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==Deploying Shibboleth SPs in the University== | ==Deploying Shibboleth SPs in the University== | ||
This page provides information about deploying Shibboleth Service Providers (SPs) within the University, either just to protect sites with Raven or with a view to joining the UK federation and potentially letting in people from other institutions. This information is intended to support the deployment of [http://shibboleth. | This page provides information about deploying Shibboleth Service Providers (SPs) within the University, either just to protect sites with Raven or with a view to joining the UK federation and potentially letting in people from other institutions. This information is intended to support the deployment of [http://shibboleth.net/products/service-provider.html version 2.x of the Shib SP software] originally developed by [http://www.internet2.edu/ Internet2] but now managed by [http://shibboleth.net/ the Shibboleth Consortium] - other software, including anything supporting appropriate versions of SAML, should also work but the Computing Service has limited direct experience of anything else. Note that earlier versions of the Shibboleth software have reached end of life and should be avoided. | ||
The definitive documentation for all this starts with the [ | The definitive documentation for all this starts with the [http://shibboleth.net/products/service-provider.html Shib Consortium SP software page] and the [https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/Installation installation] and [https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/Configuration configuration] pages in the Shib Wiki. Almost everything you might need will be here, but you may need to explore - try following any and all links that look even vaguely useful. The [http://shibboleth.net/community/lists.html Shibboleth-Users] mailing list can be a useful resource, as can its archives (but be sure you are finding fresh information - the archives go back a long way). | ||
For deploying an SP in the UK federation, see the [http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/ UK federation website], and in particular the 'Shibboleth 2' section of [http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/Registration Entity registration]. | For deploying an SP in the UK federation, see the [http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/ UK federation website], and in particular the 'Shibboleth 2' section of [http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/Registration Entity registration]. | ||
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* [[Configuring Shibboleth access control|Configuring access control]] | * [[Configuring Shibboleth access control|Configuring access control]] | ||
* [[Virtual hosting issues with Shibboleth|Virtual hosting issues]] | * [[Virtual hosting issues with Shibboleth|Virtual hosting issues]] | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 20 June 2012
Deploying Shibboleth SPs in the University
This page provides information about deploying Shibboleth Service Providers (SPs) within the University, either just to protect sites with Raven or with a view to joining the UK federation and potentially letting in people from other institutions. This information is intended to support the deployment of version 2.x of the Shib SP software originally developed by Internet2 but now managed by the Shibboleth Consortium - other software, including anything supporting appropriate versions of SAML, should also work but the Computing Service has limited direct experience of anything else. Note that earlier versions of the Shibboleth software have reached end of life and should be avoided.
The definitive documentation for all this starts with the Shib Consortium SP software page and the installation and configuration pages in the Shib Wiki. Almost everything you might need will be here, but you may need to explore - try following any and all links that look even vaguely useful. The Shibboleth-Users mailing list can be a useful resource, as can its archives (but be sure you are finding fresh information - the archives go back a long way).
For deploying an SP in the UK federation, see the UK federation website, and in particular the 'Shibboleth 2' section of Entity registration.
These documents are intended for the system administrator that will be installing and maintaining a Shibboleth service provider in the University of Cambridge. This may be a different person than the application developer who will actually be using the attributes which Shibboleth delivers, though they may find some of this information relevant as well. The following basic skills are expected of the reader, and are beyond the scope of what these documents attempts to cover:
- familiarity with the local operating system, including how to install software (on some UNIX systems this may involve compiling packages from source code)
- configuring the local web server (Apache, IIS, etc)
- basic understanding of XML documents (but see Editing XML for some hints)
In addition, a basic understanding of SSL, including how to generate a key and CSR, will be required for many deployment options.
Instructions
- Installing SP2.x under Linux
- Installing SP2.x under Windows
- Installing SP2.x for Apache under Windows
- Installing SP2.x under MacOS
Additional information
- Editing XML
- EntityIDs
- SP Metadata
- Attributes released by the Raven IdP
- SSL, certificates and security
- FAQs
Resources
- 'Ucam Federation' IdP metadata
- shibboleth2.xml - internal use skeleton
- attribute-map.xml - internal use skeleton
Other University Shibboleth information
Shibboleth Implementation Project documents
These documents, originally working document belonging to the Computing Service's Shibboleth Development Project, are retained for historical and reference purposes.
