SSO with Keycloak SAML

[fireon]

Has anyone ever managed to connect a Fortigate with SSO/SAML using Keycloak? For Login Administrators.

I have already spent many days with it and failed in all directions. UCS is used as the Keycloak backend (LDAP)

[rbraha]

Hi @fireon 

Have you checked the below documentation this is used with FMG/FAZ, but it may help to crosscheck with your configurations.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiManager/Technical-Tip-SAML-SSO-Configuration-with-Keycloak/ta...

[hbac]

Hi @fireon,

Are you getting any error messages? Are you getting redirected to the SAML login page? Please refer to this article to collect debugs: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Troubleshooting-Tip-How-to-troubleshoot-SAML-authenticat...

Regards, 

[fireon]

Thanks for the links, i will test it next week and give you feedback. 

[Julien_Dbs]

Hello Fireon,

Have you find a way to do connect your fortigate to keycloak IDP ?

Do you have any advice to share ?

Best regards,

Julien

[fireon]

Unfortunately not. I also tried to solve it directly with Fortis Support. It is certainly possible, but this would probably require bringing Forti + Keycloak/Univention together and letting them work.

[LKA]

@fireon , @Julien_Dbs 

In case you guys have not figured it out by now anyway. Here is what I came up with when trying my own luck yesterday with this. I did not do the deep dive yet. Just wanted a working prototype and have not done any tweaks or followed best practices yet. 

1. Import your KC Realm certificate as remote certificate into gate

2. Security-Fabric - Fabric Connectors Single Sign-On Settings:

Mode Service Provider (SP)

SP address: fortigateurl.yourdomain:yourport

Default login page: up to you (would not change to sso until tested at least)

default admin profile admin_no_access (I want to provision myself)

IdP type: Custom

IdP cert: chose the previously importet one

IdP entity ID https://yourkeycloakurl/auth/realms/realmname 

IdP single sign-on URL https://yourkeycloakurl/auth/realms/realmname/protocol/saml

IdP single logout URL https://yourkeycloakurl/auth/realms/realmname/protocol/saml

OK

KeyCloak (26)

Settings:
Client-ID http://fortigateurl.yourdomain:yourport/metadata/ 

Name Up to you

Valid redirect URIs https://fortigateurl.yourdomain:yourport/* 

Master SAML Processing URL https://fortigateurl.yourdomain:yourport/saml/login

Name ID format username

Force POST binding On

Include AuthnStatement ON

Sign documents ON

Signature Algo RSA_SHA256

SAML signature key name KEY_ID

Canonicalization method EXCLUSIVE

Front channel logout On

Keys:

Signing keys config Off

Client Scopes:

remove role_list

New mapper (earlier keycloak mapper tab):

type User Property

Name username

Property username

friendly name username

SAML Attribute Name username

SAML Attribute NameFormat Unspecified

Back on fgt: system - administrators - create new - sso admin: chose a name that matches your Keycloak federated user

Works perfectly on my POC fgt.

Hope it helps you guys or whoever may come across this later on