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 .