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

Installation Overview

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

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

These procedures refer to the latest <stmndr 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.

Conventions in the Installation Overview Procedures

The following variables are used in installation and configuration procedures:

web_agent_home

Specifies the installed location of the Web Agent

policy_server_home

Specifies the installed location of the Policy Server

web_server_home

Indicates the installed location of the web server

fqhn

Designates fully qualified host name

port_number

Specifies the port number of a server

sps_home

Specifies the installed location of CA SiteMinder SPS