(2024.1) Metadata Generation

Service Provider Metadata

• All customers using the Shibboleth module will require metadata generated form the Application installed in their SSO

• If Shibboleth is configured and running the Metadata will be generated by the application

• Shibboleth 2
  Metadata is usually generated at the following URLS:

  1. https://<customer_url>/Shibboleth.sso/Metadata

  2. https://<customer_test_url>/Shibboleth.sso/Metadata

• Shibboleth 3 (the metadata handler is deprecated)

  • an error suggest usage  of shib-metagen

  • https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/shib-metagen.1.html

  • The utility does not generate the full metadata like the handler does

  • So the handler should still be used for now, but commented out after generating the metadata to remove the deprecation error

• After downloading the metadata, open up the file, review the data, and remove the leading comment about not sending out the data un-auditted before sending it to the customer