CAS 5.2.3- Enable CAS SAML IDP

[Mr Rao]

Hi,

I can't find any good documentation on how to enable CAS as SAML IDP .

I've added below dependency and trying to hit IDP meta data url   https://localhost:8443/cas/idp/metadata and I get page not found error.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apereo.cas</groupId>
    <artifactId>cas-server-support-saml</artifactId>
    <version>${cas.version}</version>
</dependency>

Also, Is it better to latest version of CAS 5.3.2 instead of 5.2.3? 

Thanks

Rao

[David Curry]

That is not the right dependency. You need cas-server-support-saml-idp.

For step-by-step see https://dacurry-tns.github.io/deploying-apereo-cas/building_server_saml_overview.html 

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[Andy Ng]

Hi Rao,

For the SAML question, 

David already answer it, "cas-server-support-saml-idp" is the right one. 

Some more info: Other than David's guide, you can also see the dependency documented in CAS official documentation (https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.3.x/installation/Configuring-SAML2-Authentication.html#configuration)

As for the question of CAS 5.2.x and 5.3.x, from my point of view:

5.2.x:

- 5.2.x is out for longer (9 months when this comment is posted) so people have tried it out more thoroughly and many bugs have been patched out.

5.3.x:

- have the latest features

- will have more time before EOL(end of life) (https://apereo.github.io/cas/developer/Maintenance-Policy.html)

I would suggest using 5.3.x, because 5.3.x have quite significant improvement toward some components, which would never be added back to 5.2.x.

But if you want to use 5.2.x, at least you should look at this and take the latest 5.2.x release (https://github.com/apereo/cas/milestones?state=closed), which is 5.2.6 as of today.

Cheers!

- Andy