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ipsilon-client-install: Configure an Ipsilon client

Command to display ipsilon-client-install manual in Linux: $ man 1 ipsilon-client-install

NAME

ipsilon-client-install - Configure an Ipsilon client

SYNOPSIS

ipsilon-client-install [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

Configures a server to be used as a Service Provider (SP) in federation with an Ipsilon instance as its Identity Provider (IdP).

By default, Apache is configured using mod_auth_mellon to handle the SAML 2 Federation.

OPTIONS

-h, --help Show help message and exit

--version: Show program's version number and exit
--hostname HOSTNAME: Machine's fully qualified host name
--port PORT: Port number that SP listens on. The default is to not set a specific listen port. The --saml-secure-setup option can affect this.
--admin-user ADMIN_USER: Account allowed to create a Service Provider (SP). The default is admin.
--admin-password ADMIN_PASSWORD: File containing the password for the account used toc reate a SP (- to read from stdin)
--httpd-user HTTPD_USER: Web server account used. Some files created by the installation will be chown(1) to this user. The default is apache.
--saml: Boolean value whether to install a saml2 SP or not. Default is True.
--saml-idp-url SAML_IDP_URL: An URL of the Ipsilon instance to register the SP with.
--saml-idp-metadata SAML_IDP_METADATA: An URL pointing at the IDP Metadata (FILE or HTTP)
--saml-no-httpd: Do not configure httpd. The default is False.
--saml-base SAML_BASE: Where saml2 authdata is available (default: /)
--saml-auth SAML_AUTH: Where saml2 authentication is enforced. The default is /saml2protected. This only applies when configuring Apache.
--saml-sp SAML_SP: Where saml communication happens. The default is /saml2.
--saml-sp-logout SAML_SP_LOGOUT: Single Logout URL. The default is /saml2/logout.
--saml-sp-post SAML_SP_POST: Post response URL. The default is /saml2/postResponse.
--saml-secure-setup: Turn on all security checks. The default is True.
--saml-nameid: The saml2 NameID format that this SP will use. Must be one of: x509,transient,persistent,windows,encrypted,kerberos,email,unspecified,entity. The default is unspecified.
--saml-sp-name SAML_SP_NAME: The SP name to register with the IdP.
--debug: Turn on script debugging
--uninstall: Uninstall the ipsilon client

CERTIFICATES

Two levels of SSL certificates may be used in an Ipsilon instalation.

An X509 signing certificate is used by Ipsilon to sign SAML 2 messages. The public key of the certificate is passed in the SAML metadata exchanged between the Identity Provider and the Service Provider. This certificate and key are automatically generated.

Any page on the SP that will use the authentication provided by the IdP will need to be protected by SSL in order to access the secure cookie that the IdP provides. Ipsilon does not provide this certificate.

EXAMPLES

Install a SAML 2 SP using the IdP instance idp on idp.example.com.

# ipsilon-client-install --saml-idp-metadata https://idp.example.com/idp/saml2/metadata --saml-auth /protected

Any unauthenticated request to /protected will trigger a redirect to the IdP for authentication.

Once the SP has been generated it needs to be registered with the IdP.

EXIT STATUS

0 if the installation was successful

1 if an error occurred