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refactor: move docs into new structure / fix links for SEO (#2416)
## What

This (admittedly massive) PR updates the "physical" documentation
structure and fixes url inconsistencies and SEO problems reported by
marketing. The main points are:

- remove or move directories : advanced, user_guide, deploy, api
- move the files contained within to the appropriate one of topics,
how-to, tutorials, or reference
- update internal doc links and product links to the content
- create client-side redirects for all the urls that have changed.

A number of the files have been renamed in small ways to better match
their url and to make them easier to find. Additionally, the top-level
api directory has been moved to /reference/api/legacy/unleash (see the
discussion points section for more on this).

## Why

When moving our doc structure to diataxis a while back, we left the
"physical' files lying where they were, because it didn't matter much to
the new structure. However, that did introduce some inconsistencies with
where you place docs and how we organize them.

There's also the discrepancies in whether urls us underscores or hyphens
(which isn't necessarily the same as their file name), which has been
annoying me for a while, but now has also been raised by marketing as an
issue in terms of SEO.

## Discussion points

The old, hand-written API docs have been moved from /api to
/reference/api/legacy/unleash. There _is_ a /reference/api/unleash
directory, but this is being populated by the OpenAPI plugin, and mixing
those could only cause trouble. However, I'm unsure about putting
/legacy/ in the title, because the API isn't legacy, the docs are. Maybe
we could use another path? Like /old-docs/ or something? I'd appreciate
some input on this.
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How to add SSO with SAML 2.0 Keycloak

:::note Availability

The Single-Sign-On capability is only available for customers on the Enterprise subscription. Check out the Unleash plans for details.

:::

Introduction

In this guide we will do a deep dive on the Single-Sign-On (SSO) integration with SAML 2.0 and connect it with Keycloak as IdP. Unleash supports other identity providers and protocols, have a look at all available Single-Sign-On options

Basic configuration

Step 1: Sign-in to Unleash

In order to configure SSO you will need to log in to the Unleash instance with a user that have "Admin" role. If you are self-hosting Unleash then a default user will be automatically created the first time you start Unleash:

  • username: admin
  • password: unleash4all

Step 2: Navigate to SSO configuration

In order to configure SSO with SAML with your Unleash enterprise you should navigate to the Single-Sign-On configuration section and choose the "SAML 2.0" tab.

sso-config

Step 3: Keycloak with SAML 2.0

Open to the Keycloak dashboard and navigate to “Clients” and click “Add Client” button. Give it a unique clientId (e.g. unleash), use the “saml” protocol and specify the following SAML Endpoint:

https://<unleash.hostname.com>/auth/saml/callback

Keycloak: Add client

a) Change “Name ID format to “email” Unleash expects an email to be sent from the SSO provider so make sure Name ID format is set to email, see a). also you must give the IDP Initiated SSO URL Name, we have chosen to call it “unleash”, see 2). This gives us the Sign-on URL we will need in our Unleash configuration later.

Keycloak: step 2

b) Copy the Keycloak Entity ID an Signing key

Navigate to “Realm Settings” and open the “SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Metadata”. You will need copy the entityID (a) and the X509Certificate (B). These will be required when configuring SAML 2.0 in Unleash.

Keycloak: step 3

Step 4: Configure SAML 2.0 Authentication provider in Unleash

Go back to Unleash Admin Dashboard and navigate to Admin Menu -> Single-Sign-On -> SAML. Fill in the values captured in the step 3.

  • Entity ID (3b a)
  • Single Sing-On URL (3a b)
  • Certificate (3b b)

You may also choose to “auto create users”. This will make Unleash automatically create new users on the fly first time they sign-in to Unleash with the given SSO provider. You may also limit the auto-creation to certain email domains, shown in the example below.

Keycloak: step 4

Step 5: Validate

You have now successfully configured Unleash to use SAML 2.0 together with Keycloak as an IdP. Please note that you also must assign users to the application defined in Keycloak to actually be able to log-in to Unleash.

Try signing out of Unleash. If everything is configured correctly you should be presented with the option to sign in with SAML 2.0.