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Upgrading to new releases is handled automatically when the MSI installer is used. The system prevents configuration files from being overwritten and skips "initial install" tasks like generating keys. The Shibboleth daemon is restarted by the package but you will need to restart the web server you're using yourself.
Web Server Overview
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Restrictive ACL on the configuration fileNew Installations place a restrictive file security ACL on the configuration directory.Restricting ACLsNote that the installer does not adjust file system ACLs based on your install path. Wherever you choose to install the software, you should consider reviewing and hardening the file and folder access to that location. Most of these folders and files should be read only. The daemon process runs by default as a system account and should already have the necessary access. You should if possible prevent all other access to the private key file(s) as those need not be readable by anything else, and you need not allow any writing of files, or creation of folders or files by any other users. If you run your web server under a different user account (not a member of the |
Installation with IIS
The plugin modules in support of IIS are always installed. If IIS itself is installed you will be prompted "Configure IIS7 module?". Check this box to actually configure Shibboleth to run with IIS, in practice this can be done with two command.
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