How to Set Up Single Sign-On (SSO)
Enable Single Sign-On (SSO) to allow your team to securely access IsDown using your organization's identity provider (IdP). This guide will walk you through the setup process.
Start by creating a SAML 2.0 application in your IdP. Choose from our step-by-step guides:
Using a different provider? Contact our support team.
Once your SSO app is created, follow these steps:
Log in to your IsDown account.
Go to Account Settings in the sidebar.
Scroll to the SSO section and click Set up.

Fill in the required fields:
Domain: The domain your users will log in with (e.g., for
[email protected]
, enteryourcompany.com
).Identity Provider: Use the custom value set in your SSO Reply URL. We recommend using your domain with dashes (e.g.,
isdown.app
→isdown-app
). Example URL:https://isdown.app/users/auth/saml/{YOUR-DOMAIN}/callback
Issuer / Entity ID: Usually
isdown
if you followed our default setup.IDP Certificate: Paste the entire certificate text (including
BEGIN CERTIFICATE
andEND CERTIFICATE
). Or, extract the value ofX509Certificate
from your metadata XML file.IDP Sign-In URL: Find the
Location
value in theSingleSignOnService
tag in your metadata XML.

Click Save to apply your settings.
Need Help?
Reach out via the in-app chat or email us at [email protected]. Here’s our logo to upload in your SSO app settings, if needed.
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