Configure authentication in the Microsoft Entra admin center

To add Microsoft Entra ID authentication to your Neptune DXP - Open Edition, you first have to perform the following tasks in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

Prerequisites

Procedure

Add a redirect URI

  1. In the Microsoft Entra admin center, in Applications, select your application. Under Manage select Authentication.

  2. In Redirect URI, add one or more URIs. These URIs will be accepted as destinations when returning authentication responses (tokens) after authenticating users.

    The redirect URI must have the following format:

https://<Planet 9 URL>/public/azure_redirect.html

For example:

https://planet9explored.neptune-software.com:8081/public/redirect.html

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Add a certificate and get a password

  1. In the Microsoft Entra admin center, in Applications, select your application. Under Manage select Certificates & secrets.

  2. Click Upload certificates to upload the self-signed certificate you created in the Cockpit.

  3. Click New client secret to generate an application password. Copy this password and save it for later use.

    settings add certificate

Add API permissions

  1. In the Microsoft Entra admin center, in Applications, select your application. Under Manage select API permissions.

  2. Click Add a permission to configure a permission.

    settings set api permission
  3. Save the permission.

    Result: In the Microsoft Entra admin center, you have prepared the authentication for your Neptune DXP - Open Edition.