Issue in changing the authentication method to SAML Single sign on, in JIRA Data Centre

[Deleted user]

I want to use Microsoft Active Directory with Federation Services for adding SAML integration to my existing user management infrastructure.

Currently i am referring the link

https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/adding-saml-integration-to-your-existing-user-management-infrastructure-861244976.html#AddingSAMLintegrationtoyourexistingusermanagementinfrastructure-MSADFS

which requires me to go to System > SAML Authentication > choose SAML single sign on.

But i am unable to do so as it reflects the error present in the below picture:

"The application base URL is not HTTPS", which is weird because our application is already hosted on HTTPS using IIS.

Please find below the screenshot of server.xml for more clarification.

Please help me out in understanding why i am facing this issue when the application is already on HTTPS.

Is there some other way to can change my authentication method to SAML single sign on?

[Christian Reichert (resolution) · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Could you have a look what the actual base URL is in Confluence. You see it in General Configuration under Confluence Administration.

Confirm that it has the https:// prefix

Cheers,
  Christian

P.S. Full disclosure I work for resolution, a marketplace vendor focussing on Single Sign On.

[Deleted user]

Hello Christian, 

To answer your question, i looked for the same thing in JIRA (as my query is for JIRA not Confluence). It shows base URL as "http://localhost:8080" which is weird because my application is accessible outside my server with HTTPS URL.

Can you please help me in knowing why the base URL has not changed to HTTPS when application is actually accessible with HTTPS URL?

Thank you!

Regards,

Aayushi

[Christian Reichert (resolution)]

Hi!

There is a super simple answer to this - the baseURL you need to manually update. If you didn't do that, it has not changed.

So update the BaseURL to the correct https:// one and then it should work (I don't think a restart is required for the SAML function to detect this change but am not 100% sure).

Cheers,
Christian

[Deleted user]

Hello Christian,

Thank you for your quick help.

I was under the impression that BaseURL gets automatically changed when one moves the application from HTTP to HTTPS. 

With your suggestion, i explicitly changed the BaseURL from the UI. And as a result i was able to change the authentication method to SAML Sign On.

Thank You!

Regards,

Aayushi