In CDP, you must create an identity provider to capture the SAML metadata and connection information for your enterprise IdP. To create an identity provider in CDP, you must be a CDP account administrator or have the PowerUser role.
Required role: Account administrator or PowerUser
Sign in to the CDP console:
From the CDP home page, click Management Console.
In the User Management section of the side navigation panel, click Identity Providers.
Click Create Identity Provider.
On the Create Identity Provider window, enter the name you want to use for the CDP identity provider.
Select whether to synchronize the user group membership in CDP with the user group membership in your enterprise IdP.
To synchronize the groups, select the Sync Groups on Login option.
In Provider Metadata, select File Upload to upload a file that contains
the identity provider SAML metadata or select Direct Input to paste the identity
provider SAML metadata directly.
Click Create.
CDP adds the new identity provider to the list of CDP identity providers on the Identity Providers page.
After you create the identity provider in CDP, you can view its properties to get the
information you need to configure your enterprise IdP to work with CDP.
On the Identity Providers page, click the name of the new CDP identity provider to see its properties:
Property
Description
Name
Name of the CDP identity provider.
ID
ID generated for the CDP identity provider.
Sync Groups on Login
Indicates whether CDP synchronizes a user's group membership in CDP with the
user's group membership in your enterprise IdP when a user logs in.
For more
information about user group synchronization, see Group Membership
Synchronization.
CRN
The Cloudera resource name assigned to the CDP identity provider.
SAML Identity Provider Metadata
The identity provider SAML metadata for your enterprise IdP that you provided
when you created the CDP identity provider.
CDP SAML Service Provider Metadata
The CDP SAML service provider metadata to configure your enterprise
IdP.