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Activate an SSO connection

POST/api/v1/sso/connections/{id}/activate

Promotes a connection from configuring to active after validating that the type's required fields are present (SAML: entity id, SSO URL, signing cert; OIDC: discovery URL, client id, client secret). Returns 400 when configuration is incomplete and 404 when the connection is not found. Emits an sso.connection.activated audit row and returns the updated connection.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization Option A

JWT access token. Never send alongside X-API-Key: a request carrying both is refused.

API KeyX-API-Key Option B

API key for management-tier access. Never send alongside an Authorization header: a request carrying both is refused.

Requires permission sso.manageAccount

Create, update, and delete SSO connections, verified domains and SCIM tokens. A scoped API key must hold it as a scope; a full-access key holds every scope within its Environment except the named-only and account scopes; a developer's token needs the Console capability that covers it. A credential without it is refused with 403.

Path Parameters

idstring Required

Responses

application/json

  • dataSsoConnectionResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Errors

When the request can't be completed, the response body includes a stable error code you can branch on, and a correlation_id (also sent as the X-Correlation-Id header). Quote the correlation id when you contact support: it identifies the exact request in Canopy's logs. A request refused by an authorization check answers 403 with the code authorization.denied, and its data names the denial_reason and the permission checked.

403authorization.deniedForbidden
When it happens

The credential does not hold the permission this operation checks: a scoped API key without the scope, a developer without the Console capability that covers it, or a permission granted somewhere other than the node the request targets. The error's data names the permission.

Remediation

Add the permission named in the Authentication section to the key's scopes, or ask an account administrator to grant the covering capability, then retry. For a node-scoped operation, make sure the grant reaches the node you are acting on.

Returned object

SsoConnectionResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X POST "https://auth.canopy-io.com/api/v1/sso/connections/value/activate" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $CANOPY_API_KEY"
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "account_id": "string",
    "scope": "admin",
    "type": "saml",
    "name": "string",
    "status": "configuring",
    "owner_organization_node_id": "string",
    "owned_by_organization": false,
    "saml_metadata_url": "string",
    "last_test_sign_in": {
      "test_id": "string",
      "outcome": "success",
      "reason": "string",
      "email": "string",
      "domain_outcome": "accepted",
      "completed_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z"
    },
    "saml_entity_id": "string",
    "saml_sso_url": "string",
    "saml_slo_url": "string",
    "saml_signing_cert": "string",
    "saml_signature_algorithm": "string",
    "saml_want_assertions_signed": false,
    "saml_name_id_format": "string",
    "force_authn": false,
    "oidc_discovery_url": "string",
    "oidc_client_id": "string",
    "oidc_scopes": [
      "string"
    ],
    "has_oidc_client_secret": false,
    "jit_provisioning_enabled": false,
    "attribute_mapping": {},
    "last_login_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "version": 0
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList SSO connections
POSTCreate an SSO connection
GETGet an SSO connection
PATCHUpdate an SSO connection
DELETEDelete an SSO connection
POSTDisable an SSO connection
GETList OAuth-client links for an end-user connection
POSTLink an OAuth client to an end-user connection
PATCHUpdate an OAuth-client link
DELETEUnlink an OAuth client from a connection
GETList an OAuth client's SSO connection links
GETList Environments reachable by SSO
GETList Environment bindings for an end-user connection
POSTBind an end-user connection to an Environment
PATCHUpdate an Environment binding
DELETEUnbind an end-user connection from an Environment
GETList the organizations an end-user connection is bound to
POSTStart a test sign-in
GETRead a test sign-in
GETList a connection's recent login attempts
GETList SSO domain claims
POSTClaim a domain for admin SSO
POSTVerify a claimed domain
DELETERemove a domain claim
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