: Upload SAML Identity Provider Metadata Through Common Services
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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.
  1. Use one of the various ways to access
    Common Services
    Identity & Access
    .
  2. Upload SAML identity provider metadata from
    Common Services
    Identity & Access
    Identity Federations
    .
  3. Select
    Configure Identity Provider
    .
  4. 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.
  5. In
    Common Services
    , select
    Upload Metadata
    Choose File
    .
  6. Browse to where you saved the metadata file and select
    Open
    .
  7. After the provider profile fields auto-populate, select
    Finish
    .
  8. 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
    Actions
    Enable
    .

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