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InlineMetadataProvider

InlineMetadataProvider

Owned by Scott Cantor
Last updated: May 24, 2023
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Namespace: urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata
Schema: http://shibboleth.net/schema/idp/shibboleth-metadata.xsd

Overview

The InlineMetadataProvider allows the static specification of SAML metadata inside the configuration itself.

Reference

Exactly one of the <md:EntityDescriptor> or <md:EntitiesDescriptor> child elements is required. See the SAML 2.0 Metadata specification and/or our documentation for more information about these elements.

Name

Cardinality

Description

Name

Cardinality

Description

<MetadataFilter>

0 or more

A metadata filter applied to candidate metadata as it flows through the metadata pipeline

<md:EntityDescriptor>

0 or 1

Specifies the metadata for a single entity

<md:EntitiesDescriptor>

0 or 1

Specifies the metadata for two or more entities

Examples

The following example specifies SAML metadata whose top-level element is an <md:EntityDescriptor> element:

<MetadataProvider xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" id="exampleInLineEntity" xsi:type="InlineMetadataProvider" sortKey="1"> <!-- Details removed --> <md:EntityDescriptor ID="entity" entityID="https://app.example.org/sp"> <md:SPSSODescriptor protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"> <md:AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://sp.example.org/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST" index="1" /> </md:SPSSODescriptor> </md:EntityDescriptor> </MetadataProvider>

The following example specifies SAML metadata whose top-level element is an <md:EntitiesDescriptor> element:

<MetadataProvider xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" id="exampleInLineEntities" xsi:type="InlineMetadataProvider"> <!-- Details removed --> <md:EntitiesDescriptor> <md:EntityDescriptor ID="uk001502" entityID="https://wiki.example.org/sp"> <md:SPSSODescriptor protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"> <saml:AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://sp.example.org/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST" index="1" /> </md:SPSSODescriptor> </md:EntityDescriptor> <!-- Further EntityDescriptors removed --> </md:EntitiesDescriptor> </MetadataProvider>

 

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