Integrate HubSpot with Zero Trust Network Access

In this topic, you will find general instructions on how to integrate HubSpot 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 HubSpot.

  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 HubSpot for the new application configuration but you can use any name you like.

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

Open your HubSpot SSO settings

In this section, you will access your HubSpot administrative interface and find the single sign-on (SSO) settings.

  1. In another tab of your browser, open the HubSpot login page by accessing the following URL: https://app.hubspot.com/login. Then, use your HubSpot credentials to log in.

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

  2. Click on the  ⚙  icon in the top-right corner to access the settings pane.

  3. In the left-hand side menu, in the Account Setup section, click on the Security option.

  4. In the Security pane, click on the Settings & Activity tab, and then click on the Set up single sign-on (SSO) link.

    The Set up single sign-on pane opens with the Most Identity Providers tab active. You will use this tab to configure SSO.

Copy configuration values from the Portnox tab to the HubSpot tab

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

  1. In the Portnox tab, in the Service details section, click on the  ⧉  icon next to the Identity Provider Entity ID / Audience URI field to copy the value.

  2. In the HubSpot tab, click on the empty field next to the Identity Provider Identifier or Issuer URL label and paste the value copied from Portnox Cloud.

  3. 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.

  4. In the HubSpot tab, click on the empty field next to the Identity Provider single sign-on URL label and paste the value copied from Portnox Cloud.

  5. 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.

  6. In the HubSpot tab, click on the empty field next to the X.509 Certificate label and paste the value copied from Portnox Cloud.

Copy configuration values from the HubSpot tab to the Portnox tab

In this section, you will copy the values displayed in your HubSpot SSO setup section, and paste them in the relevant fields in Portnox Cloud.

  1. In the HubSpot tab, click on the Copy button next to the Audience URI (Service Provider Entity ID) field to copy the value to the clipboard.

  2. In the Portnox tab, in the Resource properties section, click on the empty field under the Entity ID / Service Provider Entity URL heading and paste the value copied from HubSpot.

  3. In the HubSpot tab, click on the Copy button next to the Sign on URL, ACS, Recipient, or Redirect field to copy the value to the clipboard.

  4. 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 paste the value copied from HubSpot.

Finalize the configuration

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

  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 HubSpot tab.
    1. Scroll to the bottom of the Set up single sign-on pane and click on the Verify button to verify the configuration.

      If the verification is successful, the Set up single sign-on pane will close.

      Note:
      After confirming that single sign-on with Portnox Zero Trust Network Access works correctly, you can activate the Require single sign-on checkbox and optionally click on the Manage exempted users link and configure the users so that a selected administrator has an option to log in without Zero Trust Network Access in case of problems.

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