Azure AD SSO Automate - AWS

Flow

General Flow

flowchart LR
    subgraph azuread[Azure AD]
        aad1[Settings Enterprise Application] --> aad2[Download XML Federation]
    end
    subgraph aws[AWS]
        aad2 --> aws1[Settings Identity Provider]
        aws1 --> aws2[Add/Create Role]    
    end

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Flow (Technical Terms)

flowchart TD
    subgraph azuread[Azure AD]
        aad1[Create Enterprise App from Templates] --> aad2[Update Service Principal & App Registration to use SAML]
        aad2 --> aad3[Configure Service Principal Roles]
        aad3 --> aad4[Configure Claim Mapping Policies & Assign to Service Principal]
        aad4 --> aad5[Configure Singing Certificates for Service Principal]
        aad5 --> aad6[Optional - Configure User & Assign to a role]
    end
    subgraph aws[AWS]
        aad5 --> aws1[Add/Get SAML Provider]
        aws1 --> aws2[Create/Update Role to be assigned with SAML Provider]    
    end

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Setup Project

Environment Variables

## For the Console App/Business Flow, planned to be removed
AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=
## For AWS SDK
AWS_PROFILE=
# For Azure AD / Microsoft Graph
CLIENT_ID=
CLIENT_SECRET=
TENANT_ID=

Note/Details:

1. Please see here for configuring the AWS SDK Credentials.
   1. Currently, we only change Identity Provider & IAM Roles. Please make sure your credentials allow you to create/update it.
2. Please see here for configuration the Microsoft Graph SDK Credentials.
   1. Please make sure the credentials have these permissions: Application.ReadWrite.All, AppRoleAssignment.ReadWrite.All, Policy.Read.All, Policy.ReadWrite.ApplicationConfiguration, and User.ReadWrite.All

Dependencies & Tools

1. Redis Stack - Storing temporary data and will be used for main database
   1. Recommend using Redis Docker
2. .NET 7
3. Your IDE
   1. I recommend using Visual Studio or Rider.

Run Project

dotnet run --project AzureADAutomate

Version

Currently, this project is still in beta testing.

Roadmap for Next Iteration

Version 1

• Remove AWS Account ID from Environment Variables and will be based on input
• Consider existing Enterprise Apps and re-configure existing apps

Version 2

• Communication through REST API & Event-Driven

Presentation

• Introduction - Case Study: Connecting Azure AD SSO with AWS

Resources

Main Resources

Azure AD (AAD)

• Tutorials/Documentations from Microsoft
• Permissions Application.ReadWrite.All, AppRoleAssignment.ReadWrite.All, Policy.Read.All, Policy.ReadWrite.ApplicationConfiguration, and User.ReadWrite.All.
• App List Dashboard

AWS

• Simple cross-platform application using the AWS SDK for .NET
• AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient
• AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.CreateSAMLProvider
• AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.AttachRolePolicy
• AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.CreatePolicy

Setup SSO Manually - Single Account

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/amazon-web-service-tutorial

Setup SSO Manually - Multiple Accounts

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/aws-multi-accounts-tutorial

Another Topic - Provisioning

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/app-provisioning/application-provisioning-configuration-api

Another Code Samples

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/azure-samples/ms-identity-dotnetcore-galleryapp-management/automate-saml-based-sso-app-configuration-using-ms-graph-api-sdk-net/

Tools/SDK Documentation

• Microsoft Graph Client
• Authentication Provider for MS Graph

License

MIT