How to Authenticate Salesforce Using JWT from MuleSoft?

Dear #Trailblazers,

In this blog post, we are going to learn how to authenticate the Salesforce Org using JWT from MuleSoft Anypoint studio.

Prerequisites

1. Salesforce Developer/Sandbox/Production org
2. MuleSoft Anypoint Studio Installed

Use Case

You are working as a Developer for a Big company and the ask is to migrate the Products from Salesforce to Legacy System and From Legacy System to Salesforce. The business wants that you need to use MuleSoft as middle ware and JWT will be used to authenticate Salesforce.

Let’s Implement

Step1 – Generate a Self Signed Certificate

Login to Your Salesforce Org and navigate to Setup -> Security -> Certificate and Key Management and Click on Create Self-Signed Certificate button.

Provide the Label and click on Save and then Click on the Download Certificate button.

Note: – Save this file we will be needing this is further steps.

Step2 – Export the Key and Store into Your Local PC

Again navigate to Setup -> Security -> Certificate and Key Management and Click on Export to KeyStore button, provide a password and Click on Export.

Note: – Save this file we will be needing this is further steps.

Step3 – Create a New Connected Application

Setup -> App Manager -> and then Click on “New Connected App”

Provide the Name and the Contact Email. Check Enable OAuth Settings checkbox under API (Enable OAuth Settings) accordion.

Provide the below values for Callback URL

https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/success

https://test.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/success

Check Use digital signatures checkbox and browse your self-signed certificate. Note: – Make sure that you are using the .crt file not .jks.

For Scopes Select below from available values

1. Access and manage your data (API)
2. Access your basic information (id, profile, email, address, phone)
3. Full access (full)
4. Perform requests on your behalf at any time (refresh_token, offline_access)
5. Provide access to your data via the Web (web)

Click on Save and then Click on Manage button and then click on Edit Policies button.

Change the value to “Admin approved users are pre-authorized” for Permitted Users picklist value under OAuth Policies

and click on Save.

Now, Click on Manage Profile, Select The profile which you wanted to provide access for, and then click on save.

The Salesforce connected application work is done.

Step4 – Setup MuleSoft Application

Open MuleSoft Application and Create a New Project

Drag & Drop the Query Component for Salesforce Connector and Now, Go to Global Elements Tab and Click on Create Button

For Connections Select oAuth JWT and check below table for the values

MuleSoft Connector	The values to be mapped
Consumer Key	The Consumer Key from the Connected Application.
Key Store	The .jsk file ( The key file that you have exported in step2 )
Principal	The Salesforce ORG UserName
Store Password	The password that you have used to export the key file

Click on Test Connection

Hurray, Now you are done with the setup.

Thanks for reading 😉 Happy Learning

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