Configure LinkedIn as an IdP
Once you’ve configured federated login for your organizaiton. LinkedIn can be configured to serve as the Identity Provider (IdP), allowing users to securely sign in using their existing LinkedIn credentials.
To configure federated login for LinkedIn, you need to create an application in LinkedIn. Here’s how:
- Go to LinkedIn Developer Portal in a new tab and sign in with your account credentials.
- Click Create app.
- Enter a name for your app in the App name field.
Insight: This app name is essentially a label for your application within LinkedIn's API system.
- Select your company name or enter your company’s LinkedIn Page URL in the LinkedIn Page field.
Insight: You can also create a Company Page by clicking the **Create a new LinkedIn Page button**. This will appear only if you haven't created one. Learn more about LinkedIn Company Pages
- Enter the Privacy policy URL and upload a logo for your application.
- Agree the Legal agreement by checking I have read and agreed to these terms box*.*
- Click Create App to proceed. You will be directed to the newly-created application’s configuration page.
- Then, go to the federated login configuration page in Zoho Billing and copy the Redirection URL.
- Switch back to your new application in LinkedIn and navigate to the Auth tab.
- Scroll to the OAuth 2.0 settings section, and click the Edit icon to the right of Authorized redirect URLs for your app.
- Click +Add redirect URL and paste the Redirection URL from Zoho Billing federated configuration page.
- Click the Update button.
- Then, scroll to the Application credentials section, select and copy the Client ID and Primary Client Secret and paste it in the Client ID and Client Secret fields respectively in the federated login configuration page in Zoho Billing.
- Click Save.
Now, when customers visit your portal, LinkedIn an option to sign in using their LinkedIn account.
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