Prerequisites for Partnership Federation

This section contains the following topics:

For CA SiteMinder® to serve as the asserting partner, verify the following conditions:

The Policy Server is installed.
The Web Agent and the Web Agent Option Pack are installed. The Web Agent authenticates users and establishes a CA SiteMinder® session. The Option Pack provides the Federation Web Services application. Be sure to deploy the FWS application on the appropriate system in your network.
For more information, see the Web Agent Option Pack Guide.
Private keys and certificates are imported for functions that require signing and decrypting messages.
SQL Query scheme and valid SQL queries are set up before selecting an ODBC database as a user directory for the partnership. This prerequisite is only necessary if you plan to use ODBC.
A relying partner is set up within the federated network.

For CA SiteMinder® to serve as the relying partner, satisfy the following requirements:

The Policy Server is installed.
The Web Agent and the Web Agent Option Pack. The Web Agent authenticates users and establishes a CA SiteMinder® session. The Option Pack provides the Federation Web Services application. Be sure to deploy the FWS application on the appropriate system in your network.
For more information, see the Web Agent Option Pack Guide.
Private keys and certificates are imported for functions that require verification and encrypting of messages.
An asserting partner is set up within the federated network.