Learndot Integration with AuthPoint

Deployment Overview

This document describes how to set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Learndot with AuthPoint as an identity provider. Learndot must already be configured and deployed before you set up MFA with AuthPoint.

Learndot can be configured to support MFA in several modes. For this integration, we set up SAML with AuthPoint.

Learndot Authentication Data Flow with AuthPoint

AuthPoint communicates with various cloud-based services and service providers with the SAML protocol. This diagram shows the data flow of an MFA transaction for a Learndot.

Before You Begin

Before you begin these procedures, make sure that:

• End-users can log in to Learndot
• A token is assigned to a user in AuthPoint
• You have an AuthPoint identity provider (IdP) certificateAn AuthPoint IdP certificate is required for SAML authentication. (see Certificate Management)

Configure Learndot

Learndot does not allow customers to configure single sign-on (SSO) themselves. To configure SSO, you must contact Learndot support (https://success.learndot.com) and provide them with the SSO URL and certificate.

1. Log in to WatchGuard Cloud.
2. From the navigation menu, select Configure > AuthPoint. If you have a Service Provider account, you must first pivot to your Subscriber view.
3. Select Resources.
4. Click Certificate.

5. Next to AuthPoint certificate you will associate with your resource, click and select Download Metadata and Download Certificate.

   We recommend that you choose the certificate with the latest expiration date.

   The AuthPoint metadata provides your resource, in this case Learndot, with information necessary to identify AuthPoint as a trusted identity provider.

6. Open the AuthPoint metadata file you downloaded and find the SingleSignOnService Location value. This is the SSO URL that you give to Learndot.
7. Give Learndot the SSO URL (from the metadata file) and the AuthPoint certificate you downloaded.

When the configuration is complete on their side, they will provide you the enterprise login URL for your users to log in with SSO.

Configure AuthPoint

Before AuthPoint can receive authentication requests from Learndot, you must specify the Learndot client as a SAML resource in AuthPoint. You must also assign the Learndot resource to the user group that will authenticate through Learndot.

Add a SAML Resource in AuthPoint

From the AuthPoint management UI:

1. From the navigation menu, select Resources.
2. From the Choose a Resource Type drop-down list, select SAML. Click Add Resource.

3. From the Application Type drop-down list, select Learndot.
4. In the Service Provider Entity ID text box, type the value given to you by Learndot.
5. In the Assertion Consumer Service text box, type the value given to you by Learndot.
6. Click Save.

Add an Access Policy to AuthPoint

You must have at least one user group in AuthPoint for authentication with Learndot, and you must assign an access policy for the Learndot resource to that group. If you already have a group, you do not have to add another group.

In the AuthPoint management UI:

1. From the navigation menu, select Groups.
2. To add a new group, click Add Group. If you already have a group that you want to use, select the group to edit it.

3. In the Name text box, type a descriptive name for the group.
4. (Optional) In the Description text box, type a description of the group.

5. In the Access Policy section, click Add Policy.

6. In the Add Policy dialog box, from the Resource drop-down list, select the resource you want to add an access policy for.
7. (Optional) To require that users type their password before they authenticate for this resource, enable the Require Password Authentication toggle.
8. Select the authentication options that users in this group can select from when they authenticate.

   For SAML resources, if you select more than one authentication option, users must select one of the available options when they authenticate. For example, if you select OTP and Push, users can choose to type their OTP or approve a push to authenticate. You cannot require that they do both.

9. Click Add.

10. (Optional) Add one or more safe locations to your group. For more information about safe locations and detailed instructions to add them, see About Safe Locations.
11. Click Save.

Before you assign users to a group, you must add the users to AuthPoint. You can manually add user accounts or import user accounts from an external user database. For more information on how to add user accounts, see Add User Accounts.

Test the Integration

To test the integration of AuthPoint and configuration of your Learndot, you can authenticate with a mobile token on your mobile device. You can choose any method (one-time password, QR code, or push).

In this example, we show the push authentication method (users receive a push notification in the mobile app that they must approve to authenticate).

1. In a web browser, go to the Learndot URL.
2. Type your email address or AuthPoint user name. Click Next.
3. If required, in the Password text box, type your AuthPoint password.
4. For the authentication method, select Push.
5. Click Send.
6. Approve the authentication request that is sent to your mobile device.
   You are logged in to Learndot.

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