Agent Guides › SAML Affiliate Agent Guide › Configure Portal Settings › Specify the Notification Service

Specify the Notification Service

The notification service lets the SAML Affiliate Agent notify the producer of user activity at the consumer site. When a user accesses URLs at the consumer, the producer can log this data and use it for reporting purposes.

The notification sent by the SAML Affiliate Agent includes the

• Affiliate name
• URL accessed by the user
• User DN
• User session key, if available
• Time of access

Three settings require configuration for the notification service—they are in different sections of the AffiliateConfig.xml file:

• NotificationService (PerPortalInfo section)—specifies the location of the notification service at the producer.
• NotificationURL (PerAffiliateInfo section)—designates URLs at the consumer that trigger the SAML Affiliate Agent to send notification messages to the producer.
• MatchingRule for the NotificationURL (PerAffiliateInfo section)—indicates how the SAML Affiliate Agent compares each URL for which the user gained access, to the NotificationURL. Required with the NotificationURL.

To configure the notification service

1. Specify a URL path for the NotificationService element. The URL must be over an SSL connection. For example:

   <NotificationService>https://secure.producer.domain.com:81/affwebservices/router/notification</NotificationService>

   The affwebservices/router/notification portion of the notification service URL is the default installation directory of the Federation Web Services application. This application is installed with the Web Agent Option Pack for the producer-side Web Agent. If you install the Option Pack in a non-default location, be sure that the correct location is reflected in the URL.

2. Configure the NotificationURL element and MatchingRule in the PerAffiliateInfo section of the AffiliateConfig.xml file.

More Information

Configure the Notification Service