Login Flow for Solve and Insights

Insights and Solve are web applications that can be accessed from the ControlUp Real-Time Console. If accessing from the console links, you don't sign in and can directly access both Insights and Solve.

Direct URL Logins

You can also access the Insights and Solve web applications through a direct URL. Details on these options below.

Login for Insights

Users without SSO can log into https://insights.controlup.com/auth with their email and one-time password (OTP). For complete information about logging into Insights, see here.

Prerequisites for Direct URL Login to Solve

The following are required to use this login approach:

• ControlUp Monitor v8.2 or higher.
• Users must have an Active Directory account to use SOLVE.
• Users must authenticate using their Active Directory account to be authorized in the ControlUp Real-Time Console and in SOLVE.

Login for Solve

The following are the options for logging into Solve:

• Using the Solve button from the console as described above.
• Direct URL access using either:
  • SAML Single Sign-On
  • LDAP Integration

The ControlUp monitor facilitates communication to the Solve instance in the cloud, and serves and authorizes multiple Solve users concurrently.

When logging into Solve:

• First-time access to Solve must be from the link in the Real-Time Console even if you plan on using one of the direct URL methods after that first login.
• Login to Solve is possible only for users who are already registered users in the ControlUp Real-Time Console.

Go to Solve from the Console

Your first access to Solve must be from the Solve ribbon in the ControlUp Real-Time Console, and you can always access Solve this way from the ControlUp Real-Time Console. The user accessing Solve must have a verified user in the ControlUp Real-Time Console.

SAML Login

When logging into Solve with SAML integration:

• Browse to the Solve instance URL, which must include the organization name (e.g. solve.controlup.com/<organization name>). You are redirected to the Identity Provider (IdP) server for authentication (for example: ADFS).
• You submit the credentials that you usefor your internal organization's IdP in the IdP's authentication webpage and the IdP server passes the credential for internal authentication.

For details on how to configure SAML integration with Solve, see SAML SSO for Solve.

LDAP Login

Logging into Solve with LDAP integration uses a two-step verification.

1. Browse to the Solve instance URL that you received by email the first time you opened the ControlUp Real-Time Console after the upgrade to version 8.2 or higher.
2. You are prompted to enter a valid user principle name (UPN).

3. Go through the one-time password (OTP) verification. The OTP is sent to your registered ControlUp email - the one you used to register to ControlUp.
4. After you pass OTP verification, you are prompted to enter your valid Active Directory password and Solve opens.
   When entering the OTP, you can select Don't ask again on this computer, and skip the OTP verification for 30 days on this computer.

Troubleshooting

• Make sure that you’re using Chrome or Edge!
• Try clearing your browser cache, then try again.
• Try logging into an incognito (Chrome) or InPrivate (Edge) browser window.
• Make sure that the IP you’re entering to access Solve is on your organization’s whitelist.
• Check that if using LDAP, you are entering your UPN and not your ControlUp user email address (even though these may be the same).

Configuration

Once you have have accessed Solve from the console, you can configure Solve to be accessible with a SAML or LDAP login. For details, see Configure Solve.

To make Solve accessible via SAML or LDAP:

1. From the lower left corner of the Solve dashboard, click the settings button and the Setting screen appears.
   
2. From the box in the upper left corner, select either SAML Single Sign On or LDAP Integration . and the page scrolls to the selected section.
   
3. Enable/disable SAML Single Sign On or LDAP Integration by toggling the Turn on/off buttons in the respective sections and the selected integration is enabled/disabled.
   Read here about the details for configuring SAML SSO authentication for Solve. The article includes a use case example for configuring ADFS.

For more information, contact support@controlup.com