Upload SAML Identity Provider Metadata Through Common Services
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Upload SAML Identity Provider Metadata Through Common Services
Learn how to configure a Security Assertion Markup Language
(SAML) provider by uploading metadata through Common Services.
After you add an identity federation and
you choose to configure a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
provider by uploading SAML identity provider metadata, you complete
the following steps.
- Use one of the various ways to access .
- Upload SAML identity provider metadata from .
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- Select Configure
Identity Provider.
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- Go to your identity provider’s console and download their metadata file. The file name can vary by provider, but it needs to be in XML format and have the .xml file extension.
- In Common Services, select .
- Browse to where you saved the metadata file and select Open.
- After the provider profile fields auto-populate, select Finish.
- The Configure Identity Provider button is replaced with
the Login URL. The Login URL is how Palo Alto Networks knows where
to send the user when they log in. This is disabled by default.
Select .
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