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Configure team sync for SAML

To use SAML Team sync, set assertion_attribute_groups to the attribute name where you store user groups. Then Grafana will use attribute values extracted from SAML assertion to add user into the groups with the same name configured on the External group sync tab.

Warning

Grafana requires the SAML groups attribute to be configured with distinct AttributeValue elements for each group. Do not include multiple groups within a single AttributeValue delimited by a comma or any other character. Failure to do so will prevent correct group parsing. Example:

xml 
<saml2:Attribute ...>
    <saml2:AttributeValue ...>admins_group</saml2:AttributeValue>
    <saml2:AttributeValue ...>division_1</saml2:AttributeValue>
</saml2:Attribute>

Note

Team Sync allows you sync users from SAML to Grafana teams. It does not automatically create teams in Grafana. You need to create teams in Grafana before you can use this feature.

Given the following partial SAML assertion:

xml 
<saml2:Attribute
    Name="groups"
    NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
    <saml2:AttributeValue
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:type="xs:string">admins_group
    </saml2:AttributeValue>
    <saml2:AttributeValue
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:type="xs:string">division_1
    </saml2:AttributeValue>
</saml2:Attribute>

The configuration would look like this:

ini 
[auth.saml]
# ...
assertion_attribute_groups = groups

The following External Group IDs would be valid for input in the desired team’s External group sync tab:

  • admins_group
  • division_1

Learn more about Team Sync

Configure role sync for SAML

Role sync allows you to map user roles from an identity provider to Grafana. To enable role sync, configure role attribute and possible values for the Editor, Admin, and Grafana Admin roles. For more information about user roles, refer to Roles and permissions.

  1. In the configuration file, set assertion_attribute_role option to the attribute name where the role information will be extracted from.
  2. Set the role_values_none option to the values mapped to the None role.
  3. Set the role_values_viewer option to the values mapped to the Viewer role.
  4. Set the role_values_editor option to the values mapped to the Editor role.
  5. Set the role_values_admin option to the values mapped to the organization Admin role.
  6. Set the role_values_grafana_admin option to the values mapped to the Grafana Admin role.

If a user role doesn’t match any of configured values, then the role specified by the auto_assign_org_role configuration option will be assigned. If the auto_assign_org_role field is not set then the user role will default to Viewer.

For more information about roles and permissions in Grafana, refer to Roles and permissions.

Example configuration:

ini 
[auth.saml]
assertion_attribute_role = role
role_values_none = none
role_values_viewer = external
role_values_editor = editor, developer
role_values_admin = admin, operator
role_values_grafana_admin = superadmin

Important: When role sync is configured, any changes of user roles and organization membership made manually in Grafana will be overwritten on next user login. Assign user organizations and roles in the IdP instead.

If you don’t want user organizations and roles to be synchronized with the IdP, you can use the skip_org_role_sync configuration option.

Example configuration:

ini 
[auth.saml]
skip_org_role_sync = true