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How To Assign a SAML 1.x Authentication Scheme to a Realm

There are two ways to set-up a realm that includes a SAML authentication scheme:

• You can create a unique realm for each authentication scheme/producer already configured.
• You can configure a single target realm that uses a custom authentication scheme to dispatch requests to the corresponding SAML authentication schemes. Configuring one realm with a single target for all producers simplifies configuration of realms for SAML authentication.

Important! Each target URL in the realm is also identified in an intersite transfer URL. An intersite transfer URL redirects a user from the producer to the consumer, and the target URL is specified in the URL’s TARGET variable. At the producer site, an administrator needs to include this URL in a link so that this link the user gets redirected to the consumer.