SAML Single-sign on with ADFS

[Pete LP]

Am reviewing the "Configure SAML single sign-on with AD FS" document on the support site and it reads as if it pertains only to configuring SSO against a cloud instance.  We've got an on-prem installation and I'm looking for confirmation that the above referenced doc will or will not work against an on-prem install of Jira.

[Christian Reichert (resolution) · Accepted solution]

Hi Pete, 

do you have server or Data-Center licensing on your on-prem install?

If you have server licensing then your only option would be a paid third-party plugin like ours: SAML Single Sign On for Jira. Here's also the associated guide on how to perform the setup with AD FS - it takes about 5 minutes usually: AD FS Setup Guide.

If you have Data-Center licensing, then Atlassian has a basic SAML integration that ships with Data-Center - here is Atlassian's Documentation for that: https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/saml-single-sign-on-for-atlassian-data-center-applications-857050705.html

Even for Data-Center a third-party plugin can make sense if you need some more advanced features than Atlassian provides - we've created a page giving a high-level comparison if you are interested: https://www.resolution.de/atlassian-data-center-saml-sso-vs-resolution/

Hope this helps ...

Cheers,
Chris

P.S. Full disclosure, I work for resolution, a marketplace vendor.

[Christian Reichert (resolution)]

Sorry only just now saw that you tagged this with a server tag - so 3rd Party Plugin is the way to go.

[Pete LP]

Thanks for the clarifying info Chris, we had recently upped it to Data-Center licensing.