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IP Restriction for Thinkific

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How can IP Restriction restrict access to Thinkific to our company offices?

miniOrange allows you to use IP Restriction policy to provide or deny access to the users based on trusted IP Addresses.

• For the IP Restriction to work, the Admin must create a policy specifying permitted IP addresses which allows the access to the application.
• Miniorange supports IP addresses range in three formats i.e. IPv4, IPv4 CIDR and IPv6 CIDR.
• To block the access, Admin must specify an action which needs to be performed when a user tries to login from a non trusted IP address (Such as Deny or Challenge the user with 2FA).
• Once the restriction policy is configured, it can be applied to any application’s login policy to enable IP restriction for that application

Follow the step-by-step guide given below for Thinkific Single Sign-On (SSO)

1. Configure Thinkific in miniOrange

Pre-Requisite

• Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
• Click on Customization in the left menu of the dashboard.
• In Basic Settings, set your company domain in Organization Name textfield.
• Click Save. Once that is set, the branded login URL would be of the format https://<company_domain>.xecurify.com/moas/login




Obtain the following information from Thinkific.

• Login to your Thinkific, go to Settings. Click on Code & analytics.
• Navigate to API.



• You can find the API Key ( Shared Secret ) here.
  
• Also, Obtain the Subdomain from here and replace the URL next.
• JWT Endpoint URL: Example : https://{Subdomain}.thinkific.com/api/sso/v2/sso/jwt?jwt=

Configuration

• Go to Apps, click on Add Application button.



• Click on the Create App button under JWT.



• Click on Thinkific.





• In Add Apps tab enter the values and click on Save.

  Custom Application Name	Choose appropriate name according to your choice.
  Description	Add appropriate description according to your choice.
  Redirect-URL	https://{Subdomain}.thinkific.com/api/sso/v2/sso/jwt?jwt=

• To configure App secret go to Edit against your configured app, Apps>>Select your app>>Edit






App Secret	The API Token fetched from Thinkific dashboard
Signature Algorithm	Choose HS256

• Click on Save
• Now, You can access Thinkific Account Using IDP credentials through the Single-sign-on URL as shown in image above.

2. Configure IP Restriction Policy

[Note: The Adaptive Authentication section has been moved from the left navigation menu. The IP-Based Access Restriction configuration is now available under Policies >> Adaptive Access Policy.]

IP Based Access Restriction allows administrators to control user access based on the source IP address of the login request. Administrators can configure trusted or restricted IP addresses and IP ranges and define the action to be taken when a user's IP address matches the configured criteria. During authentication, the user's IP address is evaluated against the configured policy and access is either Allowed, Denied or Challenged based on the selected configuration.

• Login to Self Service Console >> Policies >> Adaptive Access Policy section from the left side menu.



• Click on the Create Policy button on the upper right. Add a suitable policy name and click on Create Policy.

2.1 Policy Overview

• Expand the IP Based Access Restriction section by clicking on the dropdown icon to configure IP-based access rules.



• Click Add IP Range to configure IP addresses or IP ranges for the policy.



• Specify the IP Address that you want to whitelist. For the IP Range other than the whitelisted one, you can select the above setting to reflect.
• Choose either Allow or Deny by selecting the corresponding option from the dropdown. If a user tries to login with the whitelisted IP address, they will always be allowed access.
• We support IP address range in three formats i.e., IPv4, IPv4 CIDR and IPv6 CIDR. You can choose whichever is suitable for you from the dropdown menu.
• You can add multiple IPs or IP ranges by clicking the + Add IP Range button.



• Once the changes are made, click on Next.

2.2 Action for Behavior Change

• You can configure one of the three possible actions for your Adaptive Access Policy as explained below:




Attribute	Description
Allow	Allow users to authenticate and use services if Adaptive Access Policy condition is true.
Deny	Deny user authentications and access to services if Adaptive Access Policy condition is true.
Challenge	Challenge users with one of the three methods mentioned below for verifying user authenticity.




