Delivered at the McShib event, 6 March 2012, Edinburgh

1. McShib
6th March 2012
Edinburgh

2. UK federation today
 890 members, 1330 entities and growing
 The largest education and research Access
Management Federation in the world
 Membership and entity registration is free to
HE & FE and to service providers
 Funded by JISC

3. Who are we?
 Kelley Campbell
 Steve Glover
 Gary Gray
 Sara Hopkins
 Alex Stuart

4. What do we do?
 Metadata update requests
 New entity registrations
 Installation and configuration support
 Metadata signing and publishing
 Shibboleth support
 Hosting of web servers with metadata
and Discovery Service

5. Common questions
 How to configure the IdP to release
specific attributes.
 A user reports a problem logging into a
resource. The helpdesk then follows this
up with the SP and IdP to solve the
problem.
 Renewal of embedded trust-fabric
certificates in the metadata.
 IdP and SP software updates.

6. Hints and tips
 Read the documentation first
(shibboleth.net and ukfederation.org.uk)
 Follow the recommendations
 Plan your deployment
 Ensure you sync the system clock
 If you need clarification – ask us
 Use the test SP to check your attribute
release

7. Hints and tips continued…
 Ensure good communication with the
librarians
 Monitor the software regularly
 Keep the software up-to-date

8. A resource for you
Email us at service@ukfederation.org.uk
•Not just metadata updates
•Technical support, general queries
•Emails to that address go straight to the
helpdesk
Documentation at www.ukfederation.org.uk
•Helps you register and update your entities
•Please let us know about errors or omissions
or if there’s some content you would like to see
there

9. What we’re working on
 Getting ready for Shibboleth 3 IdP and SP
 Supporting RAPTOR
 Technical issues specific to schools sector
 Inter-federation with other education
federations
 On-line tools for federation members
 Increasing membership and registrations