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Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can use their Google Cloud credentials to sign in to enterprise-cloud applications.

Set up SSO via SAML for Amazon

Here's how to set up single sign-on (SSO) via SAML for the Amazon application.

Step 1: Get Google identity provider (IdP) information

1.

In the Google Admin console, go to Menu and then Securityand thenAuthenticationand thenSSO with SAML applications.

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2. At the bottom of the **Security Settings** page, download and save the **IdP metadata** file. In the next step, you'll email this information to Amazon support. After they respond, you return to the Admin console in Step 3 below to finish SSO configuration.

Step 2: Set up Amazon as a SAML 2.0 service provider (SP)

Send an email to Amazon support asking them to enable SSO for your account. Attach the IdP metadata file you downloaded in Step 1. Amazon will process your request and provide you with the ACS URL and Entity ID values you need to configure SSO in the Admin console in the next step.

Step 3: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider (IdP)

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In the Google Admin console, go to Menu and then Appsand thenWeb and mobile apps.

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2. Click Add appand thenSearch for apps. 3. Enter **Amazon** in the search field. 4. In the search results, hover over the **Amazon** SAML app and click **Select**. 5. Click **Continue**. 6. On the **Service provider details** page, replace the **ACS URL** and **Entity ID** values with the URLs provided by Amazon support. 7. Click **Continue**. 8. (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mapping window:
  1. Click Add Mapping.
  2. Click Select fieldand thenselect a Google directory attribute.
  3. For App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
9. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
  1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
  2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
  3. For App attribute, enter the corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.

Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.

10. On the **Attribute mapping** page, click **Finish**.

Step 4: Enable Amazon

1.

In the Google Admin console, go to Menu and then Appsand thenWeb and mobile apps.

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2. Select **Amazon**. 3. Click User access. 4.

To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

5. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
  1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
  2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
  3. Choose one:
    • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
    • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
      Learn more about organizational structure.
6. (Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Customize service access using access groups. 7. Ensure that your Amazon user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Step 5: Verify that the SSO is working

Amazon supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode: **IdP-initiated** 1.

In the Google Admin console, go to Menu and then Appsand thenWeb and mobile apps.

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2. Select **Amazon**. 3. At the top left, click **Test SAML login**. Amazon should open in a separate tab. If it doesn't, use the information in the resulting [SAML error messages](https://support.google.com/a/answer/6301076) to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login. **SP-initiated** 1. Close all browser windows. 2. Open https://{*subdomain*}.Amazon.com/, replacing *{subdomain}* with your Amazon account subdomain, and attempt to sign in. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign in page. 3. Enter your sign in credentials. 4. After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you are automatically redirected back to Amazon.


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