Shibboleth / Setup SP Relying Party

This page documents how to setup an SP's relying party configuration in the IdP.

1. Check out the relying-party.xml config file from the shib-svn repository in the shib-svn/idp/conf directory.

2. Add the SP's metadata to the shib-svn repository in the shib-svn/idp/metadata directory.

3. Add a stanza in the relying-party.xml config file to import the SP's metadata.

   john@fearless:~$ vi relying-party.xml
   ...
            <!-- iam.alaska.edu metadata -->
           <MetadataProvider id="iam.alaska.edu" xsi:type="ResourceBackedMetadataProvider"
               xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata">
               <MetadataResource xsi:type="resource:FilesystemResource"
                   file="/opt/shibboleth-idp/metadata/iam-metadata.xml" />
           </MetadataProvider>
   :wq!
   

4. Commit the new metadata file and the changed relying-party.xml file into the shib-svn repository.

5. Test and update the Shibboleth IdPs? with the following procedure.