Creating a WS Federation Identity Provider

To establish a trust relationship, you need to set up the Adatum site (adfsaccount.adatum.com) as an identity provider for Identity Server.

Adatum is the default name for the identity provider. If you have used another name, substitute it when following these instructions. To create an identity provider, you need to know the following information about the Adatum site:

Table 5-15 Adatum Values

Option

Default Value and Description

Provider ID

Default Value: urn:federation:adatum

The ADFS server provides this value to the service provider in the realm parameter in the assertion. Set this value in Properties of the Trust Policy on the ADFS server. The label is Federation Service URI.

Sign-on URL

Default Value: https://adfsaccount.adatum.com/adfs/ls/

The service provider uses this value to redirect the user for login. This URL is listed in Properties of the Trust Policy on the ADFS server. The label is Federation Services endpoint URL.

Logout URL

Default Value: https://adfsresource.treyresearch.net/adfs/ls/

The ADFS server makes no distinction between the login and logout URL. Access Manager has separate URLs for login and logout, but from an Access Manager Identity Server to an ADFS server, they are the same.

Signing Certificate

This is the certificate that the ADFS server uses for signing.

You need to export it from the ADFS server. It can be retrieved from the properties of the Trust Policy on the ADFS Server on the Verification Certificates tab.This certificate is a self-signed certificate that you generated when following the step-by-step guide.

To create an identity provider, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Devices > Identity Servers > Edit > WS Federation.

  2. Click New, select Identity Provider, and specify the following details:

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Specify a name that identifies the identity provider, such as Adatum.

    Provider ID

    Specify the federation service URI of the identity provider. For example, urn:federation:adatum.

    Sign-on URL

    Specify the login URL. For example, https://adfsaccount.adatum.com/adfs/ls/.

    Logout URL

    Specify the logout URL. For example, https://adfsresource.treyresearch.net/adfs/ls/

    Identity Provider

    Specify the path to the signing certificate of the ADFS server.

  3. Confirm the certificate, then click Next.

  4. For the authentication card, specify the following values:

    Field

    Description

    ID

    Leave this field blank.

    Text

    Specify a description that is shown to a user when the user places a mouse over the card.

    Image

    Select an image, such as Customizable, or any other image.

    Show Card

    Select this option to display the card as a login option.

  5. Click Finish.

  6. Continue with Modifying the User Identification Specification.