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Join the eduGAIN Training Federation in Vienna on October 17, 2011, to learn about metadata management tools for creating SAML metadata files. Explore manual options, automation via scripts or version control, and tools like SWITCH Resource Registry, JANUS-SSP, and Federation Registry for different types of federations. Discover the implementation of the eduGAIN "opt-in" process and support for DiscoJuiceJSON, paving the way for extra-European federations. Contact Brook to participate in this work.
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eduGAIN TrainingFederation Metadata Management Tools eduGAIN Training Vienna 17 Oct 2011 Brook Schofield, TERENA
eduGAIN Metadata Management Opt’s • Goal is to create a SAML metadata file • Tip #1: Brook doesn’t understand this space… proceed with caution. • Options as I see them: • Manual (use an XML editor) • Some Automation via Scripts/Version Control • Metadata Management Tools • SWITCH Resource Registry • JANUS-SSP • Federation Registry (AAF)
Types of Federations • 4-Types of Federation • Mesh • Hub&Spoke/Centralised • Aggregate (Kalmar2, eduGAIN) have their own tools (MDS) • X.509 (IGTF) • Most prominent are: • Mesh (27 instances) • Hub&Spoke (7 instances either centralised/distributed • Tip #2: Stats from the “Proof of Concept” Service Catalogue.
…hand me the envelope! *Process available but requires documentation. NB:- Signing of metadata outside the scope of these tools – solutions exist.
What is eduGAIN doing about this? • Federation Registry (AAF) • Working with the NZ Summer of eResearch Project • 2 students for 10 weeks for 40 hours per week (800 total hours) • Goal is to implement: • eduGAIN “opt-in” process for Federation Registry • …and add support for DiscoJuiceJSON • Will pave the way for extra-European federations • JANUS-SSP (Primarily WAYF) • AMRES’ new identity federation utilising JANUS-SSP in mesh arch. • Interest from Edugate and others in extending feature set • Tip #3 Contact Brook if you can participate in this work.