Gate access to your BigMarker content through your SSO using the built-in Ping Identity integration
If your organization is using the SSO service Ping Identity and wants to only allow users from that database to view the webinar, you can accomplish this by using BigMarker integrations. With the Ping Identity integration, users will be prompted to sign in your Ping Identity application before viewing the landing page or live webinar room, and registration information can be imported into BigMarker in the process.
The instructions here will show you how to connect an existing Ping Identity account to BigMarker. If you need assistance with creating a Ping Identity account, visit https://support.pingidentity.com/
Setting up the Ping Identity integration
For either a webinar, series or event, the process will be the same. You will need to visit the webinar/classic dashboard and click on Integrations in the header navigation. Scroll down and click on Ping Identity.
Once you enable the integration, you will be presented with some read-only fields: PingIdentity Application Callback URL and Audience URI. You'll need to copy and paste the values you see in these fields into Ping Identity, so keep this window open once you get here.
Syncing Ping Identity with BigMarker
Log in to Ping Identity and visit the applications section. Create a new application and select SAML Application as the application type.
In the next screen you will be asked to enter in the SAML Configuration. Selec Manually Enter and paste in the values from BigMarker.
- ACS URL = Call Back URL
- Entity ID = Audience URI
Once you hit save on this screen, you will need to add the IDP metadata to BigMarker. In the Ping Identity application, look for the Overview section and scroll all the way to the bottom to find the Download Metadata button.
Click on this to download the XML file. Go back to the BigMarker page for the integration and click on Use IDP Metadata XML File to upload the file.
Additional BigMarker settings
Once you complete the connection, your BigMarker content is now locked behind your Ping Identity SSO application. From here, there are a few settings to consider:
Map BigMarker fields to Ping Identity App Metadata fields to import
If you have information in Ping Identity for your users in the form of metadata, you can import that information into BigMarker. In this setting you'll paste in the names of the Ping Identity attributes on the right that will correspond with the BigMarker registration fields on the left. If a user logs in to Ping Identity, that information will be imported to BigMarker when they register.
Guest access and registration behavior
By default, all users whether they are guests or signed-in, will be able to see the landing page of your webinar. You can change this with the setting for SSO Implementation, and it can be set to require SSO login before viewing the landing page. With this chosen, guests are immediately redirected away to the SSO login page if they go to the BigMarker landing page.
Additionally, you can make it so users that sign in from this process will get automatically registered by turning on Auto Register. This is a great way to make registration that much easier for your users if you don't need them to fill out any additional registration forms.
