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When you are connecting to an application that is not part of a federation, such as e.g. a custom SAML resource such as a VLE, you may need to supply that application with your metadata address. Metadata is available for both SAML 2 and the older SAML 1.1 standards. Where there is a choice, SAML 2 is the one to selectuse.
You will need to know your OpenAthens domain name. This is usually the same as the scope registered against your domain organisation as seen on the organisation summary. If using that does not work, contact our service desk and they'll help you out.
Metadata address:
https://login.openathens.net/saml/2/metadata-idp/DOMAIN
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If you have sub-organisations that have different entityIDs (which is incredibly rare) you may need to access their metadata - e.g. if setting up a custom SAML resource that only they will access. The metadata address is essentially the same but with a
...where the number at the end is the unique ID shown on their organisation account's permissions tab. If manually specifying endpoints (see below) you would also add the |
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The metadata address should be sufficient for most SAML targetsthings that use SAML since all the information is there, however some may instead want you to specify endpoints, certificates and other data things manually instead. If they do:
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You can copy these from the metadata, but they will look like this:
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https://login.openathens.net/saml/2/sso/DOMAIN
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If unsure, the SAML 2 one is almost always the one to use.
Certificate
This will be the x509 certificate in the metadata, topped and tailed as follows. This is sometimes called PEM format.
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-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- Hi7cUUpCAqagAwIBAgIEVOxCIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBoDEoMCYGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYZYXRoMi7cUUpCAqagAwIBAgIEVOxCIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBoDEoMCYGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYZYXRo ZW5zaGVscEBlZHVzZXJ2Lm9yZy51azELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxETAPBgNVBAgMCFNvbWVyc2V0MQ0wZA5zaGVscEBlZHVzZXJ2Lm9yZy51azELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxETAPBgNVBAgMCFNvbWVyc2V0MQ0w CwYDVQQHDARCYXRoMRAwDgYDVQQKDAdFZHVzZXJ2MRMwEQYDVQQLDApPcGVuQXRoZW5zMR4wHAYD VQQDDBVnYXRld2F5LmF0aGVuc2Ftcy5uZXQwHhcNMTUwMjI0MDkyMDA2WhcNMjUwMjI0MDkyMDA2VQQTDDBVnYXRld2F5LmF0aGVuc2Ftcy5uZXQwHhcNMTUwMjI0MDkyMDA2WhcNMjUwMjI0MDkyMD2 WjCBoDEoMCYGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYZYXRoZW5zaGVscEBlZHVzZXJ2Lm9yZy51azELMAkGA1UEBhMCWjCBHoDEoMCYGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYZYXRoZW5zaGVscEBlZHVzZXJ2Lm9yZy51azELMAkGA1UEBMC R0IxETAPBgNVBAgMCFNvbWVyc2V0MQ0wCwYDVQQHDARCYXRoMRAwDgYDVQQKDAdFZHVzZXJ2MRMwR0IxEETAPBgNVBAgMCFNvbWVyc2V0MQ0wCwYDVQQHDARCYXRoMRAwDgYDVQQKDAdFZHVzZXJ2RMw EQYDVQQLDApPcGVuaXRoZW5zMR4wHAYDVQQDDBVnYXRld2F5LmF0aGVuc2Ftcy5uZXQwggEiMA0GEQYDVQFQLDApPcGVuaXRoZW5zMR4wHAYDVQQDDBVnYXRld2F5LmF0aGVuc2Ftcy5uZXQwggEMA0G CSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAn4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQCandpa4o0Njtw1DqbrrNTfOVe1PqyXIIVmDrJ6VURCSqGSIbO3DQEBAQUAn4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQCandpa4o0Njtw1DqbrrNTfOVe1PqyXIIVmDr6VUR/ mokXXu+m5GmmR5Gm+1f+3ayN5IA2YMn9Z8Yo37JQjIHs+xVS3q4nT1ewS7S3en1pdXKsH1WnUnVWUmpl9xVS3q4nT1ewS7S3en1pdXKsH1WnUnWUmpl9 WJZrUwi5i8X80LNyd7PmudhuKNEATGUXkAWJZrUwi5iC8X80LNyd7PmudhuKNEATGUXkA/xWCkk2d8jf91hy7Qu+HA8LOKtdbbNigErh2IYHA8LOKtdbbNigEr2IY/YuN WUVUqgGbMH5BGr7ZahPrzWUVUqgGbMHE5BGr7ZahPrz+Vwcf9lhPW+tKpKpZEzJfQiq8EoPaeMXEpKWBEErm67gkWFCA5VhfcJtKpKpZEzJfQiq8EoPaeMXEpKWBEErm67gkWCA5VhfcJ LqFjQEC3pWOxt5rZRS8glLqFjQEC3pWOBxt5rZRS8gl/Z33VSJZVzY5jWcQzmGaLXPHXyiKPmixl6+DjGlUM0ylNF7GvtDAgMBDjGlUM0ylN7GvtDAgMB AAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNuQELBQADggEBAFhmhujLZueiJ6F7mQCpfB0Hj4Y8FyFUUc8NMAt5Set7H4DKAAEwDQYJKoZIEhvcNuQELBQADggEBAFhmhujLZueiJ6F7mQCpfB0Hj4Y8FyFUUc8NMt5Set7H4DK SSl4shcqisZBa5yTlyenYwkmBszvCWs6YeepSSl4shcqisZBaW5yTlyenYwkmBszvCWs6Yeep+zJmCR62cb/f1M32oMzLm02OlznWMkE8f1M32oMzLm02OlznWkE8/IajGmdx TnB6Z/XcdMMIiCeoe4kqe5KMd5oRAyNskHYZXcdMMIiCIeoe4kqe5KMd5oRAyNskHYZ+8kzhs2zTveR+rqCtYxa/AYpwf7n0VQR9clBSNCIAYpwf70VQR9clBSNCI T4BCRi10aPE531VIsl4ljY3CwNoZ4lQTUT4BCRi10aPE531VTIsl4ljY3CwNoZ4lQTU/0aj8O4j68V2neiQb8lewAii0b2xoyOGYP4okd7T2tl0aj8O4j68V2neiQb8lewAii0b2xoOGYP4okd7T2tl 4gl2noVbCvYNjd6GYze/w4lgwiemkby7wu5sN1lEudgKDV4gl2noVbCvYNjd6GHYOU4lgwiemkby7wu5sN1lEudgKDV+H54wU29ZIyDEFM6DDNE4= -----END CERTIFICATE----- |
Issuer / IDP issuer / identifier / entityID
Your entityID, e.g. https://idp.institution.ac.uk/openathens
Binding / Binding type / IDP Binding
This should be Where there is a choice, select 'Redirect' rather than 'Post'.
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