SAML Authentication
Integrating SAML with SigNoz lets your users access SigNoz without re-authenticating. Configuring SAML is a two step process. First, you would have to configure your IdP (Identity Provider like Okta, Azure AD) with details of your SigNoz app. When the first step is complete, you would need to enter the information (like Entity ID, etc) available in your IdP into SigNoz settings (Settings >> Organization Settings >> Authentication Domains
)
Who can use this feature?
- Available in
Enterprise
andTeams
plan.
SAML authentication with Microsoft Entra ID
Steps to be performed in Microsoft Entra ID (Or Azure Active Directory - AD)
Go to the
Microsoft Entra ID
and click onEnterprise Applications
.Click on
+ New Application
in the top bar of the All Applications page.In the next page, click on
+Create your own application
. Enter your application name as SigNoz, Select Integrate with other Applications (Non-Gallery) option and create.Once the application is created, go to
Single Sign-On
from left side bar and click onSAML
card optionWhen the next page appears, you will see an card for
Basic SAML Configuration
. Click on edit icon button in this cardFill out the following details and click
Save
:- Entity Identifier (Entity ID): Set Base URL (host and port - if any) of your SigNoz app. (e.g.
test.in.signoz.cloud
) - Reply URL(Assertion Consumer Service URL): Set the reply URL using this format -
http(s)://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}/api/v1/complete/saml
(e.g.https://test.in.signoz.cloud/api/v1/complete/saml
) - Sign on URL: Set the sign on URL using this format -
http(s)://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}/login
(e.g.https://test.in.signoz.cloud/login
)
- Entity Identifier (Entity ID): Set Base URL (host and port - if any) of your SigNoz app. (e.g.
Now we need to capture SSO information required to configure SAML in SigNoz. In the page, locate App Federation Metadata URL. Preferably, open this metadata page in a new tab. Once there, locate and copy these two field values from XML into a separate notepad:
- At the top of page, locate XML tag
EntityDescriptor
and copy theentityID
value
<EntityDescriptor ID="_2d8d...a006" entityID="https://sts.windows.net/00d562...816c79/" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">
- Locate
X509Data
tag and copy the entity content (value). This is certificate (Certificate Data
) that SigNoz needs to validate response from IdP. - Locate
Location
at the bottom of the page and copy its value. This is the ACS URL that SigNoz needs to send SAML response to.
<SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://login.microsoftonline.com/323a6......12688fe83e3s30/saml2"/>
- At the top of page, locate XML tag
For more details on the metadata page, click here
Steps to be performed in SigNoz
- Go to
Settings
. Click onOrganization Settings
tab and locateAuthenticated Domains
in the page - Click
Add Domain
- Enter the domain that your users would login with. For example, if your user names or emails are in format such as john@example.com then you would have to enter example.com here.
- After domain is added, Click on
Configure SSO
and chooseSAML Authentication
option - Enter values of tags
entity ID
,Certificate Data
andLocation(ACS URL)
that you acquired from the metadata page (step 7 above) - Save the settings and log in from an incognito tab to test the setup. If you face difficulties signing in, review the query service logs. Also if you are admin and are unable to login because of faulty setup, then you may login with password using this URL:
http(s)://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}/login?password=Y
SAML Authentication with Okta
Steps to be performed in Okta

- Log in to Okta
- From the Admin page, go to Applications > Applications > Create App Integration
- Select SAML 2.0, and hit Next
- On the SAML Integration page, enter the following:
- Application Name:
SigNoz
- Single Sign-on URL:
http(s)://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}/api/v1/complete/saml
- Audience URI (SP Entity ID):
http(s)://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}
- Default RelayState:
https://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}?domainName=companydomain.com
- replacecompanydomain.com
with your company domain used for SSO login
- Application Name:
- Save the application integration
- Now, we can visit the Metadata URL in Okta to get the following information:
- Entity ID: At the top of page, locate XML tag
EntityDescriptor
and you will get theentityID
value
<md:EntityDescriptor xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" entityID="http://www.okta.com/exk...697">
- X509Certificate Data: Locate
X509Certificate
tag and copy the entity content (value). This is certificate (Certificate Data
) that SigNoz needs to validate response from IdP. When copying this value, make sure that you copy the entire certificate and remove any whitespace
<md:KeyDescriptor use="signing"> <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <ds:X509Data> <ds:X509Certificate>...</ds:X509Certificate> </ds:X509Data> </ds:KeyInfo> </md:KeyDescriptor>
- Location (ACS URL): Locate
Location
at the bottom of the page and copy its value. This is the ACS URL that SigNoz needs to send SAML response to
<md:SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://redacted.okta.com/app/redacted_signoz_1/exk...697/sso/saml"/> <md:SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://redacted.okta.com/app/redacted_signoz_1/exk...697/sso/saml"/>
- Entity ID: At the top of page, locate XML tag
- At last, assign the People or Groups to SigNoz application
- From Admin page, go to Directories > People or Groups
- Select the specific people or groups
- Go to Applications > Assign applications
- Select SigNoz application > Assign > Hit Done
Steps to be performed in SigNoz

- Go to
Settings
. Click onOrganization Settings
tab and locateAuthenticated Domains
in the page - Click
Add Domain
- Enter the domain that your users would login with. For example, if your user names or emails are in format such as john@example.com then you would have to enter example.com here.
- After domain is added, Click on
Configure SSO
and chooseSAML Authentication
option - Enter values of tags
entity ID
,Certificate Data
andLocation (ACS URL)
that you acquired from the metadata page (step 6 above) - Save the settings and log in from an incognito tab to test the setup. If you face difficulties signing in, review the query service logs. Also if you are admin and are unable to login because of faulty setup, then you may login with password using this URL:
http(s)://${SIGNOZ_BASEURL}/login?password=Y