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Duo Security#

Overview#

Duo Security is a SaaS authentication provider. This document will explain how to use Gluu's Duo interception script to configure the Gluu Server for a two-step authentication process with username and password as the first step, and Duo as the second step.

In order to use this authentication mechanism your organization will need a Duo account and users will need to download the Duo mobile app.

Properties#

There are a few properties in the Duo Security authentication script:

Property Status Description Example
duo_creds_file Mandatory Path to ikey, skey, akey /etc/certs/duo_creds.json
duo_host Mandatory URL of the Duo API Server api-random.duosecurity.com
audit_attribute Optional Attribute to determine user group memberOf
duo_group Optional Attribute to enable Duo for specific user memberOf
audit_group Optional Notify administrator via email upon user login memberOf
audit_group_email Optional Administrator email admin@organization.com

Configure Duo Account#

  1. Sign up for a Duo account.

  2. Log in to the Duo Admin Panel and navigate to Applications.

  3. Click Protect an Application and locate Web SDK in the applications list. Click Protect this Application to get your integration key, secret key, and API hostname.

  4. Generate an akey value for your instance. Learn more.

For additional info on Duo's Web SDK, check this article.

Configure CE Chroot#

  1. Prepare the Duo credential file /etc/certs/duo_creds.json with ikey, akey & skey

Configure oxTrust#

Follow the steps below to configure the Duo module in the oxTrust Admin GUI.

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Manage Custom Scripts.
  2. Click on the Person Authentication tab.

  3. Scroll down to the Duo authentication script
    duo-script

  4. Change the value of duo_host to your API

  5. Enable the script by ticking the check box
    enable

Now Duo is an available authentication mechanism for your Gluu Server. This means that, using OpenID Connect acr_values, applications can now request Duo authentication for users.

Note

To make sure Duo has been enabled successfully, you can check your Gluu Server's OpenID Connect configuration by navigating to the following URL: https://<hostname>/.well-known/openid-configuration. Find "acr_values_supported": and you should see "duo".

Make Duo the Default Authentication Mechanism#

Now applications can request Duo authentication, but what if you want to make Duo your default authentication mechanism? You can follow these instructions:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Manage Authentication.
  2. Select the Default Authentication Method tab.

  3. In the Default Authentication Method window you will see two options: Default acr and oxTrust acr.

    • The oxTrust acr field controls the authentication mechanism that is presented to access the oxTrust dashboard GUI (the application you are in).
    • The Default acr field controls the default authentication mechanism that is presented to users from all applications that leverage your Gluu Server for authentication.

You can change one or both fields to Duo authentication as you see fit. If you want Duo to be the default authentication mechanism for access to oxTrust and all other applications that leverage your Gluu Server, change both fields to Duo.

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