Federation Security Services Guide › Deploy Federation Using a Manual Configuration › Manual Deployment Prerequisites

Manual Deployment Prerequisites

This deployment assumes that you know how to do the following:

• Install and configure the SiteMinder Policy Server and Web Agent and any associated Option Pack.
• Enable a Web or application server for SSL communication (needed for artifact binding).
• Work with certificates and understand certificate operation, such as how to request a certificate and have it signed by a certificate authority, know the difference between a private key and a public key.
• Add users to a user store. For example, if you have a Sun ONE Directory Server, you must know how to use the Sun ONE Server Console.
• Set up an ODBC database to be enabled as a session store.

  For instructions on setting up a session store database, see the Policy Server Installation Guide. Enable the session store using the Policy Server Management Console.

Sample Federation Network

The sample websites in the SiteMinder federated network are an Identity Provider named idp.demo, and a Service Provider named sp.demo. A business partnership is established between idp.demo and sp.demo.

The following illustration shows the sample federated network.