Ours was setup on linux by someone who knew linux. I know enough to
examine the logs when it does strange things, reboot tomcat and apache.
As the core IdP stack is cross platform (IdP itself, a java server e.g.
tomcat, and apache to forward requests onto it).
We are moving over to Windows 7 and Server 2008 AD over the next 6
months or so (currently from purely Novell LDAP) so hopefully I just
have to change a handful of parameters in the LDAP config section and
that's it - I have no desire to rebuild it, plus we have several other
key services within our college running on linux that have full
support.
Dave
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Or an IdP running on windows which does its authentication via LDAP, as
we're intending to move to.
Andy
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Subject: Re: IdP on Windows vs LDAP
As Peter said, it uses LDAP protocol either way. And you aren't
constrained to running the IdP on Windows; you could have a Linux IdP
querying Active Directory if you wish.
Cheers,
Sara
On 06/02/2013 11:31, Alistair Young wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm pottering around the IdP docs and was wondering if there were
any
> advantages in using the IdP on Windows for Active Directory
> authentication/attribute gathering:
>
> http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/QuickInstallNotes
>
> as opposed to running the IdP on unix and using LDAP. Does it use
LDAP
> in either configuration? Or is there another protocol it will use if
> it's in an AD domain?
>
> thanks,
>
> Alistair
>
> ------------------------------------
> Alistair Young
> Senior Software Engineer
> UHI@Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
>
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