1.1 Key Features

The setup instructions contained in this document use a specific environment to illustrate how to set up federation and SAMLv2 protocols. This environment is designed to highlight the following key features:

• Access Manager servers are deployed in high-availability mode.

• Federation Managers are deployed in high-availability mode and configured to with work with Sun Java System Directory Server instead of the default flat files.

• XML Signing is enabled for all SAMLv2 protocols.

• SAML2 URL end points are exposed through load balancers with SSL termination.

• Web Policy Agents and J2EE Policy Agents are deployed in front of the Federation Manager instances, and the policy agents work only in single sign-on (SSO) mode .