The following attributes are supported only for the remote dynamic MetadataProvider types (MDQ, Dynamic):
Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
cacheDirectory | string | Defines a directory in which downloaded metadata will be cached. During startup the directory is also scanned and the metadata loaded to prime the in-memory cache. This directory should be unique for every metadata provider configured. A relative path will be applied relative to the /var/cache/shibboleth root, and the directory will be created if it does not exist. | |
backgroundInitialize | boolean | true | Flag indicating whether the plugin should initialize itself from the cache in the background to improve startup time. It has no effect if |
verifyHost | boolean | true | If true, attempts to resolve metadata using a TLS-enabled URL will verify the hostname in the server's certificate against the expected hostname (but this is the extent of the validation performed unless other configuration is in place) |
ignoreTransport | boolean | false | If true, authentication of the transport layer will be ignored when resolving metadata. If false, a |
Accept 3.1 | string | "application/samlmetadata+xml" | Overrides the standard Accept header used to request the SAML metadata content type |