UK Access Management Federation
for Education and Research
The UK federation is operated by Jisc and provides a single solution to accessing online resources and services for education and research. Here is some information on how it works and its benefits.
Eligible organisations are invited to join the current membership.
Latest news
End of Support for Shibboleth V2 Identity Provider
Posted on Thursday, 17 October 2019
The UK federation will be ending its support for Shibboleth V2 Identity Provider (IdP) deployments on December 31st 2019.
Why we are doing this:
Shibboleth IdP v2 IdP deployments have been End of Life since July 2016 and ending support for this will allow effort to be focused on current deployments.
Who does this concern:
The UK federation support team has contacted institutions and organisations known to be running Shibboleth IdP v.2 software, however it is possible that some remain unidentified in which case if you believe your institution may be running Shibboleth IdP v2 please consider the action detailed below.
Shibboleth IdP version 4
Posted on Monday, 14 October 2019
The next version of the Shibboleth IdP (version 4) will remove some configuration elements that IdP deployers in the UK federation rely on. Every Shibboleth IdP deployer must change their configuration to use the new elements that have been available since v3.4.0. The changes are typically small and well-defined, and IdP 3.4 will log warnings for deprecated elements. The UK federation lists the most relevant actions in Deprecated features in Shibboleth IdP v3 will be removed in v4 (https://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/DeprecationIdPv4). You have a few months window of opportunity to reconfigure deprecated elements to ensure a smooth transition to IdP v4 when it is released.
Successful Attribute Release and eduGAIN IdP Health Check Webinar
Posted on Friday, 24 May 2019
The following webinar is being advertised on behalf of GÉANT and the eduGAIN interfederation service (of which the UK federation is a member).
Still too often accessing federated services today does not work because attribute release at the Identity Provider does not work. This is frustrating for end users, services and the research collaborations operating many eduGAIN services. Bad attribute release hinders research!
The webinar takes place on 03 July 2019 from 10:00 to 11:00 am CEST (09:00 to 10:00 BST / UK local time),
Shibboleth Identity Provider 3.4.4 now available
Posted on Thursday, 23 May 2019
The Shibboleth Project has released v3.4.4 of the Identity Provider (IdP) software, this is a patch release containing a number of bug fixes. The UK federation recommends that you run the latest version of the IdP software, and upgrade as soon as your maintenance schedules allow. Please see the Shibboleth IdP Release Notes
Upgrading to v3.4.x is an important step in maintaining your Shibboleth IdP, as it should be possible to in-place upgrade from an existing IdP v3 to this version. This version identifies a number of deprecation warning messages, and you will need to work to resolve the issues identified prior to the release of Shibboleth IdP v4 (expected to be released later in 2019).
We will be releasing further and updated guidance on our website shortly. In the meantime you may wish to review the following page about Deprecation in IdP v4