Federation Security Services Guide › Overview of a SiteMinder Federation Partnership Setup › Set Up Producing Authority Components › Install the Producing-side Policy Server

Install the Producing-side Policy Server

At the producing authority:

1. Install the Policy Server.

   See SiteMinder Policy Server Installation Guide.

2. Set up the Session Server and its database for artifact single sign-on only.

   See SiteMinder Policy Server Administration Guide.

   The session server is required only for artifact single sign-on because the session server stores an assertion prior to it being retrieved.

   Note: Do not use Microsoft Access as a session server database.

3. Set up a policy store for use by the Policy Server.

   See SiteMinder Policy Server Installation Guide.

   Important! If you choose to initialize a new policy store, the Policy Server installer will automatically import the affiliate objects contained in the ampolicy.smdif file. These objects are necessary for federation. If you use an existing policy store that you do not initialize, you will have to manually import the affiliate objects.To verify that the import is successful, log in to the FSS Administrative UI and click on Domains in the System tab. You should see the FederationWebServices domain object.

4. Set up a user store.

   See SiteMinder Policy Server Configuration Guide.

   This user store must contain the users for which assertions will be generated.

5. (Optional) You may want to enable error and trace logging for the Policy Server to see the communication between the producing authority and the consuming authority.