# SAML Configuration to a custom IDP Provider

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/saml-configuration-to-a-custom-idp-provider/34574>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [February 5, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/saml-configuration-to-a-custom-idp-provider/34574 "2021-02-05T12:44:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prem\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Prem\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prem_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/saml-configuration-to-a-custom-idp-provider/34574/1 "2021-02-05T12:44:39Z")

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Hi Everybody,

Can anyone point to a documentation apart from the below links for SAML integration with AWX v15.0.0. ?

1. [Using SAML with Ansible Tower](https://www.ansible.com/blog/using-saml-with-red-hat-ansible-tower)
2. [21. Setting up Enterprise Authentication — Ansible Tower Administration Guide v3.8.1](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/administration/ent_auth.html)
3. [Configuring Ansible Tower/AWX with RedHat SSO / Keycloak - Network / Cloud Systems Engineer (josh-tracy.github.io)](https://josh-tracy.github.io/Ansible_Tower_RedHatSSO/)

Reason is that while trying to setup SAML with IDP as SimpleSAMLPHP, while providing SAML Service Provider Public Certificate & Private Key, post update of the two, I get an error as "**{ “SOCIAL\_AUTH\_SAML\_SP\_PRIVATE\_KEY”: [“Invalid certificate or key: MIIEwgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKwwggSoAgEAAoIBAgDiKBmyl…”] }"**.

Also the SAML Service Provider Metadata URL loads with an error “ **MissingBackend at /sso/metadata/saml/** ”. This issue was reported longtime back [SAML auth: Missing backend “saml” entry · Issue #715 · ansible/awx (github.com)](https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/715) .

I’m badly stuck in this configuration and making no headway. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,  
PremKumar