Gate access to your BigMarker content through your SSO using the built-in Auth0 integration.
If your organization is using the SSO service Auth0 and wants to only allow users from that database to view the webinar, you can accomplish this by using BigMarker integrations. With the Auth0 integration, users will be prompted to sign in your Auth0 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 Auth0 application to BigMarker. If you need assistance with creating an Auth0 app, visit https://support.auth0.com/
Setting up the Auth0 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.
Once you enable the integration, you will be presented with some read-only fields: Auth0 Application Callback URL, Audience URI and Logout URL. You'll need to copy and paste the values you see in these fields into Auth0, so keep this window open once you get here.
Syncing Auth0 with BigMarker
In Auth0, go to the application you wish to use and enable SAML2 from the Addons section. Once you do this, a new window will open up. In this window, go to settings, and paste in the Auth0 Application Callback URL from the BigMarker integration page.
You can place the audience URI in the Settings section. In the code block at the top of this section and look for audience. Paste the URL within the quotation marks here, replacing the default.
While optional, this will provide additional security. Click here to read more about the audience parameter on Auth0.
You'll also need to get the identity provider metadata, which can be found in the same SAML popup. In the Usage section look for Identity Provider Metadata. You can either download the XML file in the link, or right click on Download and copy the URL.
Back in BigMarker, look for the Identity provider metadata setting and either paste in that URL, or upload the XML file you downloaded.
Back to Auth0, go into the settings of your App and paste in the Logout URL in the Allowed Logout URLs field.
Additional BigMarker settings
Once you complete the connection, your BigMarker content is now locked behind your Auth0 SSO application. From here, there are a few settings to consider:
Map BigMarker fields to Auth0 App Metadata fields to import
If you have information in Auth0 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 Auth0 fields on the right that will correspond with the BigMarker registration fields on the left. If a user logs in to Auth0, 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.
