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- The installation location is where the IdP will be installed (the
idp.homedirectory). When performing an upgrade, you should specify the location used before. - If you are not using the bundled Jetty container you will need to configure it to set idp.home to the installation directory (
-Didp.home=C:/Program Files (x86)/Shibboleth/IdP) (but make sure that you avoid backlashes in the path you supply, as this will not function properly and is not supported). - The DNS name of the IdP should be something well-chosen and stable, and not the physical name of a server that might change.
- The scope value should be a DNS subdomain, typically your organizational email domain, that will be used to compute the value of "scoped" attributes to make them unique.
- Check the "Install Jetty" box if you want the installer to install and configure a Java container for you (but you should only do this if you can accept a very vanilla Jetty configuration). This will configure a system service called "shibd_idp" which can be controlled via the usual mechanisms or via the program
C:\Program Files(x86)\Shibboleth\procrun\shibd_idpw.exe - If you check the "Configure for Active Directory" box, then you will see a second configuration page to provide connection details for Active Directory:
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