Technical Note: Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Windows

Installation of the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Windows

The SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Windows installs on either Access Manager 7 2005Q4, Access Manager 7.1, or Federation Manager 7.0 2005Q4. This section describes the specific software requirements and contains pointers to the installation procedures. It contains the following sections:

Notes for Installing SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Windows

The following should be done to install the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on the Windows operating system.

Before installing the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Windows, ensure that the LDAP server is running, and the web container is shutdown. The installer needs to modify files held by the web container process.
After installing the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Solaris and Linux, sample metadata templates and a circle of trust will be automatically created. This is not done after installing on Windows. To create metadata templates and a circle of trust on Windows after installation, start your web container and run saml2meta. See The saml2meta Command-line Reference in Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services User’s Guide for more information.

SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Windows on Federation Manager 7.0 2005Q4

The SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services can be deployed on an instance of Federation Manager 7.0 2005Q4 deployed on a Windows environment. The plug-in runs on:

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 or above
Windows 2000 Server SP4 or above
Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4 or above
Windows XP Professional Edition SP2
Windows 2003 Enterprise Server

Note –

The SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Windows was only tested on Windows 2003 Enterprise Server although it should work on all the platforms listed

The procedure to install the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on an instance of Federation Manager deployed in a Windows environment is the same as the procedure used to install it on an instance of Federation Manager deployed in a Solaris operating environment with one exception: saml2setup should be changed to saml2setup.bat. The installation instructions are documented in Chapter 2, Installing the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services, in Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services User’s Guide. See Notes for Installing SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Windows for pre- and post-install procedures. Information on Federation Manager can be found in the Sun Java System Federation Manager 7 2005Q4 documentation.

SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Windows on Access Manager 7 2005Q4

The procedure to install the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on an instance of Access Manager 7 2005Q4 deployed in a Windows environment is the same as the procedure used to install it on an instance of Access Manager deployed in a Solaris operating environment with one exception: saml2setup should be changed to saml2setup.bat. The installation instructions are documented in Chapter 2, Installing the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services, in Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services User’s Guide. See Notes for Installing SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Windows for pre- and post-install procedures. Information on Access Manager can be found in the Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 documentation.

SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Windows on Access Manager 7.1

The procedure to install the SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on an instance of Access Manager 7.1 deployed in a Windows environment is documented in SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services for Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 in Sun Java System SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services Release Notes. See Notes for Installing SAML v2 Plug-in for Federation Services on Windows for pre- and post-install procedures. Information on Access Manager can be found in the Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 documentation.