UK Federation Operational Information
Federation Metadata
Download the signed metadata files for the UK Federation here:
- For Shibboleth V1.3 and V2.0:
You can download the certificate used to sign this file as ukfederation.pem for use with the siterefresh utility (described in SetupSP), or as ukfederation.jks for use with the metadatatool utility (described in SetupIdP).
However, as this certificate secures the entire UK Federation, you should not rely on it until you have confirmed the certificate's fingerprint with a member of the UK Federation Operations team. (SetupSP describes use of openssl to check the certificate fingerprint using ukfederation.pem. SetupIdP describes use of keytool to check the certificate fingerprint using ukfederation.jks.)
Federation Test Pages
The following pages are for general test use, especially for testing new identity provider deployments:
These display the user attributes received (and other information) in different forms.
SP Testing
The UK Federation does not operate a test IdP at present. However, if you have not deployed an IdP of your own for testing, you can create test accounts at one of the open-access IdPs within the federation. Currently these are:
ProtectNetwork TypeKey Bridge
Attributes Used in Federation
See Attribute usage for details.
History
The SDSS development federation was the forerunner of the UK federation.