Newbie question

[Cantor, Scott]

On 6/17/14, 6:11 PM, "Chinmoy Chakraborty" <cchinu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I am newbie to "Shibboleth". I am trying to configure 'shibboleth'
>(2.5.3) in my Windows 7 machine (64 bit). I have installed SP (Service
>provider) using "shibboleth-sp-2.5.3-win64.msi" but when I test, it seems
>the service 'shibd_default" is not responding.

shibd is an implementation detail, you start it and forget it. You don't
talk to it.

>My question is do I also need to install "Apache" web server?

Or IIS.

>I checked the windows service list and shibd_default seems running but
>can not connect using "https://localhost/Shibboleth.sso/Status ".

shibd is not a web server. The SP plugs into a web server, it is not one.

-- Scott