# Relyra
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Relyra is a strict-by-default **SAML 2.0 Service Provider library for Elixir and Phoenix**.
It is for teams that need enterprise SSO without becoming SAML experts.
Add the dependency:
```elixir
{:relyra, "~> 1.4"}
```
Published docs: [hexdocs.pm/relyra](https://hexdocs.pm/relyra) (Getting Started is the home page).
## Quick Look
```elixir
connection =
Relyra.Provider.apply_defaults(:okta, [
sp_entity_id: "https://sp.example.com/metadata",
acs_url: "https://sp.example.com/saml/acs",
idp_sso_url: "https://example.okta.com/app/.../sso/saml",
idp_certificates: ["-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----..."]
])
```
Presets fill safe defaults underneath — see the [Okta runbook](guides/recipes/okta.md) for the full receipt.
## Start Here
Use one Day-1 route:
1. Browse the [documentation overview](guides/overview.md) — Day-1, Day-2, and Reference sections.
2. Install the library and scaffold the host app with `mix relyra.install`.
3. Follow [Getting Started](guides/getting_started.md).
4. Prove a local sign-in with the `Relyra.TestSupport` macro (`setup_saml_connection/2`, `post_saml_response/2`) — see [Getting Started §3](guides/getting_started.md#3-prove-local-login-with-testsupport).
5. Choose exactly one first-class provider runbook.
6. Return to the production follow-ons after the first provider is working.
The README is the router. The full onboarding narrative lives in
[guides/getting_started.md](guides/getting_started.md).
If you want the high-level map of what this library is helping you get done,
read [Jobs To Be Done And User Flows](guides/jtbd_user_flows.md) after Getting
Started.
## Batteries Included Support
Relyra ships **4 first-class presets** plus a **generic SAML runbook** covering **7 IdP families**.
First-class batteries-included support (shipped preset module + verified runbook):
- Okta
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Google Workspace
- ADFS
In this repo, "batteries included" means the provider has a shipped preset module,
a repo-native runbook, provider-specific field vocabulary, and Day-1 guidance that
ends in a concrete receipt.
Use these runbooks only after you complete the local TestSupport proof in Getting Started:
- [Okta runbook](guides/recipes/okta.md)
- [Microsoft Entra ID runbook](guides/recipes/entra.md)
- [Google Workspace runbook](guides/recipes/google_workspace.md)
- [ADFS runbook](guides/recipes/adfs.md)
## Custom SAML And Generic Runbook Providers
- **Generic SAML runbook:** Supported for IdP families without a first-class preset.
The operator runbook at [guides/recipes/generic_saml.md](guides/recipes/generic_saml.md)
covers **Ping, OneLogin, Shibboleth, Keycloak, IBM Security Verify, CyberArk, and
Oracle Access Manager** with vendor decoder tables and field-mapping guidance. Use it
after the local TestSupport proof and before you start translating your provider's
admin vocabulary.
- **Custom SAML:** Supported when you bring your own IdP-specific field mapping and
operator verification beyond the generic runbook tables.
- **Not yet shipped:** Any provider without a shipped preset module and verified
runbook is not first-class batteries-included support.
Relyra does not claim batteries-included support beyond the four first-class presets
and the generic SAML runbook families named above.
## What Ships In The Library
- Strict SP-initiated login and ACS validation.
- Hardened XML, signature, and protocol checks.
- Provider presets for Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, and ADFS, plus a
generic SAML runbook for seven additional IdP families.
- `Relyra.TestSupport` and `Relyra.TestSupport.FakeIdP` for local proof.
- `mix relyra.install` for minimal host-app scaffolding.
- Optional LiveAdmin, metadata lifecycle, certificate lifecycle, telemetry,
audit seams, scheduled refresh, and diagnostic surfaces for later-stage
operator workflows.
## What Does Not Ship
- OIDC or OAuth flows.
- A hosted broker runtime.
- SCIM lifecycle ownership.
- First-class batteries-included support for providers beyond the four shipped presets
and the generic SAML runbook families.
## Day-2 And Operator Guides
These surfaces matter after Day-1, but they should not compete with onboarding:
- [Getting Started](guides/getting_started.md) for the canonical Day-1 path.
- [Production Ecto path](guides/production_ecto_path.md) — cluster-safe stores and migrations.
- [Incident playbook — evidence surfaces](guides/operations/incident_playbook.md#evidence-surfaces) — login trace, telemetry, and audit triage.
- [Troubleshooting](guides/troubleshooting.md) — SAML error atom decoder.
- [Logout recipe](guides/recipes/logout.md) — SLO strategy and session boundaries.
- [Identity Mapping And Provisioning](guides/identity_mapping_and_provisioning.md)
for the host-owned decision about local account anchors, login-time JIT, and
the `Relyra.UserMapper` seam after the first provider works.
- [Jobs To Be Done And User Flows](guides/jtbd_user_flows.md) for the
implementation-level mental model of the adoption and operations journey.
- [Security policy](SECURITY.md) for supported algorithms, disclosure, and
release posture.
- [Security review packet](SECURITY_REVIEW.md) for auditors and release review.
- [Security boundary](docs/security_boundary.md) for reviewer-oriented architecture notes.
LiveAdmin is optional. Metadata refresh, certificate rollover, audit review,
telemetry wiring, and diagnostic bundles belong after the first successful
provider login, not before it.