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Initiate SAML 1.x Single Sign-On at the Producer

At the SAML 1.x producer, create pages that contain links which direct the user to the consumer site. Each link represents an intersite transfer URL. The user has to visit the intersite transfer URL, which sends a request to the producer-side Web Agent. The user is then redirected to a consumer site.

The link that the user selects at the producer must contain certain query parameters. These parameters are part of an HTTP GET request to the producer Web Agent.

For SAML artifact profile, the syntax for the intersite transfer URL is:

http://producer_site/affwebservices/public/intersitetransfer?SMASSERTIONREF=
QUERY&NAME=affiliate_name&TARGET=http://consumer_site/target_url?query_parameter_name%3Dquery_parameter_value%26query_parameter_name%3Dquery_parameter_value&SMCONSUMERURL=http://consumer_site/affwebservices/public/samlcc&AUTHREQUIREMENT=2

producer_site

Specifies the server and port number of the system hosting the Web Agent Option Pack or the SPS federation gateway, depending on which components are installed in your federation network.

consumer_site

Specifies the server and port number of the system hosting the Web Agent Option Pack or the SPS federation gateway, depending on which components are installed in your federation network.

For SAML POST profile, the syntax for the intersite transfer URL is:

http://producer_site/affwebservices/public/intersitetransfer?SMASSERTIONREF=
QUERY&NAME=affiliate_name&TARGET=http://consumer_site/target_url

producer_site

Specifies the server and port number of the system hosting the Web Agent Option Pack or the SPS federation gateway, depending on which components are installed in your federation network.

consumer_site

Specifies the server and port number of the system hosting the Web Agent Option Pack or the SPS federation gateway, depending on which components are installed in your federation network.

Note: The SAML POST profile does not use SMCONSUMERURL and AUTHREQUIREMENT parameters. However, if you include one of these parameters in the intersite transfer URL, include the other parameter.

More Information:

Creating Links to Consumer Resources for Single Sign-on