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Integrate with Push Security

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What is Push Security​

Push Security is a browser-based identity security platform that hardens and monitors your identity attack surface. Security teams can monitor and secure their entire identity attack surface (ISPM) and detect and block identity-based attacks (ITDR) such as advanced phishing techniques.

-- https://pushsecurity.com/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
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This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application.

authentik configuration​

To support the integration of Push Security, you need to create property mappings and an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create property mappings​

Push Security requires separate first and last names for each user, but authentik provides the full name as a single string. To address this, create property mappings that split the full name into first and last names.

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator, and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Customization > Property Mappings and click Create.

    • Select type: select SAML Provider Property Mapping as the property mapping type.

    • Configure the SAML Provider Property Mapping:

      • Name: givenname

      • SAML Attribute Name: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname

      • Expression:

        return request.user.name.rsplit(" ", 1)[0]

  3. Click Finish.

  4. Click Create to create the second property mapping.

    • Select type: select SAML Provider Property Mapping as the property mapping type.

    • Configure the SAML Provider Property Mapping:

      • Name: familyname

      • SAML Attribute Name: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname

      • Expression:

        return request.user.name.rsplit(" ", 1)[-1]

  5. Click Finish.

Create an application and provider in authentik​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click Create with Provider to create an application and provider pair. (Alternatively you can first create a provider separately, then create the application and connect it with the provider.)

    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings.
      • Take note of the application slug as it will be required later on.
    • Choose a Provider type: select SAML Provider as the provider type.
    • Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
      • Temporarily set the ACS URL and Audience to https://temp.temp
      • Set the Service Provider Binding to Post.
      • Under Advanced protocol settings:
        • Set an available signing certificate.
        • Property mappings:
          • Under Selected User Property Mappings, add the givenname and familyname property mappings created in the previous section.
  • Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's My applications page.
  1. Click Submit.

Download the signing certificate​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator, and open the authentik Admin interface.
  2. Navigate to Applications > Providers and click on the name of the newly created Push Security provider.
  3. Click Download under Download signing certificate. The contents of this certificate will be required in the next section.

Push Security configuration​

  1. Log in to the Push Security administrator console.
  2. Go to Settings > Organization, then under SAML Configuration, click Setup.
  3. Click Get Started, select Custom SAML, and click Next.
  4. Copy both the Single Sign-On URL and the Service Provider Entity URL. You’ll need these values in the next section.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Choose Manual, and enter the following as the Single Sign-On Login URL: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/sso/binding/post/
  7. Click Upload signing certificate, and upload the certificate downloaded from authentik.
  8. (Optional but recommended) Under Advanced Settings, enable Sign request. Then download the verification certificate. You’ll need to import this into authentik. Refer to the authentik certificate documentation for guidance.
  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Attribute Mapping page, click Next without making changes.
  11. Leave the Test SSO page open. You’ll return to it after completing the next section.

Reconfigure authentik provider​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator, and open the authentik Admin interface.
  2. Navigate to Applications > Providers, then find the newly created Push Security provider and click its Edit icon.
  3. Under Protocol settings, set the following required configurations:
    • ACS URL: set to the Single Sign-On URL copied from the previous section (e.g., https://login.pushsecurity.com/login/callback?connection=saml-aaa...).
    • Audience: set to the Service Provider Entity URL copied from the previous section (e.g., urn:auth0:production-pushsecurity:saml-aaa...).
    • (Optional but recommended) add the verification certificate downloaded from Push Security in the previous section.
  4. Click Update.

Verify Push Security configuration​

  1. Return to the Push Security Test SSO page.
  2. Click Test Connection and you should be redirected to the authentik login screen.
  3. Enter your authentik credentials and log in.
  4. If successful you will be redirected to Push Security and see a Testing complete! message.
  5. On the Test SSO page, click Enable Connection.
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To enable users to enter their email on the Push Security login screen and be redirected to authentik, you will need to contact Push Security to enable the feature. This can be done from the Push Security admin console via Settings > Organization > SAML Configuration.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with Push Security, navigate to the authentik dashboard, and click on the Push Security application. You should be redirected to the Push Security admin console.

Resources​