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The default configuration will create three metadata files in the output directory: metadata.interfederation+idp.xml, metadata.interfederation+sp.xml metadata.interfederation.xml. The first two will contain only IdPs or SPs. The default configuration can easily be adapted to meet different requirements. Further

Shibboleth Metadata Aggregator (MDA)

Up-to-date information on the configuration of the Shibboleth Metadata Aggregator MDA can be found on: at https://wikishibboleth.shibbolethatlassian.net/confluencewiki/displayspaces/MA1/

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overview

Prerequisites

• This guide assumes that the administrator is familiar with Linux, editing text based configuration files and running shell commands.
• The guide assumes that the administrator has access to a Linux system where a Java Runtime (OpenJDK 8 or newer is recommended) is installed.
• It is assumed that the installation directory will be ‘/opt/eduGAIN-Metadata-Processing’. Root access might be needed to install this software.
• In order to run cronjobs more securely, an unprivileged user mda-user is recommended to use

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