{"id":715,"date":"2013-04-03T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingps.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/?p=715"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:55:38","slug":"moodle-salesforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingps.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/moodle-salesforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Moodle Salesforce Single Sign on (SSO) based on SAML"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paradiso Solutions has done many Moodle<\/a><\/strong> and Salesforce Integrations<\/a><\/strong>. Following article gives high level overview of using SAML protocol to do single sign on (SSO).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0What is SAML?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based open standard data format for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML is a product of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee. SAML dates from 2001; the most recent update of SAML is from 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SAML\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Moodle SAML Configurations:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Out of the box, Moodle<\/a><\/strong> does not support SAML authentication. But we have developed an authentication plugin which supports SAML.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Salesforce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Salesforce SAML Configurations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Salesforce Support SAML using Salesforce<\/a><\/strong> or external vendor as Identity Provider (IdP). Here are screenshots of using Salesforce as IdP.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Salesforce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

PingFederate SAML Configurations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can also use other Identity providers such as Ping Federate. We have implemented PingFederate as IdP and integrated with Moodle as Service Provider (SP).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"PingFederate<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Customization of Salesforce to call Moodle:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Following screenshots shows how to launch Moodle from salesforce without login.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0You can add custom link or tab or button in Salesforce so that Salesforce users can get into moodle without having to login.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Salesforce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Following screenshot shows how we launch Moodle within Salesforce<\/a><\/strong> tab.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Salesforce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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