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Automatic login workflow through SSO dashboards

Configure the enterprise policy, Automatically log in users for allowed applications, to give users a one-click, secure login method for apps and sites that are not compatible with SSO.

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Automatically log in users for allowed applications

The enterprise policy, Automatically log in users for allowed applications allows for admins to set up an automated login workflow for specific websites through their identity provider (IdP) service. Once configured, users can launch a website through their IdP dashboard, such as through Okta or Rippling, and Bitwarden automatically fills the form fields with stored vault credentials and submits the form to log the user in, without any additional actions required. This creates a single-click, secure flow from dashboard to website.

Benefits:

  • Bring SSO experience to non-SSO apps and sites

  • Reduce user errors

  • Secure control over which URLs are supported

  • Encourage the use of Bitwarden Password Manager

Okta app dashboard (source: Okta.com)
Okta app dashboard (source: Okta.com)


Enterprise policies

Available to enterprise plans, enterprise policies can be used to modify how your Bitwarden Organization works and enforce specific security minimums for end users.

Setting up a site for automatic login

Admins can configure Automatically log in users for allowed applications as an enterprise policy in the Admin Console within the Bitwarden web app by navigating to Settings > Policies.

The policy window to turn on Automatically log in users for allowed applications
The policy window to turn on Automatically log in users for allowed applications

At the policy configuration screen, turn on the policy and provide the host URL of your IdP.

In your identity provider’s dashboard settings, simply create a bookmark/shortcut for your users’ dashboard and make it available to your end users.

Creating a bookmark in Okta (source: okta.com)
Creating a bookmark in Okta (source: okta.com)

In the bookmark URL, append the URL with the parameter ?autofill=1.

From the example in the above image, the URL would be: https://thisistheURLyouwanttolinkto.com?autofill=1 

Now, when a user clicks on this bookmark, their browser will launch the page, Bitwarden will autofill their credentials and submit the form to log the user in.

Adding the security and convenience of SSO to all websites

This policy, your IdP configuration, and Bitwarden Single-Sign On (SSO) integration allows you to extend the security and convenience of SSO to all websites and applications that your business depends upon.

Bitwarden extends SSO security to everything in your vault
As Bitwarden itself integrates universally with SSO providers, authentication to the secure vault is gated by the configurations you have chosen through your identity provider. Directory integration through SCIM automatically provisions and revokes access to the Bitwarden vault, ensuring that changes in your directory are automatically reflected in your Bitwarden organization. These two integrations result in powerful security controls that determine who can access the secure vault at any given time, and the credentials stored within it.

Automatic logins bring SSO convenience to your users
Users accustomed to SSO will appreciate the one-click simplicity of secure, automated logins. Admins have control over which specific sites are configured, maintaining security while reducing the potential for errors and ensuring employees can quickly access their critical applications.

Using Automatically log in users for allowed applications also reinforces the ease of using Bitwarden for day-to-day tasks, as the users are able to see first-hand the convenience of autofill and having secure passwords stored for them.

Bitwarden Single Sign-On Integration

There are multiple options available for Single Sign-On integration. Learn how to choose the right SSO login strategy for your organization.

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