Creating Entities

This section describes the process for creating a provider entity or an affiliate entity.

To Create a Provider Entity or an Affiliate Entity

An entity can be created but it will not be available for assignment to an authentication domain until it has been populated with provider(s). Once created and populated, the entity (and thus the member providers) can be added to an authentication domain.

1. In the Access Manager Console, select the Federation tab.

2. Under Federation, select the Entities tab.

3. Select New.

   The new entity attributes are displayed.

4. Type a value for the Entity Name.

   This field specifies the uniform resource identifier (URI) of the entity and must be unique. For example, http://shivalik.sun.com or http://provider2.com:875.

5. (Optional) Enter a description of the entity in the Description field.

6. Select one of the following options to define the entity’s type.

   • Select Provider and click OK.

     The new entity is now displayed as a provider in the list of configured Entities. To configure the entity, see To Configure a Provider Entity.

   • Select Affiliate, type a value for both Affiliate Name and Affiliate Owner, and click OK.

     The Affiliate Name (or affiliationID) specifies a URI that uniquely represents the affiliate entity. For example, http://shivalik.sun.com or http://provider2.com:875. The Affiliate Owner (or providerID) is the value assigned to the Entity Name attribute of the provider entity that is forming the affiliation. After entering these values and clicking OK, the new entity is displayed as an affiliate in the list of configured Entities. To configure the entity, see To Configure an Affiliate Entity.

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     Note –

     Defining a service provider as the Affiliate Owner does not automatically include it as a member of the affiliate. If an owner is also a member, the provider ID must be defined as both.

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