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title: "Integrating PingOne for SSO"
slug: "integrating-pingone-for-sso"
updated: 2026-04-16T09:24:12Z
published: 2026-04-29T10:55:15Z
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# Integrating PingOne for SSO

This guide provides details about Britive and PingOne SSO integration.

## Configuration Steps

### Configuring an Identity Provider on Britive

An identity provider needs to be created in Britive for SSO.

1. Log in to the Britive application with administrator privileges.
2. Click on **System admin**->**Identity Management** from the navigation menu.
3. Click on the **Identity Providers** tab.
4. Click on the **Add Identity Provider** button.
5. Enter name and description.
6. Select **Identity Provider Type** as SAML.
7. Click **Add**. A configuration page is displayed.

### Configuring SSO on Britive

1. Click on the **Edit** icon under **SSO Provider** in the **SSO Configuration** tab.
2. Select **Generic******from the drop-down list.
3. Save the changes by clicking the icon next to the selection.
4. Keep note of the URLs listed here, they are required to complete the SSO configuration on the identity provider portal.

### Configuring PingOne for SSO

It is highly recommended to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the Britive application. For more information, see [Getting started with PingOne MFA](https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingone/page/qlt1595922772208.html).

Follow the steps below for configuring SAML between PingOne and the Britive app:

1. Login to the [PingOne Admin portal](https://admin.pingone.com/web-portal/dashboard) with permission to create SAML applications.
2. Click on **APPLICATIONS**.
3. Click on the **Add application** button.
4. Select **Search Application Catalog** and search for Britive.
5. Click **Britive**.
6. Click **Setup**.
7. Click on **Continue** for the next step.
8. Copy the following details from the **Connection Configuration**page:
  1. Copy the **Assertion Consumer (ACS) URL** value from Britive into the **ACS URL**field in PingOne.
  2. Copy the **Entity ID** value into the **Entity ID** field.
  3. Copy the **Single Logout URL** to the **Single Logout Endpoint**field. (This step is optional and will log out the user from the PingOne portal when they click logout on the Britive app).
  4. Scroll down and under **PingOne dock URL**, select **Use Custom URL**.
  5. Copy the **Initiate SSO URL** value into the **Custom URL** field.
9. Click **Continue to Next Step**.
10. Click on **Add new attribute**.
11. Enter “email” in **Application Attribute** and select **Email** from **Identity Bridge Attribute or Literal Value.**
12. Click on **Continue to Next Step**.
13. Click on **Continue to Next Step.**
14. Assign the Groups that need access to the Britive application.
15. Click on **Continue to Next Step**.
16. Download the **SAML Metadata**.
17. Click **Finish**.

### Configuring SSO metadata on Britive

To complete the SSO configuration, the SAML metadata from the identity provider needs to be imported into the Britive application.

Follow the steps below to complete the SSO configuration:

1. Log in to the Britive application with administrator privileges.
2. Click on **Admin**->**Identity Management**.
3. Click on the **Identity Providers** tab.
4. Click on the required identity provider.
5. Click on **Upload SAML Metadata**. Browse to the identity provider's SAML metadata that was downloaded during configuration of the identity provider.
6. Upon successful upload, the SAML settings are displayed.

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