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Manually generating a certificate to encrypt SAML assertions

If the Domino®server.id file has a password, you as the administrator must create the SAML metadata file and the certificate file manually; the Create SP Certificatebutton in the IdP Catalog application cannot be used. You must also create the metadata file manually if you intend to verify SAML assertions using an Internet certificate that already exists in the server ID file.

About this task

Note: If you've configured SAML to use AuthnRequest, you cannot use this procedure if a server ID file is password-protected. As a workaround, use the Create SP Certificatebutton in the IdP configuration document without a password-protected server ID file, as described in Automatically generating a certificate to encrypt SAML assertions. Then reset the password on the server ID.

Procedure

1. Edit the Domino server NOTES.INI file and enter the following required settings:

SAMLAuthVersion=

value

Where the values are:

1 - for SAML 1.1

2 - for SAML 2.0

SAMLUrl=https://your_SAML_service_provider_hostname

For example, https://domino1.us.renovations.com

Note: If your Domino server will not be enabled for TLS (required with an ADFS IdP), then this URL must start withhttp instead ofhttps, for example,http://domino1.us.renovations.com

SAMLSloUrl=https://iti-ws2.renovations.com/sps/samlTAM20/saml20

If your federation does not require or support a log-out URL, you should still enter a URL like the one in the preceding example, to ensure proper syntax for the export metadata.

2. If the server ID file already has an Internet certificate that can be used, this step is optional. At the Domino server console on the Domino server, enter the following command to create the certificate. if the company name is more than one word, enclose the name in quotation marks (") as shown:

certmgmt create saml [overwrite][company "Renovations Home Improvement"]

Note: If you do not specify a company, then the default SAML Signing is used.

3. Take note of the public key hash that displays on the console when you issued the certmgmt create saml command. The key is the string that follows public key hash=. In the following example, the key is v6i9TOz7zP9GBCXxtrz+KA==

Certificate created, public key hash=v6i9TOz7zP9GBCXxtrz+KA==

4. Edit the Domino server NOTES.INI file again and enter the following required setting, using the hash key you noted in step 3:

SAMLPublicKeyHash=

your_hash_key

Tip: If you do not have a note of the hash key – for example, you are not the administrator who performed the previous steps, or if you want to use a different existing certificate – you can use the CERTMGMT SHOW ALL command to display the key.

5. Enter the following NOTES.INI setting, using any string convenient to your administrators:

SAMLCompanyName=

your_organization_name

The text you enter for your_organization_name must match the company name as supplied in step 2 when you created the certification (certmgmt create saml). Alternatively your_organization_name can match the Subject Name that displays when you issued the CERTMGMT SHOW ALL command. If no company name was supplied in step 2, then use SAML Signing for the value of SAMLCompanyName, for example:

SAMLCompanyName=SAML Signing

6. Enter the following command to generate a metadata.XML file to import into your federation:

certmgmt export saml xml filename.xml

7. Copy the exported certificate file to a location from where you can import it into the IdP configuration document you are configuring.

8. Open the appropriate IdP configuration document. On the Certificate Management tab, under Certificate management settings, copy and paste the public key hash used in previous steps into the field Certificate public key hash value (base 64).

What to do next

Export the Web server IdP configuration or ID vault server IdP configuration toidp.xml.

Parent topic: Generating a certificate to encrypt SAML assertions

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