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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve started my new Idp install again based on the 3.1 release from earlier this week. Attribute-resolver and –filter.xml have been copied in from our old (2.3.8) IdP, and there are no complaints in the logs (hurrah).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, when I’m trying to specify the file-backed metadata for the UK federation, I get this error:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2015-03-13 11:42:20,358 - ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader:331] - Context initialization failed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'shibboleth.MetadataResolverService' defined in file [/opt/shibboleth-idp/system/conf/services-system.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested
exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ShibbolethMetadata': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#51dba25c' of type [org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.ChainingMetadataResolver] while setting
constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#51dba25c': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#7bd00986' of type [org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.FileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver]
while setting bean property 'resolvers' with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#7bd00986': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.ComponentInitializationException:
Error refreshing metadata during init<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1566)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ShibbolethMetadata': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#51dba25c' of type [org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.ChainingMetadataResolver]
while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#51dba25c': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#7bd00986' of type [org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.FileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver]
while setting bean property 'resolvers' with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#7bd00986': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.ComponentInitializationException:
Error refreshing metadata during init<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:313)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#51dba25c': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#7bd00986' of type [org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.FileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver]
while setting bean property 'resolvers' with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#7bd00986': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.ComponentInitializationException:
Error refreshing metadata during init<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:313)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#7bd00986': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.ComponentInitializationException:
Error refreshing metadata during init<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1566)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.ComponentInitializationException: Error refreshing metadata during init<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.AbstractReloadingMetadataResolver.initMetadataResolver(AbstractReloadingMetadataResolver.java:264)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.resolver.ResolverException: net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.resolver.ResolverException: Error filtering metadata from http://metadata.ukfederation.org.uk/ukfederation-metadata.xml<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.AbstractReloadingMetadataResolver.refresh(AbstractReloadingMetadataResolver.java:297)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.resolver.ResolverException: Error filtering metadata from http://metadata.ukfederation.org.uk/ukfederation-metadata.xml<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.AbstractReloadingMetadataResolver.processNonExpiredMetadata(AbstractReloadingMetadataResolver.java:430)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caused by: org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.FilterException: Metadata's validity interval, 1753369669ms, is larger than is allowed, 604800ms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.impl.RequiredValidUntilFilter.filter(RequiredValidUntilFilter.java:102)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The metadata-providers entry is based on the wiki example, but I turned off the signing (which someone may tell me is wrong here):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!-- This file is an EXAMPLE metadata configuration file. --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><MetadataProvider id="ShibbolethMetadata" xsi:type="ChainingMetadataProvider"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xmlns:resource="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:resource"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xmlns:security="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:security"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xsi:schemaLocation="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata http://shibboleth.net/schema/idp/shibboleth-metadata.xsd<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:resource http://shibboleth.net/schema/idp/shibboleth-resource.xsd
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:security http://shibboleth.net/schema/idp/shibboleth-security.xsd<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-schema-metadata-2.0.xsd"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- ========================================================================================== --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- Metadata Configuration --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- Below you place the mechanisms which define how to load the metadata for the SP you will --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- provide a service to. --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- Two examples are provided. The Shibboleth Documentation at --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/IDP30/MetadataConfiguration --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- provides more details. -->
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- NOTE. This file SHOULD NOT contain the metadata for this IdP. --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- ========================================================================================== --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- Load the UK metadata --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <MetadataProvider id="URLMD" xsi:type="FileBackedHTTPMetadataProvider"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> metadataURL="http://metadata.ukfederation.org.uk/ukfederation-metadata.xml"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> backingFile="/opt/shibboleth-idp/metadata/ukfederation-metadata.xml"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- Using chaining filter to allow us multiple filters to be added --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <MetadataFilter xsi:type="ChainingFilter" xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- Ensure the metadata has a reasonable (1 week) validity period. --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <MetadataFilter xsi:type="RequiredValidUntil" xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> maxValidityInterval="604800" /><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <!-- <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Ensure metadata is signed and use the 'shibboleth.MetadataTrustEngine'
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> to determine its trustworthiness <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> --><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <MetadataFilter xsi:type="SignatureValidation" xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:metadata"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> trustEngineRef="shibboleth.MetadataTrustEngine"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> requireSignedMetadata="true" /><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </MetadataFilter><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </MetadataProvider><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></MetadataProvider><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for any pointers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dave<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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