Google Workspace, developed and marketed by Google, is a collection of cloud computing, productivity, and collaboration tools. In this guide, we integrate Google IdP to authenticate users into the Wazuh platform.
There are three stages in the single sign-on integration.
Google Configuration
- Create an account in Google Workspace. A Google Workspace account is required for this configuration. Request a free trial if you don't have a paid license. 
- Go to https://admin.google.com/ac/apps/unified and sign in with your Google Admin account. 
- Create an app with Add custom SAML app. - Go to Apps > Web and mobile apps > Add App, then Add custom SAML app. Enter an App name and click CONTINUE.   
- Take note of the following parameters, as they will be used during the Wazuh indexer configuration: - Entity ID: This will be used later as the - idp.entity_id
- Select DOWNLOAD METADATA and place the metadata file in the - configurationdirectory of the Wazuh indexer. The path to the directory is- /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/.
- Certificate: Copy the blob of the certificate excluding the - -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----and- -----END CERTIFICATE-----lines. This will be our- exchange_keyin the Wazuh indexer configuration file.
   
- Select CONTINUE and configure the following: - ACS URL: - https://<WAZUH_DASHBOARD_URL>/_opendistro/_security/saml/acs. Replace the Wazuh dashboard URL field with the appropriate URL or IP address.
- Entity ID: Use any name here. This will be the - sp.entity_idin the Wazuh indexer configuration file. In our case, the value is- wazuh-saml.
   
- Leave the remaining parameters with their default values, then select CONTINUE. 
- Click on ADD MAPPING. Under Employee details, choose Department and under App attributes, type Roles. Click FINISH. - Google doesn't support sending the Group membership attribute as part of the SAML Assertion (as the other Identity Providers do). So in this example, we are going to use Department as the attribute whose value will be used as our - roles_keyin the Wazuh indexer configuration. In this case, the value for the Department attribute will be stored as- Roles.  
 
- Turn ON access for everyone. - Select the recently created app and click on User access.   
- Select ON for everyone and click SAVE.   
 
- Define the attribute for users. - Go to Directory then Users.   
- Select a user, go to User information, then edit Employee information.     
- Add a value to the Department field, in this example, we add - Wazuh_access, click on SAVE. This value will be used in the- role_mappingfile configuration.  
 
Wazuh indexer configuration
Edit the Wazuh indexer security configuration files. We recommend that you back up these files before you carry out the configuration.
- Place the - Google_Metadata.xmlfile within the- /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/directory. Set the file ownership to- wazuh-indexerusing the following command:- # chown wazuh-indexer:wazuh-indexer /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/Google_Metadata.xml 
- Edit the - /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/config.ymlfile and change the following values:- Set the - orderin- basic_internal_auth_domainto- 0and the- challengeflag to- false.
- Include a - saml_auth_domainconfiguration under the- authcsection similar to the following:
 - authc: ... basic_internal_auth_domain: description: "Authenticate via HTTP Basic against internal users database" http_enabled: true transport_enabled: true order: 0 http_authenticator: type: "basic" challenge: false authentication_backend: type: "intern" saml_auth_domain: http_enabled: true transport_enabled: false order: 1 http_authenticator: type: saml challenge: true config: idp: metadata_file: “/etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/Google_Metadata.xml” entity_id: “https://accounts.google.com/o/saml2?idpid=C02…” sp: entity_id: wazuh-saml kibana_url: https://<WAZUH_DASHBOARD_URL> roles_key: Roles exchange_key: 'MIICajCCAdOgAwIBAgIBAD.........' authentication_backend: type: noop - Ensure to change the following parameters to their corresponding value: - idp.metadata_file
- idp.entity_id
- sp.entity_id
- kibana_url
- roles_key
- exchange_key
 
