Google Workspace
Cube Cloud supports authenticating users through Google Workspace, which is useful when you want your users to access Cube Cloud using single sign on. This guide will walk you through the steps of configuring SAML authentication in Cube Cloud with Google Workspace. You must be a super administrator in your Google Workspace to access the Admin Console and create a SAML integration.
Single sign-on with Google Workspace is available in Cube Cloud on Enterprise (opens in a new tab) tier. Contact us (opens in a new tab) for details.
Enable SAML in Cube Cloud
First, we'll enable SAML 2.0 authentication in Cube Cloud. To do this, log in to Cube Cloud and
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Click your username from the top-right corner, then click Team & Security.
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On the Authentication & SSO tab, ensure SAML 2.0 is enabled:
Take note of the Single Sign On URL and Service Provider Entity ID values here, as we will need them in the next step when we configure the SAML integration in Google Workspace.
Create a SAML Integration in Google Workspace
Next, we'll create a SAML app integration for Cube Cloud in Google Workspace (opens in a new tab).
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Log in to admin.google.com (opens in a new tab) as an administrator, then navigate to
Apps → Web and Mobile Apps from the left sidebar.
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Click Add App, then click Add custom SAML app:
- Enter a name for your application and click Next. You can optionally add a description and upload a logo for the application, but this is not required. Click Continue to go to the next screen.
- Take note of the SSO URL, Entity ID and Certificate values here, as we will need them when we finalize the SAML integration in Cube Cloud. Click Continue to go to the next screen.
- Enter the following values for the Service provider details section and click Continue.
Name | Description |
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ACS URL | Use the Single Sign On URL value from Cube Cloud |
Entity ID | Use the Service Provider Entity ID value from Cube Cloud |
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On the final screen, click Finish.
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From the app details page, click User access and ensure the app is ON for everyone:
Enable SAML in Cube Cloud
In this step, we'll finalise the configuration by entering the values from our SAML integration in Google into Cube Cloud.
- From the same Authentication & SSO > SAML 2.0 tab, click the Advanced Settings tab:
- Enter the following values in the SAML Settings section:
Name | Description |
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Audience (SP Entity ID) | Delete the prefilled value and leave empty |
IdP Issuer (IdP Entity ID) | Use the Issuer value from Google Workspace |
Identity Provider Login URL | Use the Sign on URL value from Google Workspace |
Certificate | Use the Signing Certificate value from Google Workspace |
- Scroll down and click Save SAML 2.0 Settings to save the changes.
Test SAML authentication
To start using SAML authentication, use the
single sign-on URL provided by Cube Cloud
(typically <YOUR_CUBE_CLOUD_URL>/sso/saml
) to log in to Cube Cloud.