Setting up SSO with OneLogin

With single sign-on (SSO), your employees will be able to log in with their existing company identity, and will not need to keep a separate set of login username/password for Leapsome. Leapsome integrates with any external system capable of acting as a SAML 2.0 identity provider.

Setting up the integration

1. Configure the Leapsome App in OneLogin

• As an admin on OneLogin, go to 'Apps' > 'Add Apps'.
  
• Search for 'Leapsome' and select the result.
  
• Customize how you want the app to appear in your directory and click 'Save'.
• Go to 'App' > 'Company Apps' and open the newly added 'Leapsome' app.
• Go to the 'Configuration' tab. You will be asked for your Leapsome Account ID. You can find this ID in your Leapsome account under 'Settings' > 'Admin Settings' > 'Basic Settings': 
  
• On OneLogin, Enter your account ID and save your changes.

2. Retrieve relevant information from OneLogin

• On OneLogin, go to the SSO tab and find your X.509 certificate via 'View details'.
• Copy the certificate without the Begin / End tags and ensure there are no linebreaks.

• On OneLogin, Go back to the SSO tab and copy the SAML 2.0. Endpoint (HTTP)

3. Finalize the setup in Leapsome

• In Leapsome, enter the X.509 certificate (under 'Certificate') and the SAML 2.0 Endpoint (under 'SSO Login URL') as depicted below
  
• Check the 'Enable SSO' checkbox and click 'Update SSO settings'.

4. Assign users to Leapsome within OneLogin

• On OneLogin, assign the Leapsome app to the users that should be able to use Leapsome.
• That is it! The assigned users should now be able to login to Leapsome using their OneLogin credentials. 

Testing the setup

You can test the setup with your own user profile. If you have set everything up correctly, you should see the button 'Sign in with company SSO' after typing in your email address on the Leapsome login screen: 

After clicking that button, your users should be redirected to the OneLogin login interface.

Please note that the login via SSO will only work for invited users. Also, in case you have not 'enforced' Single Sign-on, users will be asked to create a password with their first login. The next section lists options to navigate these two limitations.

Additional customization

Enforce SSO

By default, users will always have the option to sign in with email and their Leapspome password, even if SSO is enabled. If you want to make sure that all users log in via the SSO flow, please navigate to SSO settings in Leapsome, tick the box 'Enforce SSO' and confirm by clicking 'Update SSO Settings'. 

Like that, all users within your account can only log in to Leapsome by using SSO. Please make sure that you set up SSO correctly for all users in your organization, as they otherwise won't be able to access Leapsome. 

Logging in without receiving an invitation

By default, users can only log in to Leapsome once they received an invitation to the platform. To reduce the workload on your end when onboarding users to Leapsome, you have a few options to make the invitation and signup process as smooth as possible.

1. Automate the invitation process using one of our HRIS integrations

If you are using an HRIS for provisioning users to Leapsome, you have the option to automatically send invitations to newly provisioned users. Like that, they will be able to use SSO from the get-go, if you have enforced SSO. 

2. Enable just-in-time-provisioning for your IDP

Some IDPs like Azure AD offer just-in-time provisioning for your user base. Like that, user profiles will be created immediately once a user from your organization tries to login to Leapsome. When JIT provisioning is enabled, it is not necessary to invite your users for them to be able to log in to Leapsome. Please note that JIT provisioning cannot be used, if you are also using an HRIS integration.

3. Reach out to us

If you fully want to avoid sending invitations, our Support team can switch off invitations for your account in the backend, so that login will be possible for all 'created' users. Please note that this is only possible, if all of your users use the same email-domain. If you want to learn more about this, contact our Support team from the 'Help' button in Leapsome. 

Frequently asked questions

A user does not have the option to log in via SSO - why could that be?

Usually, this issue occurs when a user is not assigned/granted access to the Leapsome app in the settings of your IDP. Please make sure that there is an automation or workflow in place, that ensures that e.g. people joining your company will be granted access to Leapsome on IDP-side.

Please also double-check that this user has an account in Leapsome that is using the same email as in your IDP, and has received an invitation. You can check this in the 'Users & Teams' section in Leapsome. 

How can we access Leapsome in case we have SSO enforced and our IDP is down?

In this case, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager or our Support Team to define next steps. 

Can we set up 2-factor-authentication for the Leapsome login?

This is generally possible and has to be set up on IDP side. 

Is there a way to disable the 'Sign in with Google' button, once we have set up SSO via another provider?

This is currently not possible. The option to 'Sign in with Google' (OAuth2) will still show on the login screen, even when SAML-based SSO is activated.