To configure Box for SSO you will require metadata from your PingFederate Identity Provider (IdP) setup. For more information, see Exporting connection-specific SAML metadata.

To export your IdP metadata:

  1. Go to Server Configuration > Metadata Export.
  2. On the Metadata Mode screen, choose Use a Connection for Metadata Generation and click Next.
  3. On the Connection Metadata screen, select the Box connection created in Configure PingFederate for SSO.
  4. On the Metadata Signing screen, click Next.
  5. On the Export & Summary screen, click Export to retrieve your metadata .xml file.

To configure Box for SSO:

  1. Submit a ticket through the Box SSO Setup Support Form and upload your PingFederate metadata.
  2. Click Submit.