shibd.log is blank when testing IdP at sp.testshib.org

[Peter Schober]

* Khawer Masood <shehzada at gwu.edu> [2015-06-16 16:46]:
> Thanks Nate for the response. About when do you think the shib test
> VM could be checked for issues, and available for validation?  
> 
> I’m still seeing the same behavior when testing our IdP.  We’ve
> upgraded to v3.1.1 in our test environment and uploaded the
> corresponding metadata file, and what to ensure that all things are
> working as expected. On our app server, logs looks fine —
> authentication is successful.

If you're running your own IDP it's indispensable to run your own SAML
SP, sooner or later. So I'd suggest to forget about testshib and set
up your own SP instead, on a supported platform.
-peter