<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:13px">As per shibboleth doc, the handlerURL attribute should accept the absolute URL in the element.</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><a href="https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPSessions" target="_blank">https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPSessions</a></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">When I set the absolute value for the handlerURL, the metadata prefixes the server name twice.</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">shibboleth2.xml:</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">&lt;Sessions lifetime=&quot;28800&quot; timeout=&quot;3600&quot; relayState=&quot;ss:mem&quot;</div><div style="font-size:13px">   checkAddress=&quot;false&quot; handlerURL=&quot;<a href="https://server.name1/Shibboleth.sso" target="_blank">https://server.name1/Shibboleth.sso</a>&quot;</div><div style="font-size:13px">   handlerSSL=&quot;true&quot; cookieProps=&quot;https&quot;&gt;</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Metadata.xml(Generated from /Shibboleth.sso/Metadata):</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">&lt;md:AssertionConsumerService Binding=&quot;urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST&quot; Location=&quot;<a href="https://server.name1/Shibboleth.sso/https://server.name1:80/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST" target="_blank">https://server.name1/Shibboleth.sso/https://server.name1:80/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST</a>&quot; index=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Shibnoleth version: 2.5.3</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Thanks</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Nara</div></div>