Guidelines for SAML authentication in System Manager

Last Updated : Nov 07, 2012 |
  • You can use the NameID of a subject in an Assertion as the login ID to create a user account for the subject in System Manager. If the system encrypts the NameID, R-IDP must include the attributes of authenticated subject such as uid and email. in the Assertion. The system uses the attributes to create a user account in System Manager. If the Assertion does not contain attributes, the R-IDP must act as an Attribute Authority. In System Manager, you require an account for RBAC.

  • Assertions must be signed and not encrypted.

  • The system uses assertions from trusted sources only. An administrator must setup SSL trust between System Manager and R-IDP by adding the CA certificate of R-IDP’s Web server certificate into the CA truststore in System Manager.

  • Condition statement in an Assertion can have multiple AudienceRestriction statements. The condition statement must have SAML entity ID of System Manager as one of the AudienceRestriction.