Shibboleth Overview
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Skipping a lot of detail here is an overview of the steps involved with using Shibboleth with uPortal. The uPortal configuration step is very small and generally trivial. In the list below steps 1 through 4 are covered by the Shibboleth Documentation. Step 5 is the only uPortal specific part and described below.
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With multiple authentication systems, you will need to design a login template that will allow users to select a specific authentication system to login. To initiate a Shibboleth session, you will need to construct a Shibboleth WAYF login url, for example the format for our school's WAYF is - https://host.school.edu/Shibboleth.sso/WAYF/shibboleth.school.edu?target=http%3A%2F%2Fhost.school.edu%2FuPortal%2FLogin
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