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Redirect Users without Valid Affiliate Cookies to the Producer

When a user makes a request for a protected consumer resource, but that user’s browser does not contain valid consumer profile and session cookies, the user is redirected to the producer. The PortalQueryURL is the URL at the producer where the user is sent.

This PortalQueryURL must direct the user to an intersite transfer service, which redirects a user from the producer to the consumer.

Configure the PortalQueryURL by entering a URL to the intersite transfer service at the producer. For example:

<PortalQueryURL>https://secure.portal.domain.com:81/affwebservices/public/intersitetransfer/</PortalQueryURL>

After the user goes to the PortalQueryURL, they are sent back to the SSLInterceptorURL with the SAML artifact. The artifact enables the SAML Affiliate Agent to call the producer and retrieve the SAML assertion. After the assertion is returned to the consumer, the SAML Affiliate Agent uses the assertion data to set the consumer cookies in the user’s browser.