Managing federation partners

Use the Federations management page to create, modify, delete, enable, or disable your federation partners.

1. Log in to the local management interface.
2. Select Secure Federation > Manage > Federations. All existing federations are displayed in the list.
3. Select the federation to manage partners for.
4. Click Partners. All existing partners for this federation are displayed.
5. You can create, modify, delete, enable, or disable your federation partners.
   • To create a partner, click Add and follow the wizard. The wizard pages differ depending on the federation protocols. When there are multiple partner templates to choose from, they are displayed in a table. You can use the filter to locate a particular partner template and then select it from the table.
     Remember: For a SAML 2.0 federation, the partner create wizard is a two-stage process. The first stage is to upload the metadata file for the partner. After this stage is complete, a new partner that matches the details in the metadata file is created. The second stage is to complete the wizard to update some properties in the new partner. Even if the wizard is canceled after the metadata upload, the new partner is still created. The upload operation creates the partner. For information about adding a partner to an existing federation, see Creating a SAML 2.0 partner.
     Note: If you encounter a session timeout while creating a partner and then log back in, you might not be able to see the partner you created. You must click Refresh to get the latest data from the appliance.
   • To modify a partner, select the partner and click Edit. Follow the wizard and modify the settings on each page as needed.
   • To delete a partner, select the partner and click Delete. Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes.
   • To enable or disable a partner, select the partner and click Enable or Disable.
   • To refresh the partners page, click Refresh.