The Member Login URL and the Tenant ID for the MemberSuite instance will be required to establish the connection.
Setup MemberSuite Authentication in Journey by Forj
SSO connections are configured on the Authentication page available from the Community Settings accessible by the designated Account Owner. To view the Community Settings, click the Community menu (people icon in the upper right corner) > Select Community settings > Select Authentication.
- Enable Single Sign-on Toggle.
- Select and Expand the MemberSuite AMS Configuration.
- From the dropdown, Select the Group users should be added to by default upon SSO into the Community.
- Enter the MemberSuite Target URL which will be used to initialize the SSO Exchange.
- Enter the Tenant ID for the MemberSuite instance Journey by Forj is connecting to.
- Enter the desired text for the Login Button on the Community Sign in page in the Button Label Text.
- If it is desired that only Organization Members are able to access Journey by Forj enable the User Filtering toggle to enable this functionality.
- Populate the Identity Provider Field Name for User Filter with the Name of the Membership field available through the SSO information.
- Populate the Member Sign Up URL with the URL which non-members should be redirected to when logging into Journey by Forj.
Map Profile Fields
On top of authenticating users into Journey by Forj, SSO can pre-fill desired Profile information based on information associated with the User in the connected Identity Provider. After selecting the Group users are added to by default upon SSO, it is possible to Map information available through the designated User Info Endpoint to the Registration Fields that have been configured for the selected group.
- Click the Add Mapping button.
- Select the Field to map from the available User Profile Fields.
- Enter the Name of the field coming from the Identity Provider that should fill the selected field.
- Add Mappings until all of the desired fields are mapped.
Note: If there are defined Registration fields that aren't mapped through SSO, users will be presented with the Registration form after SSO on first access to Journey by Forj.