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How to Configure an Attribute Authority and a SAML Requester

In a SOA Security Manager context, the Attribute Authority is the Identity Provider.

To configure SOA Security Manager to act as a SAML Attribute Authority

  1. Define a search specification for locating a user. Enter the NameID into the search specification.
  2. Configure the back channel across which the Authority sends the response to a query.
  3. Define the attributes that are returned in response to a query.

In a SOA Security Manager context, the SAML Requester is the Service Provider.

To configure SOA Security Manager as a SAML Requester

  1. Enable the attribute query functionality.
  2. Configure the back channel across which the Requester receives the response from the Authority.
  3. Define the list of attributes requested in the attribute query.
  4. Configure the federation attribute variables.
  5. Configure the NameID for inclusion in the attribute query.