IdPv3 entityID & SAML 2.0 Questions

[Tom Scavo]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Kelly, Kyle E <Kyle.Kelly at usd.edu> wrote:
> I am new to shibboleth so I am slightly confused by this process. When considering what needed to be done I thought a new server was the better option. We need to upgrade the OS as we are on RedHat 5 with our current IdP and don't typically do in place upgrades for operating systems. We would also prefer to upgrade the version of Tomcat that we are running. If I must do an in place upgrade, how would I go about migrating to newer hardware? Am I married to the hardware we are currently on?

You're confusing the underlying infrastructure with your
outward-facing SAML entity. The world knows your IdP by its entityID
and you do NOT want to change that particular perception of your
deployment.

Tom