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Test the Partnership (Artifact SSO)

When each side of the partnership is operating, test single sign-on between the two partners.

When IdP1 receives the request, it generates the artifact. The artifact is then sent to the SP1.

After SP1 receives the artifact, it redirects the request back to IdP1. The IdP retrieves the assertion and returns it to SP1.

Create a Web page to Initiate Single Sign-on (Artifact)

For testing purposes, create your own html page with a link that initiates single sign-on. You can initiate single sign-on from the IdP or SP. This example illustrates SP-initiated single sign-on.

Follow these steps:

  1. Create the sample HTML page at the SP site and include a hard-coded link to the AuthnRequest service at the SP, as follows:

    <a href="http://sp1.demo.com:9091/affwebservices/public/
    saml2authnrequest?ProviderID=idp1.example.com:9090&
    ProtocolBinding=urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Artifact>
    Link for ARTIFACT Single Sign-on</a>

    This link instructs the AuthnRequest Service to redirect the user to the specified Identity Provider to retrieve the user authentication context.

  2. Save the web page under the name testartifact.html.
  3. Copy testartifact.html to the web server document root directory, under the subfolder /spsample.

    For this sample network, the target web server is http://spapp.demo:80.

Create a Target Resource

The last step that is required to test single sign-on is to create a target resource.

Follow these steps:

  1. Create the sample HTML page at the SP site and include a message, such as:

    <p>Welcome to SP1</p>

    <p>Single Sign-on is successful</p>

  2. Save the web page under the name welcome.html.
  3. Copy welcome.html to the web server document root directory, under the subfolder /spsample.

    For this sample network, the target web server is http://spapp.demo.com:80.

Test Artifact Single Sign-on

After you have set up the sample web pages, test single sign-on and verify that the partnership configuration is successful.

Follow these steps:

  1. Verify that both sides of the partnership are activated.
  2. Open up a browser.
  3. Enter the URL for the web page that triggers single sign-on, as follows:

    http://spapp.demo.com:80/spsample/testartifact.html

    Note: The target web server is a different server than the one where CA SiteMinder® resides.

    When entering the URL, a page is displayed with a link that reads Link to Test ARTIFACT Single Sign-on.

  4. Click Link to Test ARTIFACT Single Sign-on and single sign-on is initiated.

    The user is redirected from the SP to the Identity Provider.

After the Identity Provider establishes a session, it directs the user back to the target resource at the Service Provider, which is welcome.html. You see the sample welcome page that you created at the SP. The displayed page lets you know single sign-on was successful.