The process to add an SP's or IdP's metadata to eduGAIN varies from federation to federation. Therefore, it is recommended to have a look at your local federation's instructions. Generally, the necessary steps are however:
- Generate entity metadata that is conform with the eduGAIN Metadata Profile by using the eduGAIN Metadata Templates (SAML 2.0 compliant) provided here or, if your Organisation still use the deprecated SAML 1.x standard, ensure to have at least one SAML2 endpoint in your entity's metadata.
- Validate the entity metadata with eduGAIN Metadata Validation tool.
- Contact your Federation and communicate the intention to join to eduGAIN.
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In some federations, metadata has not to be generated manually but by filling in some web forms that then generate the metadata automatically based on the entered values.
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This step also may not be necessary in case your local federation uses a federation registry that generates and publishes the metadata in eduGAIN for you.
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Finally, contact your Federation and communicate the intention to join to eduGAIN: eduGAIN members In some federations, it is sufficient to send an email to the federation helpdesk and ask them to publish the metadata for eduGAIN. In other federations, the federation registry allows an administrator to tick a checkbox to achieve the same.
