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With Single Sign-On (SSO), you log your team into nuwacom via your identity provider. Additionally, you can automatically synchronize roles, groups, and user groups via user sync. You can find the settings under Workspace Settings > SSO & User Sync.
Note: To set it up, you need admin rights in nuwacom and access to your identity provider.

Activate Single Sign-On

First, activate SSO and specify for which email domains login via your identity provider should apply.
  1. Open the Workspace Settings.
  2. Go to SSO & User Sync.
  3. Activate the toggle Enable SSO.
  4. Enter the domain for which SSO should apply under Email Domains.
Example:
company.com
Team members with this email domain will then be automatically redirected to your identity provider.
  1. Then select the appropriate provider type to connect your identity provider to nuwacom via OpenID Connect (OIDC) or SAML 2.0.

OpenID Connect (OIDC)

If you select OpenID Connect (OIDC), enter the connection details of your identity provider. Enter the following values:
FieldDescription
Discovery URLThe discovery URL of your identity provider.
Client IDThe client ID of the application from your identity provider.
Client SecretThe client secret of the application from your identity provider.
Example of a discovery URL: https://login.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration Then copy the Redirect URI displayed in nuwacom and enter it when registering the application in your identity provider. Then click Save Configuration.

SAML 2.0

If you select SAML 2.0, enter the metadata of your identity provider. You can enter the metadata in two ways:
OptionDescription
URLEnter the metadata URL of your identity provider.
XMLPaste the metadata XML directly into the text field.
Then copy the values displayed in nuwacom and enter them in your identity provider:
ValueDescription
ACS URLThe URL to which your identity provider sends the SAML response.
SP Entity IDThe unique identifier of nuwacom as service provider.
Then click Save Configuration.

Advanced Settings

In the Advanced Settings you define how external attributes from your identity provider are mapped to user attributes in nuwacom. Open the Advanced Settings section and check the attribute mapping. By default, for example, the following mappings may be set:
Claim from IdPUser Attribute
emailemail
given_namefirstName
family_namelastName
Click Add Mapping if you want to transfer additional attributes. Enter the external claim from your identity provider and assign it to the appropriate user attribute in nuwacom. Then select the appropriate sync mode:
Sync ModeDescription
ForceAttributes are overwritten at every login.
ImportAttributes are only imported at the first login.
LegacyExisting sync mode for older configurations.
Then click Save Configuration.

Activate SCIM User Sync

With SCIM, you automatically synchronize users from your identity provider to nuwacom.
  1. Activate the toggle Enable SCIM User Sync.
  2. Copy the displayed SCIM Endpoint URL and enter it in your identity provider.
  3. Click Generate Token to create a bearer token.
  4. Copy the bearer token and enter it in your identity provider for the SCIM connection.
Important: Treat the bearer token like a password. Do not share it publicly and store it only in secure locations.

Role Mapping

Through Role Mapping you define which IdP roles or IdP groups correspond to which workspace roles in nuwacom.
  1. In the Role Mapping section, click Add Rule.
  2. Enter the name of the role or group from your identity provider.
Example: marketing-team Then select which workspace role users with this IdP role or group should receive:
RoleDescription
AdministratorHas full access to the workspace and settings.
EditorCan create and edit content.
ReaderCan read shared content.
If necessary, click Add Fallback Rule to set a default role for all other users. Then click Save Rules.
Note: The first matching rule is applied. Users without a matching rule will not have access to the workspace if no fallback rule is defined.

Team Sync

If you want to use SCIM groups also as user groups in nuwacom, activate Sync SCIM groups as teams. nuwacom will then automatically create and update user groups based on SCIM group memberships.

Troubleshooting

Make sure that the email domain is entered correctly and that SSO is activated for this domain. Also verify that the required values are configured exactly in your identity provider:
  • For OIDC: Redirect URI
  • For SAML: ACS URL and SP Entity ID
Check whether the user’s email domain is registered in nuwacom. Automatic redirection only works for users whose email domain matches a domain configured for SSO.
Verify that a matching role mapping exists for the user. If no mapping rule applies and no fallback rule is defined, the user will not be granted access to the workspace.

Make sure that SCIM user sync is activated. Also check whether the SCIM endpoint URL is entered correctly in your identity provider and whether the bearer token is still valid.
Check whether Synchronize SCIM Groups as User Groups is activated. Also verify that group memberships are correctly maintained in your identity provider and transferred via SCIM.
Synchronization is triggered by your identity provider. Check there whether the change was successfully sent to nuwacom. Also make sure that SCIM is active and that the connection to nuwacom is working.
Open the Advanced Settings and verify the attribute mapping. Make sure that the claims from your identity provider are mapped to the correct user attributes in nuwacom.