Shibboleth

Learn about Shibboleth, an open-source single sign-on infrastructure, and how to install and configure it.

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Learn About Shibboleth and Underlying Technologies

Before setting up Shibboleth for your application, get an understanding of the technologies that make Shibboleth happen.

Learn About Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Learn How Shibboleth Works
Learn About the U of M Identity Provider
Reference the Shibboleth Glossary
Learn About the InCommon Federation
Shibboleth Support
Information, support, and guides

Install and Configure

Install Shibboleth Software

Shibboleth Setup Instructions for Linux, Windows, and mac OS
Install Shibboleth with Apache on Debian-based Systems
SimpleSAMLphp Service Provider QuickStart
Choose an Entity ID
Configure the SP Software
Shibboleth Attribute Reference
Instructions for GitHub access
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UMN Shibboleth Attribute Map
Create Metadata
Request Your Shibboleth Service Request
Enable Duo Two-Factor Authentication for your SP
Two-Factor Auth provides additional security for enterprise applications
Shibboleth's Lil Helper
A command-line tool to create configuration and metadata files for Shibboleth SPs
Read the UMN Shibboleth FAQ
Official Shibboleth Troubleshooting Guide

Integrate and Implement

Application Guide

See the UMN Community Shib GitHub Group
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Use the UMN Shib Auth Ruby Gem
Configure Devise to use your Shibboleth SP
(for web apps that use Ruby on Rails' Devise framework)
Configure Apache to use your Shibboleth SP
(for controlling access to web pages served by Apache httpd)
View a list of Shibboleth-enabled applications and services