### SSO-Friendly Link Example

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Example of a generated URL that initiates the SSO login process and redirects to the intended destination.

```text
https://yourdomain/saml/63fffdd1-f416-4bed-b3db-967b6a56896b/login?returnTo=https://yourdomain.com/your/actual/link
```

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### Install package via composer

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Install the package into your Laravel project.

```bash
composer require scaler-tech/laravel-saml2
```

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### Tenant Creation Output

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

The expected output after successfully running the tenant creation command.

```text
The tenant #1 (63fffdd1-f416-4bed-b3db-967b6a56896b) was successfully created.

Credentials for the tenant
--------------------------

 Identifier (Entity ID): https://yourdomain.com/saml/63fffdd1-f416-4bed-b3db-967b6a56896b/metadata
 Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL): https://yourdomain.com/saml/63fffdd1-f416-4bed-b3db-967b6a56896b/acs
 Sign on URL: https://yourdomain.com/saml/63fffdd1-f416-4bed-b3db-967b6a56896b/login
 Logout URL: https://yourdomain.com/saml/63fffdd1-f416-4bed-b3db-967b6a56896b/logout
 Relay State: / (optional)
```

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### Run database migrations

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Execute migrations to set up the necessary tables for tenant management.

```bash
php artisan migrate
```

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### Create a SAML2 Tenant

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Use the artisan command to register a new tenant with Azure AD credentials.

```bash
php artisan saml2:create-tenant \
  --key=azure_testing \
  --entityId=https://sts.windows.net/fb536a7a-7251-4895-a09a-abd8e614c70b/ \
  --loginUrl=https://login.microsoftonline.com/fb536a7a-7251-4895-a09a-abd8e614c70b/saml2 \
  --logoutUrl=https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/wsfederation?wa=wsignout1.0 \
  --x509cert="MIIC0jCCAbqgAw...CapVR4ncDVjvbq+/S" \
  --metadata="customer:11235,anotherfield:value" // you might add some customer parameters here to simplify logging in your customer afterwards
```

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### Publish configuration file

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Publish the package configuration to the application config directory.

```bash
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Slides\Saml2\ServiceProvider"
```

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### Run PHPUnit Tests

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Execute the test suite from the package root directory.

```bash
vendor/bin/phpunit
```

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### Configure SAML Middleware

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Define the middleware prefix in the configuration file and register the necessary middleware group in the Kernel.

```php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Built-in routes prefix
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may define the prefix for built-in routes.
|
|*/

'routesMiddleware' => ['saml'],
```

```php
protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        ...
    ],
    'api' => [
        ...
    ],
    'saml' => [
        \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
        \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
        \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
    ],
```

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### Handle SAML Authentication Events

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Listen for SignedIn events to retrieve user data and authenticate the user within the application. Ensure replay attack prevention by tracking message IDs.

```php
Event::listen(\Slides\Saml2\Events\SignedIn::class, function (\Slides\Saml2\Events\SignedIn $event) {
    $messageId = $event->getAuth()->getLastMessageId();
    
    // your own code preventing reuse of a $messageId to stop replay attacks
    $samlUser = $event->getSaml2User();
    
    $userData = [
        'id' => $samlUser->getUserId(),
        'attributes' => $samlUser->getAttributes(),
        'assertion' => $samlUser->getRawSamlAssertion()
    ];
    
    $user = // find user by ID or attribute
    
    // Login a user.
    Auth::login($user);
});
```

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### Configure Nginx for ngrok

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Override host headers in Nginx to support local testing via ngrok.

```nginx
fastcgi_param HTTP_HOST your.ngrok.io;
fastcgi_param HTTPS on;
```

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### Register service provider and alias

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Manual registration for Laravel versions older than 5.5 in config/app.php.

```php
'providers' => [
    ...
    Slides\Saml2\ServiceProvider::class,
]

'alias' => [
    ...
    'Saml2' => Slides\Saml2\Facades\Auth::class,
]
```

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### Migrate composer.json dependencies

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Update the package requirement from the archived version to the current scaler-tech version.

```json
{
  "require": {
    "24slides/laravel-saml2": "^2.0"
  }
}
```

```json
{
  "require": {
    "scaler-tech/laravel-saml2": "^2.5"
  }
}
```

--------------------------------

### Handle Logout Events

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Listen for the SignedOut event to perform application-level logout and ensure the session is saved before redirection.

```php
Event::listen('Slides\Saml2\Events\SignedOut', function (SignedOut $event) {
    Auth::logout();
    Session::save();
});
```

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### Update composer dependencies

Source: https://github.com/scaler-tech/laravel-saml2/blob/master/README.md

Run this command to update the package and its dependencies after modifying composer.json.

```bash
composer update scaler-tech/laravel-saml2 --with-all-dependencies
```

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