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How to setup Active Directory with an External Server?

Ariel Perez

We've recently setup a Jira Software/Confluence install on a dedicated server hosted with a Cloud provider, however to have a smooth login experience for our internal staff we'd like to link this to our Active Directory. This would all be possible if we created/moved a domain controller to the DMZ, however is this possible without having to do that? E.g. have an authentication page internally that users login to, which then forwards to our externally hosted Jira?

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Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO

Would it be possible for you make use of Microsoft ADFS (or maybe Keycloak) here?

ADFS manages authentication through a proxy service hosted between AD and the target application. It uses a Federated Trust, linking ADFS and the target application to grant access to users. This enables users to log onto the federated application (like Jira or Confluence) through SSO without needing to authenticate their identity on application directly.

Regards,

Jon Espen
Kantega SSO

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Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO

Regards,

Jon Espen
Kantega SSO

Ariel Perez

Thanks for the quick reply! That would be great if possible. We do have an ADFS server that our users utilise to login to our Office 365 portal with, is there an add-on available that we could use to link this to our Jira install that you know of?

Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO

There are several add-ons in Atlassian Marketplace allowing you to setup ADFS login to Jira.

I work for Kantega SSO, one of the add-on vendors.

You find our ADFS step-by-step setup guide here: https://docs.kantega.no/display/KA/AD+FS

Do not hesitate to reach out to our support team if you need help or have questions during the setup.

Have a nice weekend!

-Jon Espen

Ariel Perez

You've been most helpful, thanks again!

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