This document provides instructions to integrate DropBox with UPSSO based on the SAML protocol

PREREQUISITES

  1. Administrator access to the DropBox portal.

  2. Administrator access to UPSSO portal.

DOWNLOADING THE IDP CERTIFICATE

1.Login to UPSSO portal as administrator.

2.Click on the “IDP Resources” link and then “DOWNLOAD IDP Certificate” button.

3.A file named “server.crt” will be downloaded. Keep this file as we need this later.

CONFIGURING UPSSO SAML IN DROPBOX

  1. Sign in to DropBox Site Administration and go to Admin Console.

2.Goto Settings Option and Click Single Sign -on.

3.Configure Dropbox With Following Details.

Single sign on - Select the option “Required“ to enforce SSO from the Single sign-on drop down menu

Identity provider sign-in URL- https://<YOUR_UPSSO_DOMAIN-NAME>/upsso/upsso-service

Identity provider sign-out URL (optional) - https://YOUR_UPSSO_DOMAIN_NAME>/upsso/logout

X.509 certificate - Upload IDP Certificate downloaded from (DOWNLOADING THE IDP CERTIFICATE)

4.Click on Save.

CONFIGURING DROPBOX APPLICATION IN UPSSO

  1. Login into the UPSSO portal as an administrator.

  2. Click on the “Application Management” menu and then click new record button and select SAML application as highlighted below.

3.Click on Dropbox icon and add the application.

4.Enter the Dropbox domain name. Click on the Save button.

TESTING THE INTEGRATION

  1. Make sure to logout from DropBox.

  2. Login into the UPSSO portal as a user having the same email address as a DropBox user.

  3. Click on the DropBox Application.

  4. Select the OTP method and enter the OTP and click on the Verify button.

5.Users will be able to access the DropBox application

How to ByPass SSO

  1. Administrator could login from the below link and access the application before and after the SSO integration.

https://www.dropbox.com/login

2. The Non-Admin users cannot login directly.