While SAML
is already widely used in the industry, the configuration within Weblogic
Server is complex and in most companies not part of the regular routine. We
want to have look at a simple SAML example that was published in an article by VikrantSawant in 2007. This former example demonstrates a Web
SSO scenario using SAML 1.1 in Weblogic Server 9.2.
We want to
upgrade this example, using SAML 2.0 in Weblogic Server 12.1.3.
This is a
tutorial in which we will walk through all the necessary steps to setup and run
the SAML 2.0 example. This includes the installation and configuration of
weblogic server, creation of two weblogic server domains, installation of the
test applications and configuration of the identity provider and service
provider domains. To provide a comprehensive overview, the separate tutorial
steps are summarized in mind map diagrams. The tutorial comprises a Service
Provider initiated flow and an Identity Provider initiated flow, which both
will be demonstrated during the testing steps.
As an
addition, the tutorial demonstrates the usage of the weblogic feature “virtual
user”.
The
tutorial was developed and tested on a windows 7 machine. A zip package
containing all necessary files is provided at the tutorial website. This also
includes a text file with a set of windows commands to help setting up the
domains and user configurations. We expect the tutorial to run also on Linux or
any other platform supported by weblogic server, although this was not tested.
SAML2_Web_SSO_Tutorial.pdf (ca. 3 MB)
SAML2_Web_SSO_Tutorial.pdf (ca. 3 MB)
