Integrate Remote with Zero Trust Network Access

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

  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 Remote 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 Remote single sign-on settings

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

  1. In another tab of your browser, open Remote by accessing the following URL: https://employ.remote.com/ and logging in.

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

  2. In the left-hand side menu, in the Company section, click on the Company settings option.

  3. In the Company settings pane, click on the Authentication tab.

  4. In the SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) section, click on the Turn on Single Sign-On (SSO) button.

Copy configuration values from the Remote tab to the Portnox tab

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

  1. In the Remote tab, click on the  ⧉  icon next to the Audience 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 Remote.

  3. In the Remote tab, click on the  ⧉  icon next to the URL 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 Remote.

Copy configuration values from the Portnox tab to the Remote tab

In this section, you will copy the values displayed by Portnox Cloud and paste them in the relevant fields in the Remote SSO setup 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 Remote tab, in step 4, click on the Identity provider URL field 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 Download certificate option to download the certificate to the local drive.

  4. In the Remote tab, click on the Upload certificate button and select the certificate file that you downloaded from Portnox Cloud.

Finalize the configuration

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

  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 Remote tab.
    1. In step 3, click on the Company domain field and input your domain name.

      In this example, we used the example domain vorlon.com. Enter your real company domain as configured in Remote and in Portnox Cloud.

    2. Scroll to the bottom of the Turn on Single Sign-On pane and click on the Turn on Single Sign-On button.

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