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Setup Guide

This guide shows you how to configure SAML SSO step-by-step. The setup involves two main parts:

  1. Service Provider (Rune) - Get information from Rune to give to your identity provider
  2. Identity Provider (Your company’s system) - Configure SAML and get information to enter in Rune

Setup Order

Follow these steps in order:

Step 1: Get Service Provider Information

First, you need to get information from Rune to configure your identity provider.

  1. Sign in to Rune as an admin
  2. Go to SettingsAuthenticationSAML
  3. Click on the Service Provider tab

You’ll see these values that you need to give to your identity provider:

  • Entity ID
  • ACS URL
  • Metadata URL

See Service Provider Setup for detailed instructions.

Step 2: Configure Your Identity Provider

Take the values from Step 1 and configure your company’s identity provider.

You need to:

  • Create a new SAML application in your identity provider
  • Enter Rune’s Entity ID and ACS URL
  • Configure user attributes (especially email)
  • Get three values back: Entity ID, SSO URL, and Certificate

See Identity Provider Setup for detailed instructions.

Step 3: Enter Identity Provider Information in Rune

After configuring your identity provider, enter its information in Rune:

  1. In Rune, go to SettingsAuthenticationSAML
  2. Click on the Identity Provider tab
  3. Fill in the form with the values from your identity provider
  4. Toggle Enable SAML to ON
  5. Click Save

See Identity Provider Setup for detailed instructions.

Step 4: Test

Test the SSO login before going live. See Testing for how to test.


Quick Overview

Here’s what information flows between systems:

Rune Gives to Your IdP:

  • Entity ID
  • ACS URL

Your IdP Gives to Rune:

  • IdP Entity ID
  • IdP SSO URL
  • IdP Certificate

Next: Service Provider Setup