docs/user-management/saml/setup.md

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title: Set up SAML
description: Generic setup instructions for using SAML SSO with n8n.
contentType: howto

Set up SAML

/// info | Feature availability

• Available on Enterprise plans.
• You need access to the n8n instance owner account to enable and configure SAML

Available from version 0.225.0. ///

This page tells you how to enable SAML SSO (single sign-on) in n8n. It assumes you're familiar with SAML. If you're not, SAML Explained in Plain English{:target=_blank .external-link} can help you understand how SAML works, and its benefits.

Enable SAML

1. In n8n, go to Settings > SSO.
2. Make a note of the n8n Redirect URL and Entity ID.
   1. Optional: if your IdP allows you to set up SAML from imported metadata, navigate to the Entity ID URL and save the XML.
   2. Optional: if you are running n8n behind a load balancer make sure you have N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL configured.
3. Set up SAML with your IdP (identity provider). You need the redirect URL and entity ID. You may also need an email address and name for the IdP user.
4. After completing setup in your IdP, load the metadata XML into n8n. You can use a metadata URL or raw XML:
   1. Metadata URL: Copy the metadata URL from your IdP into the Identity Provider Settings field in n8n.
   2. Raw XML: Download the metadata XML from your IdP, toggle Identiy Provider Settings to XML, then copy the raw XML into Identity Provider Settings.
5. Select Save settings.
6. Select Test settings to check your SAML setup is working.
7. Set SAML 2.0 to Activated.

/// note | SAML Request Type Please note, n8n currently doesn't support POST binding. Please configure your IdP to use HTTP request binding instead. ///

Generic IdP setup

The steps to configure the IdP vary depending on your chosen IdP. These are some common setup tasks:

• Create an app for n8n in your IdP.

• Map n8n attributes to IdP attributes:

  Name	Name format	Value (IdP side)
  http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress	URI Reference	User email
  http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/firstname	URI Reference	User First Name
  http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/lastname	URI Reference	User Last Name
  http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/upn	URI Reference	User Email

Setup resources for common IdPs

Documentation links for common IdPs.

IdP	Documentation
Auth0	Configure Auth0 as SAML Identity Provider: Manually configure SSO integrations{:target=_blank .external-link}
Authentik	Applications{:target=_blank .external-link} and the SAML Provider{:target=_blank .external-link}
Azure AD	SAML authentication with Azure Active Directory{:target=_blank .external-link}
JumpCloud	How to setup SAML (SSO) applications with JumpCloud{:target=_blank .external-link} (using Zoom as an example)
Keycloak	Choose a Getting Started{:target=_blank .external-link} guide depending on your hosting.
Okta	n8n provides a Workforce Identity setup guide
PingIdentity	PingOne SSO{:target=_blank .external-link}