Challenge Type Options:




Factors	Description
User Second Factor	The user needs to authenticate using the second factor they have selected or been assigned, such as OTP over SMS PUSH Notification OTP over Email and many more.
KBA	The system will ask the user for 2 of 3 questions they have configured in their Self-Service Console. Only after the correct answers to both questions will the user be allowed to proceed further.
OTP over Alternate Email	User will receive an OTP on the alternate email they have configured through the Self Service Console. Once the user provides the correct OTP, they are allowed to proceed further.

2.3 Email Alerts and Custom Error Message

This section handles the notifications and alerts related to Adaptive Authentication. It provides the following options:

• Send email alerts: Configure the recipients who should receive email notifications when adaptive authentication events occur. Alerts can be sent to administrators, end users or both, depending on your monitoring and security requirements.
• Send email alerts to administrators: Enable this option to notify administrators when configured adaptive authentication events are triggered. You can optionally specify an email address under Administrator's e-mail address to receive alerts to receive alerts; otherwise, alerts are sent to the default administrator account.



• Send email alerts to end users: Enable this option to notify end users when adaptive authentication events affect their login attempts or device registrations.
• Number of Device Registrations Exceeded Allowed Count: When enabled, end users receive an email notification if they attempt to register more devices than the maximum number allowed by the configured device restriction policy. (Available only for end-user notifications.)



• Get email alerts if users login from unknown devices or locations: Admins need to enable this option to enable receiving alerts for different alert options.



Option	Description
Users login from unknown IP addresses, devices or locations	Enabling this option allows you to login from unknown IP addresses or devices and even locations.
Challenge Completed and Device Registered	Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge and registers a device.
Challenge Completed but Device Not Registered	Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user completes a challenge but do not registers the device.
Challenge Failed	Enabling this option allows you to send an email alert when an end-user fails to complete the challenge.





• In case you want multiple admin accounts to receive alerts, then you can enable the option for admin and then enter the admin emails separated by a ',' in the input field next to Administrator's email to receive alerts label. To enable alerts for the end users, you can enable the End User checkbox.
• In case you want to customize the deny message that the end user receives in case his authentication is denied due to adaptive policy, you can do this by entering the message inside Deny Message text box.

2.4 Review

Review the configured policy conditions, behavior change actions, email alert settings and custom error messages before creating the adaptive authentication policy. This step provides a consolidated view of all configured settings, allowing you to verify the policy configuration and make any necessary changes before saving.

• Once you have verified all configurations, click Create Policy to save and activate the policy.
• You will see the policy listed once it’s successfully added.

3. Enable Restriction for Thinkific

• Login to Self Service Console >> Policies >> App Login Policy.
• Click on the Edit icon for the predefined app policy.



• Set Group Name and Policy Name as required. Select Password as First Factor.



• Enable Adaptive Authentication on Edit Login Policy page and select the required restriction method as an option.
• From Select Login Policy dropdown select the policy we created in last step.
• Apply Restrictions Using: Select how IP Restriction should be evaluated when multiple adaptive authentication restrictions are configured.
  • AND: The configured IP Restriction and all other enabled restrictions must be satisfied before access is granted.
  • OR: The configured IP Restriction or at least one other enabled restriction must be satisfied before access is granted.



• Adaptive Authentication Restrictions: Configure additional login restrictions and verification conditions along with the existing configured Restriction to strengthen account security and control user access based on contextual risk factors.

4. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)

miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Okta, Shibboleth, Ping, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.

• Setup miniOrange as IDP
• Setup AD as User Directory
• Setup External IDP

• To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:
• Create User in miniOrange
• Bulk Upload Users

1. Create User in miniOrange

• Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.



• Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the Create User button.



• After successful user creation a notification message "An end user is added successfully" will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.



• Click on Onboarding Status tab. Check the email, with the registered e-mail id and select action Send Activation Mail with Password Reset Link from Select Action dropdown list and then click on Apply button.



• Now, Open your email id. Open the mail you get from miniOrange and then click on the link to set your account password.
• On the next screen, enter the password and confirm password and then click on the Single Sign-On (SSO) reset password button.



