Federation Security Services Guide › Overview of a SiteMinder Federation Partnership Setup › Installation Overview

Installation Overview

This overview outlines the set up of a SiteMinder federated network.

The steps in each procedure are divided by producing authority tasks and consuming authority tasks. Within this organization, the procedures are further divided by SiteMinder Policy Server and SiteMinder Web Agent tasks at each site.

A producing authority can be a:

• SAML 1.x producer
• SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
• WS-Federation Account Partner

A consuming authority can be a:

• SAML 1.x consumer
• SAML 2.0 Service Provider
• WS-Federation Resource Partner

Note: You can perform all the installation tasks first then complete the software configuration via the FSS Administrative UI. Either method works.

These procedures refer to the latest SiteMinder releases. For other compatible versions, see the SiteMinder Platform Matrix associated with the release.

To locate the SiteMinder Platform Support Matrix

1. Log on to the Technical Support Site.
2. Search for SiteMinder Platform Support Matrix.

Be aware of the following:

• SiteMinder does not support federation between two systems using the same cookie domain.
• This overview does not include the SAML Affiliate Agent. For information involving that Agent, see the SiteMinder SAML Affiliate Agent Guide.
• Federation Security Services and the SAML Affiliate Agent are separately-licensed items from SiteMinder.