Integrate BambooHR with Zero Trust Network Access

In this topic, you will find general instructions on how to integrate BambooHR with Portnox™ Zero Trust Network Access.

Create a Portnox Cloud application configuration

In this step, you will create a configuration in Portnox Cloud that will contain all the information necessary to integrate with BambooHR.

  1. In a new tab of your browser, open your Portnox Cloud account by accessing the following URL: https://clear.portnox.com/

    From now on, we will call this tab the Portnox tab.

  2. In the Cloud portal top menu, click on the Zero Trust Resources option.

  3. On the Resources screen, click on the Create resource button.

    1. In the What type of resource is this? section, select the SSO web application option.
    2. In the Authentication protocol section, select the SAML option.
    3. Click on the Next button.

  4. Optional: If you have more than one SAML identity provider configured, select the identity provider in the Select an identity provider to use for this resource section.
  5. In the Resource details section, enter a Resource name and optionally a Description.

    In this example, we used the name BambooHR for the new application configuration but you can use any name you like.

  6. Keep this browser tab open. You will need it later.

Create a BambooHR SAML app

In this section, you will access your BambooHR dashboard and create a SAML app to connect to BambooHR using SAML SSO.

  1. In another tab of your browser, open your BambooHR Apps Settings page by accessing the following URL: https://your_tenant.bamboohr.com/settings/apps, where your_tenant is your tenant name.

    From now on, we will call this tab the BambooHR tab.

  2. Scroll down the list of apps, find the SAML Single Sign-On app, and click on the Install button.

Copy configuration values from the Portnox tab to the BambooHR tab

In this section, you will copy the values displayed by Portnox Cloud and paste them in the relevant fields in the BambooHR SAML SSO section.

  1. In the Portnox tab, in the Service details section, click on the  ⧉  icon next to the Sign-In URL / SSO URL field to copy the value.

  2. In the BambooHR tab, click on the empty field under the SSO Login URL label and paste the value copied from Portnox Cloud.

  3. In the Portnox tab, in the Certificates > Signing certificates section, click on the  ⋮  icon next to the Active certificate and select the Copy certificate option to copy the certificate.

  4. In the BambooHR tab, click on the empty field under the x.509 Certificate label and paste the value copied from Portnox Cloud.

Enter configuration values in the Portnox tab

In this section, you will enter configuration values in the relevant fields in Portnox Cloud.

  1. In the Portnox tab, in the Resource properties section, click on the empty field under the Entity ID / Service Provider Entity URL heading and enter the following value: BambooHR-SAML.

  2. In the Portnox tab, in the Resource properties section, click on the empty field under the Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL / Reply URL heading and enter the following value: https://your_tenant.bamboohr.com/saml/consume.php, substituting your_tenant with your BambooHR tenant name.

Finalize the configuration

In this section, you will finalize the configuration in Portnox Cloud and BambooHR.

  1. Finalize the configuration in the Portnox tab.
    1. Optional: Click on the Next button, and in the Policy enforcement section, in the Device risk assessment section, change the setting to Override with custom policy and then select a risk assessment policy if you want to assess risk with this application using a custom risk assessment policy, and in the Access control section, change the setting to Override with custom policy and then select an access control policy if you want to control access to this application using a custom access control policy.
    2. Scroll all the way down to the end of the page, and then click on the Add resource button.

  2. Finalize the configuration in the BambooHR tab.
    1. Optional: Activate the Allow optional email & password login checkbox.
      Note:
      We recommend this setting when you configure BambooHR for the first time, to avoid locking users out of BambooHR if your configuration is not correct.

    2. Click on the Install button to install the SAML app.

Result: You have configured BambooHR to be accessible using Portnox Zero Trust Network Access.