Setting up Apollo SSO with a SAML-based IdP

This guide walks through configuring a generic SAML-based identity provider (IdP) for use with Apollo single sign-on (SSO). These steps require administrative access to your IdP.

1. Create a new application in your SSO environment. While doing so, set the following values:

   • App Name: Apollo GraphOS
   • App logo: Apollo logo (optional)

2. If possible, upload the appropriate Apollo SAML metadata for your organization:

   • If your organization does not already use the Entity ID PingConnect: apollo_studio_pingconnect_metadata.xml
   • If your organization does already use PingConnect: apollo_studio_guid_metadata.xml

   ⚠️ If your organization requires Authn requests to be signed, please inform your Apollo contact. They will provide a different metadata file.

3. Set your Single Sign on URL or ACS URL to the following:

   https://sso.connect.pingidentity.com/sso/sp/ACS.saml2

   You can also use this value for the following fields:

   • Recipient
   • ACS (Consumer) URL Validator
   • ACS (Consumer) URL

4. Set your Entity ID according to the following:

   • If your organization does not already use PingConnect as an Entity ID, use PingConnect.

   • If your organization does already use PingConnect, use the following value:

     fd76e619-6c0a-461c-912d-418278929d60

5. Set your RelayState to the following value:

   https://pingone.com/1.0/fd76e619-6c0a-461c-912d-418278929d60

6. Set the following user attributes:

   • sub: user.email
     • The sub attribute should uniquely identify any particular user to GraphOS. In most cases, user.email provides this unique mapping.
   • email: user.email
   • given_name: user.firstName
   • family_name: user.lastName

7. Assign users to the Apollo GraphOS application.

   • Reach out to your SSO or Identity & Access Management team for help assigning the relevant groups and users to Apollo GraphOS.

8. Send your Apollo contact your identity provider (IdP) SAML XML metadata file.

   If you can't send this file, send one of the following instead:

   • IdP entity ID
   • IdP single sign-on URL / SSO URL
   • IdP x509 certificate

9. Your Apollo contact will complete your SSO setup.