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Create the IdP and SP Entities

When CA CloudMinder is providing the identity information for the user, it is acting as the local IdP. The business partner, for example, SalesForce.com, is the remote SP.

Each partner in a federation partnership is considered a federation entity. Before you establish a partnership, define a local entity that represents the local partner and a remote entity that represents the remote partner.

The two ways to configure a federation entity are:

• Create an entity without using metadata.
• Create an entity by importing metadata.