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Enable the Message Consumer Plug-in for SAML 1.x

After writing a message consumer plug-in, enable the plug-in by configuring settings in the FSS Administrative UI.

Note: Specify a Message Consumer plug-in for each authentication scheme.

Do not configure the plug-in settings until you deploy the plug-in.

Follow these steps:

1. Log on to the FSS Administrative UI.
2. Navigate to the SAML Auth Scheme Properties dialog and click Additional Configuration dialog.
3. Complete the following fields:

   Full Java Class Name

   Specify the Java class name for the plug-in, For example, a sample class included with the SiteMinder SDK is:

   com.ca.messageconsumerplugin.MessageConsumerPluginSample

   Parameter

   Specify a string of parameters to be passed to the plug-in specified in the Full Java Class Name field.

4. Click OK to save the changes.

   You return to the Authentication Scheme Properties dialog.

5. Click OK to exit the dialog.
6. Restart the Policy Server.

As an alternative to configuring the plug-in in the UI, use the Policy Management API (C or Perl) to set the IdpPluginClass and IdpPluginParameters.

Additional information about the message consumer plug-in can be found as follows:

• Reference information (method signatures, parameters, return values, data types) are in the Java Developer’s Reference. Refer to the MessageConsumerPlugin interface.
• Overview and conceptual information about authentication and authorization APIs, see the SiteMinder Programming Guide for Java.