This is a roadmap for operationalizing eduGAIN participation in the InCommon Federation.
Operational Timeline
Contents:
Milestones
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 global metadata was taken on October 29, 2015.
Phase 0 [DONE]
- 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
Phase 1 [DONE]
There are 994 global SP entities in eduGAIN metadata (as of October 29, 2015)
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
Phase 2 [in production on January 15, 2016]
There are 1453 global IdP entities in eduGAIN metadata (as of October 29, 2015)
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 [in production on February 15, 2016]
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