Procedure
The procedure for connecting to SURFconext as an IDP is:
- In the following procedure we assume your organization is already a member of SURFfederatie
- Send an email to surfconext-beheer@surfnet.nl requesting that your IDP is added to SURFconext
- Your request will be evaluated
- When your request is accepted by SURFconext, send the necessary information described below to surfconext-beheer@surfnet.nl
- SURFconext will add you as an IDP and will notify you when this is completed
- Testing?
Necessary information
When a SURFnet institution wants to connect to SURFconext as an IDP, the following information needs to be provided by the institution:
- IDP SAML2 metadata (wat zijn de eisen aan de metadata?). The IDP metadata should at least contain the following information:
- SingleSignOnService element with Binding and Location
- x509 certificate that is used for signing messages - Extra information describing your institution:
NOTE: all fields are mandatory, except the ones marked with a *
Information |
Example value |
Description |
|
|---|---|---|---|
name:nl |
Universiteit van Monnickendam |
Dutch short name of institution (used by engineblock wayf) |
|
name:en |
University of Monnickendam |
English short name of institution (used by engineblock wayf) |
|
displayName:nl |
Universiteit van Monnickendam |
Dutch name of institution to use for display purposes (used by portal wayf) |
|
displayName:en |
University of Monnickendam |
English name of institution to use for display purposes (used by portal wayf) |
|
description:nl * |
|
Dutch description of the institution (Wat is hier de bedoeling van?) |
|
description:en * |
|
English description of the institution |
|
url:en |
The URL of the institution (usually points to the institutions homepage) |
||
logo |
universiteitvanmonnickendam.gif |
The logo of the IDP that users who want to login will recognize as representing their institution. Logo format should be delivered in GIF, JPG or PNG format with a maximum size of XX x YY pixels. A URL to an image is acceptable, but this image will be copied to a SURFconext location. Any updates to this image after the IDP registration is complete will not be processed. |
|
logo width * |
107 |
Width of the logo in pixels |
|
logo height * |
51 |
Height of the logo in pixels |
|
logo href |
? |
|
|
geoLocation * |
52.45674, 5.03963 |
Contains the geographical location of the institution. Format (in decimal degrees) is: |
|
organization:OrganizationName:nl * |
|
Name of the organisation running the IDP |
|
organization:OrganizationDisplayName:nl * |
|
Name suitable for display purposes of the organisation running the IDP |
|
keywords:nl |
universiteit monnickendam uvm |
Dutch keywords users can use when searching for a specific IDP |
|
keywords:en |
universiy monnickendam uvm |
English keywords users can use when searching for a specific IDP |