Federation Manager Guide › Getting Started with a Simple Partnership › Activate the Partnership

Activate the Partnership

With each side of the partnership defined, you can now activate the partnership.

Federation Manager is installed at both sites in the partnership so you must activate the partnership at the IdP and SP.

To activate a partnership

1. From the Federation tab, select Partnerships

   The View Federation Partnerships window displays.

2. Find the entry in the Federation Partnership List that you want to activate. Ensure the value in the Status column is DEFINED If the status is INCOMPLETE, you have to edit the partnership and ensure that all the required settings are configured.
3. Select Action, Activate next to the partnership entry that you want to activate.

   The Confirm Activate dialog displays.

4. Click Yes in the Confirm Activate dialog.

   The partnership is activated and the value in the Status column should now be ACTIVE.