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Integrate with Placetel

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What is Plactel​

Placetel is a German cloud communications provider, specializing in VoIP-based telephony, unified communications (UCaaS), and collaboration tools for businesses.

-- https://www.placetel.de/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
  • company.tld is the domain of your users' email addresses
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This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application.

authentik configuration​

To support the integration of Placetel with authentik, you need to create an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create an application and provider in authentik​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click Create with Provider to create an application and provider pair. (Alternatively you can first create a provider separately, then create the application and connect it with the provider.)

    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings. Take note of the slug value as it will be required later.
    • Choose a Provider type: select SAML Provider as the provider type.
    • Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
      • Set the ACS URL to https://accounts.webex.placetel.de/users/saml/auth.
      • Set the Entity ID to authentik.
      • Set the SLS URL to https://accounts.webex.placetel.de/users/saml/idp_sign_out.
      • Set the Service Provider Binding to Post.
      • Under Advanced protocol settings, set an available Signing Certificate and ensure that Sign assertions and Sign responses are toggled.
      • Ensure that Encryption Certificate is empty.
      • Remove all Property Mappings except for authentik default SAML Mapping: Email.
      • Set NameID Property Mapping to authentik default SAML Mapping: Email.
    • Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's My applications page.

  3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

Download metadata file​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.
  2. Navigate to Applications > Providers and click on the name of the provider that you created in the previous section.
  3. Under Related objects > Metadata, click on Download. This downloaded file is your SAML Metadata file and it will be required in the next section.

Placetel configuration​

To integrate Plactel with authentik, you will need to setup SSO in the Placetel portal.

  1. Log in to the Placetel portal as an Administrator.
  2. Click the Organization Name in the bottom left corner, and select Settings
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Then, next to the Single Sign On (SSO/SAML) section heading, select Edit.
  4. In the Import section, click on Choose File and upload the SAML Metadata file that you've just downloaded from authentik.
  5. In the Settings section, enter the following values:
    • SP Entity ID: https://web.placetel.de
    • IDP Entity ID: authentik.company
    • Domains: company.tld
  6. Ensure that Activate Single Sign On is unchecked for now.
  7. Click Save settings.

Test configuration and activate SSO​

To test that authentik is properly configured with Plactel, log out and log back in using this link (with the appropriate Entity ID): https://accounts.webex.placetel.de/users/saml/sign_in?entity_id=<authentik.company>. You should be redirected to authentik and once authenticated, logged in to Placetel.

After confirming that your configuration is correct, return to the Placetel configuration page, check the Activate Single Sign On checkbox, and click Save settings.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with Placetel, log out and log back in to the Placetel portal. You will need to manually enter the email address of an existing user, as Placetel does not create new users through authentik. After clicking on Login, you should be redirected to authentik, and once authenticated, you'll be signed into the Placetel portal.

Login link

The default login link on the Placetel homepage will not work.

Resources​