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This is a roadmap for operationalizing eduGAIN participation in the InCommon Federation.
Contents:
A Global Metadata Aggregator that imports eduGAIN metadata as outlined in this document has been developed and deployed by InCommon Operations. Using this new infrastructure, a snapshot of InCommon metadata was taken on February 15, 2016.
Milestones
Phase 0 [DONE] Introduce the MD-RPI schema
Introduce the MD-RPI schema into production metadata.
- Introduce the
<mdrpi:RegistrationInfo>
element into production metadata - Introduce the
registered-by-incommon
entity attribute into production metadata - Introduce the
<mdrpi:PublicationInfo>
element into production metadata- Align with the
<mdrpi:PublicationInfo>
element in the export aggregate
- Align with the
For more info: Registered By InCommon Category
Phase 1 [DONE] Deploy user interfaces in the FM
Deploy user interfaces in the Federation Manager. Perform the following operations:
- Deploy an updated user interface for requested attributes in the Federation Manager
- Deprecate SAML1-format
<md:RequestedAttribute>
elements in SP metadata - Support the
isRequired
XML attribute in SP metadata
- Deprecate SAML1-format
- Deploy a user interface for IdPs in the Federation Manager
- Give Site Administrators the ability to self-assert membership in the Hide From Discovery Category
- Deploy initial user interfaces for IdPs and SPs in the Federation Manager
- Give Site Administrators the ability to opt out of default export of IdP metadata
- Give Site Administrators the ability to explicitly opt into the export of SP metadata
For more info: Federation Manager Release Notes
Phase 2 [DONE] Import eduGAIN metadata into the preview aggregate
Import eduGAIN metadata into the preview aggregate. Perform the following operation:
- Import global metadata into the preview aggregate
- Advise deployers to point their pre-production systems at the preview aggregate
Post-Phase 2 Metrics
Phase 3 [DONE] Begin production integration with eduGAIN
Sync the main production aggregate with the preview aggregate and begin exporting metadata at scale to eduGAIN. Perform the following operations in order:
- Deploy final user interfaces for IdPs and SPs in the Federation Manager
- Continue to give Site Administrators the ability to opt out of default export of IdP metadata
- Continue to give Site Administrators the ability to explicitly opt into the export of SP metadata
- Import global metadata into the main production aggregate
- Sync the main production aggregate with the preview aggregate
- Maintain the fallback aggregate for a minimum of one month
- Export InCommon metadata to eduGAIN
- Export all IdP metadata by default, except those IdPs that have explicitly opted out
- Export SP metadata on demand, for those SPs that have explicitly opted in
Post-Phase 3 Metrics
Phase 4 [DONE] Complete production integration with eduGAIN
Sync all metadata aggregates in the pipeline.
- Import global metadata into the fallback aggregate
- Sync the fallback aggregate with the main production aggregate.
Post-Phase 4 Status
All metadata aggregates are in sync as of March 29, 2016. Full integration status has been achieved.