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This activity seeks to provide an easy-to-use, user-configurable test Identity Provider.

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<Enter here>The aim of this activity is design and implement a fully functional SAML IdP that can be used to perform individual integration test by community members.

This activity creates a freely available, realistic test IdP for the GÉANT community. 

In the past, there were similar offers like UnitedID or samltest.id. However, the UnitedID solution does no longer exist and samltest does not support required features like the release of R&S.  

Based on the needs of the GÉANT community, the solution may offer SAML, OIDC and supports all the latest best practices. 

To achieve this task, the Incubator has to define the use cases which are needed by the community. Requirements definition from a group of stakeholders

• Test for a specific set of attributes
• Create an account to save a test profile
• A (REST) API to configure the IdP using a (web) client

There are different potential business cases for deployment: as part of the eduGAIN support tools, by GÉANT operations or NREN hosted.

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<Enter here>Operators need a reliable way to test their providers. This enables the early detection of errors in the configuration and increases the quality of the entities in eduGAIN in the long term.

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• It yields some difficulties to ensure the sustainability of such a service

• The activity itself does not handle any sensitive data
• The service is supposed to be used only for testing using test data
• The design of any centrally must consider security and privacy principles

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• Community requirements and use cases are documented
• A solution is designed, implemented and tested
• A test deployment is made available and tested by some operators
• A sustainability model is defined
• The software and supporting resources are provided to the future maintainer

• Design, source code and documentation is published publicly
• A responsible party to host and manage the service will be defined

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