- Run the - securityadminscript to load the configuration changes made in the- config.ymlfile.- # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/share/wazuh-indexer/jdk/ && bash /usr/share/wazuh-indexer/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh -f /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/config.yml -icl -key /etc/wazuh-indexer/certs/admin-key.pem -cert /etc/wazuh-indexer/certs/admin.pem -cacert /etc/wazuh-indexer/certs/root-ca.pem -h localhost -nhnv - The - -hflag specifies the hostname or the IP address of the Wazuh indexer node. Note that this command uses localhost, set your Wazuh indexer address if necessary.- The command output must be similar to the following: - Security Admin v7 Will connect to localhost:9200 ... done Connected as "CN=admin,OU=Wazuh,O=Wazuh,L=California,C=US" OpenSearch Version: 2.6.0 Contacting opensearch cluster 'opensearch' and wait for YELLOW clusterstate ... Clustername: wazuh-cluster Clusterstate: GREEN Number of nodes: 1 Number of data nodes: 1 .opendistro_security index already exists, so we do not need to create one. Populate config from /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security Will update '/config' with /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/config.yml SUCC: Configuration for 'config' created or updated Done with success 
- Edit the - /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/roles_mapping.ymlfile and change the following values:- Map the - Departmentfield value that was obtained in Google IdP to the- all_accessrole in the Wazuh indexer:- all_access: reserved: false hidden: false backend_roles: - "admin" - "Wazuh_access" description: "Maps admin and Wazuh_access to all_access" 
- Run the - securityadminscript to load the configuration changes made in the- roles_mapping.ymlfile.- # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/share/wazuh-indexer/jdk/ && bash /usr/share/wazuh-indexer/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh -f /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/roles_mapping.yml -icl -key /etc/wazuh-indexer/certs/admin-key.pem -cert /etc/wazuh-indexer/certs/admin.pem -cacert /etc/wazuh-indexer/certs/root-ca.pem -h localhost -nhnv - The - -hflag specifies the hostname or the IP address of the Wazuh indexer node. Note that this command uses localhost, set your Wazuh indexer address if necessary.- The command output must be similar to the following: - Security Admin v7 Will connect to localhost:9200 ... done Connected as "CN=admin,OU=Wazuh,O=Wazuh,L=California,C=US" OpenSearch Version: 2.6.0 Contacting opensearch cluster 'opensearch' and wait for YELLOW clusterstate ... Clustername: wazuh-cluster Clusterstate: GREEN Number of nodes: 1 Number of data nodes: 1 .opendistro_security index already exists, so we do not need to create one. Populate config from /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security Will update '/rolesmapping' with /etc/wazuh-indexer/opensearch-security/roles_mapping.yml SUCC: Configuration for 'rolesmapping' created or updated Done with success 
Wazuh dashboard configuration
- Check the value of - run_asin the- /usr/share/wazuh-dashboard/data/wazuh/config/wazuh.ymlconfiguration file. If- run_asis set to- false, proceed to the next step.- hosts: - default: url: https://localhost port: 55000 username: wazuh-wui password: "<wazuh-wui-password>" run_as: false - If - run_asis set to- true, you need to add a role mapping on the Wazuh dashboard. To map the backend role to Wazuh, follow these steps:- Click Wazuh to open the Wazuh dashboard menu, select Security, and then Roles mapping to open the page.   
- Click Create Role mapping and complete the empty fields with the following parameters: - Role mapping name: Assign a name to the role mapping. 
- Roles: Select - administrator.
- Custom rules: Click Add new rule to expand this field. 
- User field: - backend_roles
- Search operation: - FIND
- Value: Assign the Department field value that was obtained in Google IdP, in our case, this is - Wazuh_access.
   
- Click Save role mapping to save and map the backend role with Wazuh as administrator. 
 
- Edit the Wazuh dashboard configuration file. Add these configurations to - /etc/wazuh-dashboard/opensearch_dashboards.yml. We recommend that you back up these files before you carry out the configuration.- opensearch_security.auth.type: "saml" server.xsrf.allowlist: ["/_opendistro/_security/saml/acs", "/_opendistro/_security/saml/logout", "/_opendistro/_security/saml/acs/idpinitiated"] opensearch_security.session.keepalive: false 
- Restart the Wazuh dashboard service using this command: - # systemctl restart wazuh-dashboard - # service wazuh-dashboard restart 
- Test the configuration. Go to your Wazuh dashboard URL and log in with your Google Workspace account.