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SiteMinder SAML 2.0 Metadata Tools Overview

SOA Security Manager provides a metadata tool to import and export SAML 2.0 metadata programmatically. Metadata lets you efficiently exchange federation configurations between a site that uses SOA Security Manager and a partner that uses a third party or SOA Security Manager. Programmatic use of SAML 2.0 metadata can limit how much configuration that you perform.

The [set to your product name] installs the metadata tool. The two command-line utilities that make up the SiteMinder metadata tools are smfedexport and smfedimport

Exporting metadata involves the following types of input:

• User input
• Access to the SiteMinder smkeydatabase for including KeyInfo into the metadata
• Access to the smkeydatabase for signing
• Access to the policy store to reference similar metadata that can be used as a template.

Importing metadata involves:

• User input
• Access to the policy store
• Access to the smkeydatabase for verifying signatures, if certificates are configured
• Parsing the XML metadata in the metadata document
• Storing the relevant metadata in the policy store
• Storing the PKI information from the metadata in the smkeydatabase