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Prerequisites for a SOA Security Manager SAML 1.x Producer

For SOA Security Manager to serve as a SAML 1.x Producer, the following conditions must be met:

• The [set to your product name] is installed on the Policy Server.
• One of the following options is installed:
  • The Web Agent and the Web Agent Option Pack on a web server. The Web Agent authenticates users and establishes a SiteMinder session. The Option Pack provides the Federation Web Services application.
  • The SPS federation gateway, which has an embedded Web Agent and has the Federation Web Services application deployed on the embedded Tomcat web server.
• A SAML consumer is set up within the federated network.

  The assertions generated by the producer are sent to the consumer. An application at the consumer receives and interprets the assertion. The SAML Affiliate Agent and a system with the SOA Security Manager Web Agent Option Pack can act as SAML consumers.