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G Suite (Google)

This guide walks you through configuring your G Suite service as a SAML SSO identity provider (IDP) for the Pulumi Console.

Prerequisites

Creating the SAML Application

  1. In the administrator console for your G Suite domain, open the flyout menu in the upper-left corner and choose Apps > SAML Apps.

    The G Suite console

  2. Click the + symbol in the lower-right corner to create a new SAML application.

    Create a new SAML app

  3. In the first step, click Set Up My Own Custom App.

    Step 1: Set up a custom app

  4. Next, choose Option 2: Download IDP Metadata to download an XML document that identifies and describes your G Suite domain as a SAML identity provider. You will need this document to complete the process of configuring your Pulumi organization. For now, note the location of the downloaded file, then click Next to continue.

    Step 2: Download IDP metadata

  5. Give your SAML application a name such as Pulumi Console and an optional description and logo, then click Next.

    Step 3: Name the application

  6. In step 4, for the required ACS URL and Entity ID fields, enter the fully-qualified URLs of the acs and metadata endpoints of the Pulumi API, adjusted for your Pulumi organization name.

    SAML Setting Value
    ACS URL https://api.pulumi.com/login/<acmecorp>/sso/saml/acs
    Entity ID https://api.pulumi.com/login/<acmecorp>/sso/saml/metadata
    Start URL https://api.pulumi.com/login/<acmecorp>/sso
    Name ID Format EMAIL or PERSISTENT

    Step 4: Provide ACS and metadata URLs

    Important: Do not change the value of Name ID Format value once your users have started using Pulumi—not even switching its value between EMAIL or PERSISTENT.

    Leave the other fields as their default values, then click Next.

  7. The final step—attribute mapping—is optional, but you may wish to specify proper first and last names for your Pulumi users, based on their Google account profiles. The Pulumi service expects to receive these fields as firstName and lastName, respectively.

    Once you add them, click Finish and OK to confirm.

    Step 5: Map optional attributes

  8. On the next screen, enable your newly created SAML application for your Google domain users:

    Enable the SAML application

    Click Save to complete.

    At this point, you’re done configuring G Suite, and can move on to completing SAML SSO setup in the Pulumi Console.

Configuring Your Pulumi Organization

The final step in the process consists of associating your Pulumi organization with your SSO identity provider.

  1. Sign into the Pulumi Console where your SAML organization resides, then navigate to the Settings tab for that organization.

  2. Scroll to the SAML SSO Settings section, click on the Identity Provider Metadata field, and paste the full contents of the XML IDP document you have previously downloaded.

    Provide the XML IDP descriptor

    For example:

  3. Click Save.

Your Pulumi organization is now configured to use Google as a SAML SSO identity provider.

Signing into Pulumi with Google

Members of your G Suite can now sign into Pulumi. Navigate to https://app.pulumi.com/signin/sso/ and enter the name of your Pulumi organization.

Pulumi Console

Troubleshooting

If you have any trouble configuring G Suite, signing into Pulumi, or need additional assistance, contact us.

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