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How to Configure a SiteMinder Account Partner

SiteMinder, as an Account Partner generates assertions for its business partners, the Resource Partners. To establish a federated partnership, the Account Partner needs information about each Resource Partner. Create a Resource Partner object for each partner. Define how the two entities communicate to pass assertions and to satisfy profiles, such as single sign-on.

To configure SiteMinder to act as an Account Partner

1. Associate the Resource Partner with an affiliate domain.
2. Add a Resource Partner to the affiliate domain.
3. Specify the general identifying information for the Resource Partner.
4. Select users from a user store.

   The Account Partner generates assertions for the users you select.

5. Specify the Name ID to include in the assertion.
6. Configure the single sign-on profiles.
7. Complete any optional configuration tasks.

You can save a Resource Partner entity without configuring a complete SSO profile. You cannot actually pass an assertion to the Resource Partner without configuring SSO.

Tips:

• Certain parameter values at the Account Partner and Resource Partner must match for the configuration to work. A list of those parameters is listed in Configuration Settings that Must Use the Same Values.
• To verify that you are using the correct URLs for the Federation Web Services servlets, you can find a list of URLs in Federation Web Services URLs Used in SiteMinder Configuration.

More Information:

Creating Affiliate Domains

Add a Resource Partner to an Affiliate Domain