• Now, you can log in into miniOrange account by entering your credentials.

2. Bulk Upload Users in miniOrange via Uploading CSV File.

• Navigate to Users >> User List. Click on Add User button.



• In Bulk User Registration Download sample csv format from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.



• To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in comma separated .csv file format then click on Upload.



• After uploading the csv file successfully, you will see a success message with a link.
• Click on that link you will see list of users to send activation mail. Select users to send activation mail and click on Send Activation Mail. An activation mail will be sent to the selected users.

• Click on Identity Providers >> Add Identity Provider in the left menu of the dashboard



• In Choose Identity Provider, select AD/LDAP Directories from the dropdown.



• Then search for AD/LDAP and click it.



• STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If the active directory is behind a firewall, you will need to open the firewall to allow incoming requests to your AD.
• STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION ON PREMISE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in your premise and only allow access to AD inside premises. You will have to download and install miniOrange gateway on your premise.




• Enter AD/LDAP Display Name and Identifier name.
• Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
• Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against the LDAP Server URL field.
• Click on the Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.



• In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for the Distinguished Name attribute. The bind account should have minimum required read privileges in Active Directory to allow directory lookups. If the use case involves provisioning (such as creating, updating, or deleting users or groups), the account must also be granted appropriate write permissions.



• Enter the valid Bind account Password.
• Click on the Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.



• Search Base is the location in the directory where the search for a user begins. You will get this from the same place you got your Distinguished name.



• Select a suitable Search filter from the drop-down menu. If you use User in Single Group Filter or User in Multiple Group Filter, replace the <group-dn> in the search filter with the distinguished name of the group in which your users are present. To use custom Search Filter select "Write your Custom Filter" option and customize it accordingly.



• Click on the Next button, or go to the Login Options tab.
• You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Next button to add user store.




Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.

Attribute	Description
Activate LDAP	All user authentications will be done with LDAP credentials if you Activate it
Fallback Authentication	If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange
Enable administrator login	On enabling this, your miniOrange Administrator login authenticates using your LDAP server
Show IdP to users	If you enable this option, this IdP will be visible to users
Sync users in miniOrange	Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP



• Click on the Next button, or go to the Attributes tab.

Attributes Mapping from AD

• By default userName, firstName, lastName, email are configured. Scroll down and click on Save button. To fetch additional attributes from Active Directory, enable Send Configured Attributes. On the left side, enter the name that you wish to release to the applications. On the right side, enter the attribute name from Active Directory. E.g., if you wish to fetch company attribute from Active Directory, and send it as organization to configured applications, enter the following:

  Attribute Name sent to SP = organization
  Attribute Name from IDP = company






• Click on the Next button, or go to the Provisioning tab.

User Import and Provisioning from AD

• If you want to set up provisioning, click here for detailed information. We will skip this step for now.

Import Password Policy from AD

• If you want to import your Active Directory password policy into miniOrange, click here for detailed information. We will skip this step for now.

Test Connections

• You will see a list of directories under Identity Providers. From the dropdown, select AD/LDAP Directories, search for your configured directory, click the three dots next to it, and select Test Connection.



• A pop-up appears prompting you to enter a username and password to verify your LDAP configuration.



• On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.

Test Attribute Mapping

• You will see a list of directories under Identity Providers. From the dropdown, select AD/LDAP Directories, search for your configured directory, click the three dots next to it, and select Test Attribute Mapping.



• A pop‑up appears to enter a username and click Test.



• The Test Attribute Mapping Result will be displayed.

Set up AD as External Directory configuration is complete.

Note: Refer our guide to setup LDAP on windows server.

miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.

• Okta
• ADFS
• Ping
• AWS Cognito
• Many more

Not able to find your IdP or Need help setting it up?

Contact us or email us at idpsupport@xecurify.com and we'll help you setting it up in no time.

External References

• miniOrange Adaptive Authentication
• Thinkific Single Sign-on (SSO)
• How to block email access at work?
• Thinkific SSO and MFA solution by miniOrange
• What is Thinkific?
• Google Apps Security