After sleeping on it I figureed it out. Thanks again
This plugin yml file worked:
name: saml
version: 0.1.0
patches:
common-env-features: |
"ENABLE_THIRD_PARTY_AUTH" : true
openedx-lms-common-settings: |
# saml special settings
THIRD_PARTY_AUTH_BACKENDS = "third_party_auth.saml.SAMLAuthBackend"
openedx-auth: |
"SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_SP_PRIVATE_KEY" : "secret key"
"SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_SP_PUBLIC_CERT" : "public cert"
I’m still not sure about why the python package didn’t get picked up but am ok with it.