ComputedID attribute resolver setup (IdP v4)

[Kapetanakis Giannis]

You should modify it in credentials/secrets.properties

idp.persistentId.salt


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On 18/02/2022 15:58, Dave Perry wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have hit a few brick walls with upgrading our old v3 IdP to v4 (OS and Jetty), so starting from scratch on a new windows server installation.
> After base install, the status.bat shows the IdP is running - good start.
>
> Configuring attribute resolution, I need to port the old computedID connector and salt (snippet below):
>
> <resolver:DataConnector xsi:type="ComputedId" xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:resolver:dc"
>                             id="computedIDv3"
>                             generatedAttributeID="computedID"
>                             sourceAttributeID="sAMAccountName"
>                             salt="mySaltGoesHere">
>         <resolver:Dependency ref="myLDAP" />
>     </resolver:DataConnector>
> (actual salt removed for obvious reasons).
>
> The example I've found for v4 is as follows:
> <DataConnector id="computedID" xsi:type="ComputedId" generatedAttributeID="computedId" salt="%{idp.persistentId.salt}" algorithm="%{idp.persistentId.algorithm:SHA}" encoding="%{idp.persistentId.encoding:BASE32}">
> <InputDataConnector ref="myLDAP" attributeNames="sAMAccountName" />
> </DataConnector>
>
> I can't find the persistentId.salt value in idp.properties - do I need to add it?
>
> More importantly, unsure what the algorithm and encoding attribute values need to be, as I can't find where these are defined in my v3 config. Any pointers as to where to look?
>
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
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