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About This Guide
Introduction
The purpose of this documentation is to help you install, configure, and administer the Liberty
identity provider for Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
infrastructure.
The audience for this documentation is network administrators.
This guide is divided into the following sections.
Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 5 — An explanation of the benefits of the Liberty identity
provider and an overview of the components that make up the Liberty product.
Chapter 2, “Installing the Liberty Identity Provider,” on page 9 — Instructions for how to
install Liberty, including system requirements and software installation instructions.
Chapter 3, “Creating a Liberty IDP Site,” on page 21 — An explanation of the tasks you need
to complete in order to set up a basic Liberty infrastructure.
Chapter 4, “Configuring Your Liberty Identity Provider to Run in SSL Mode,” on page 29 —
Instructions for how to convert your Liberty identity provider to secure mode (SSL).
Appendix A, “Installing and Configuring a Sample Service Provider,” on page 33 — A guide
for how to set up your service provider, including instructions for installing a sample service
provider.
Appendix B, “Modifying Apache,” on page 39 — Information on how to modify your Apache
configuration, including configuration examples and information on how to import trusted
roots.
Appendix C, “Troubleshooting Your Liberty IDP Installation and Configuration,” on page 43
— Tips and tricks for troubleshooting your IDP installation and configuration issues.
Documentation Conventions
In Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and
items in a cross-reference path.
A trademark symbol (
®
,
TM
, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party
trademark.
Documentation Updates
For the latest Liberty identity provider for Novell eDirectory documentation, including updates to
this administration guide, see the online documentation at the Novell documentation Web site
(http://www.novell.com/documentation).
