Welcome to the UK federation Information Centre
For further information on the UK federation, please click on the following links. If you have javascript enabled, clicking on the "[+]" symbols will expand each section. Otherwise, click on the section title to be taken to a page with the same content.
[+] Events
[+] Preparation and joining process
- WAYF log-in terminology advice
- JISC Technical Pre-requisite Guide
- Third Party Providers of Federated Access Management Solutions
- Libraries briefing paper
- Federation overview (
483KB)
- Federated access management for schools ( 1.62MB)
- JISC Briefing Paper for IdPs
- JISC Briefing Paper for Service Providers
- Becta Briefing Paper for IdPs
- JISC Business Case
- JISC Roadmap
- Application Process Map
[+] Core federation documentation
[+] Quick links to technical information pages
Internal
- JoinFederation
- AttributeUsage
- MakingKeys
- Sample authentication script for SPs
- IdP Quick Installer for Active Directory
- Caveat re ePTID definition
External
- EDINA: Documentation on rolling upgrade from Shibboleth 1.3 IdP to Shibboleth 2.x IdP
- LSE: A Shibboleth Technical Reading List
- Nottingham Trent University: Documentation on installation of Shibboleth in Windows
[+] Presentations
- Introduction to the UK federation ( 843kb)
Downloadable sound file (mp3, 8.2Mb), or video presentation - Options for joining the federation ( 228kb)
sound file (mp3, 6.4Mb), or video presentation - Technical requirements for the UK federation ( 88kb)
sound file (mp3, 11.8Mb), or video presentation - Protecting User Privacy and Publisher Rights ( 142kb)
video presentation - Policy requirement for joining the UK federation ( 61kb)
sound file (mp3, 11.1Mb), or video presentation - Deploying Federated Access Management in FE: Case Study – Building the Business Case, Will Davidson, Halesowen College video presentation
- Deploying federated access management using the Shibb-on-Windows quick installer – Colin Bruce, Coventry University video presentation
- The JISC Federated Access Management animation
Other presentations are available under the Events section or on the JISC Slideshow page
[+] Case studies
Access Management - Higher Education
- Brighton & Sussex Medical School ( 302kb)
- Cardiff University ( 310kb)
- Kingston University ( 323kb)
- Sussex University ( 284kb)
- University of Brighton ( 310kb)
- University of Dundee ( 399kb)
- Colin Bruce, Coventry University - Deployment Video recording
Access Management - Further Education
- Halesowen College ( 293kb)
- West Nottinghamshire College ( 311kb)
- Will Davidson, Halesowen College: – Building the Business Case Video recording
- RSC East Midlands case study Link to external website
Access Management - Schools Sector
- East Midlands Broadband Consortium ( 314kb)
- South West Grid for Learning ( 297kb)
Windows Quick Install
- Birkenhead Sixth Form College ( 286kb)
- C2k ( 214kb)
- Coventry University ( 189kb)
- Edinburgh Telford College ( 158kb)
- Swansea College ( 2Mb)
- Swindon College ( 1Mb)
Guides produced by participants in the Windows Quick Install project
- Integrating a Shibboleth idP with Microsoft Active Directory ( 1.7Mb)
- Sample Security Configuration for a Shibboleth IdP ( 1.1Mb)
- Best Practice Guidance ( 178kb)
- Creating and installing SSL certificates ( 186kb)
- Quick Install IdP LDAP ( 189kb)
- Shibboleth Configuration files ( 212kb)
- Shibboleth Installation ( 903kb)
[+] Other
- A dedicated page is available for links to other sites
- Guide to using this website
- A document describing recent Changes to the Rules of Membership
- WAYFless URLs:
You can get a list of all the pages by clicking here. If you want to find out what has changed recently, visit RecentChanges. Alternatively, there are RSS feeds you can use with a news aggregator to see federation news, when new pages are created or information on new Service Providers.