Importing Service Provider Metadata
Provides steps for importing the service provider metadata into the GridGuard system
Obtain the metadata file
The service provider should be able to provide you with a metadata file that can be imported into the GridGuard system. A typical metadata file is shown above.
If a metadata file cannot be provided, they should at a minimum provide you with the following:
- ACS URL
- Encryption Certificate
Creating the Service Provider configuration node
- Select the SAML Configuration option
- Right-click and select the '+ Add' option
Configuring the service provider node
Steps for configuring the service provider node:
- Provide a node used to identify the service provider node. Use a simple name with just numbers, alphabets a-z, and underscores and hyphens as this name will be used as part of multiple URLs
- Specify the signing certificate that will be used to sign identity assertions that will be returned to the service provider
- If a metadata file has been provided to you, import the file by first selecting the file (+Choose) and then uploading it (using the Upload button). Importing the metadata should automatically populate values for the Entity ID and ACS URL
- If the metadata can be downloaded from a URL, specify the Import SP metadata URL and click the Go button to automatically import the configuration
- If no metadata file or URL has been provided, manually enter the Entity ID
- If no metadata file or URL has been provided, manually enter the ACS URL
- Set the validity time to the time in minutes, the SAML session is valid for
- Set the realm to the GridGuard realm that will be used to authenticate the user
- Set the NameIdentifier to the value of the attribute that will be used to uniquely identify the user in the service provider's system
- Check if the identity assertion should be signed
- Check if the identity assertion should be encrypted
- If additional attributes need to be included in the identity assertion, provide a mapping of attribute names and value. For details on how to add additional attributes, please refer to this link.
- Click the '+ Add Service Provider' button to add the service provider
- Click 'Apply Changes' to apply configuration changes