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    <p>Hi guys,</p>
    <p>I read the new "Metadata Backing File Changes" on <a
href="https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPReleaseNotes#NativeSPReleaseNotes-MetadataBackingFileChanges">https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPReleaseNotes#NativeSPReleaseNotes-MetadataBackingFileChanges</a>,
      but I continue to have problems with shibd startup... :(</p>
    <p>Could you help me, please?</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>This is my configuration:</p>
    <p><b>/etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml:</b><br>
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    <p>        <!-- METADATA EDUGAIN --><br>
              <MetadataProvider type="XML"
      uri=<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.garr.it/idem-metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml">"http://www.garr.it/idem-metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml"</a>
      backingFilePath="edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml"
      reloadInterval="7200"><br>
                  <MetadataFilter type="RequireValidUntil"
      maxValidityInterval="604800"/><br>
                  <MetadataFilter type="Signature"
      certificate="/etc/shibboleth/idem_signer_2019.pem" <b>verifyBackup="false"</b>
      /><br>
                  <MetadataFilter type="EntityRoleWhiteList"><br>
                    
      <RetainedRole>md:IDPSSODescriptor</RetainedRole><br>
                    
      <RetainedRole>md:AttributeAuthorityDescriptor</RetainedRole><br>
                  </MetadataFilter><br>
                  <MetadataFilter type="Whitelist"><br>
                    
      <Include><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://idp.iuav.it/idp/shibboleth">https://idp.iuav.it/idp/shibboleth</a></Include><br>
                    
      <Include><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://idp.it.su.se/idp/shibboleth">https://idp.it.su.se/idp/shibboleth</a></Include><br>
                  </MetadataFilter><br>
              </MetadataProvider><br>
    </p>
    <p>(<b>edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml</b> is 27.4 MB)<br>
    </p>
    <p>[root@ftplbtst01 shibboleth]# cat /etc/issue.net<br>
      <b>CentOS release 6.8 (Final)</b><br>
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    <p>[root@ftplbtst01 shibboleth]# shibd -v<br>
      <b>shibboleth 2.6.0</b><br>
      <br>
      [root@shibboleth]# service shibd restart ; tail -f
      /var/log/shibboleth/shibd.log<br>
      Stopping shibd:                                            [  OK 
      ]<br>
      <b>Starting shibd:                                           
        [FAILED]</b><br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO OpenSAML.Metadata.Chaining : building
      MetadataProvider of type XML<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : building
      MetadataFilter of type RequireValidUntil<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : building
      MetadataFilter of type Signature<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO XMLTooling.SecurityHelper : loading
      certificate(s) from file (/etc/shibboleth/idem_signer_2019.pem)<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO XMLTooling.CredentialResolver.File : no
      private key resolved, usable for verification/trust only<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : building
      MetadataFilter of type EntityRoleWhiteList<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:52 INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : building
      MetadataFilter of type Whitelist<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:57 INFO OpenSAML.MetadataProvider.XML : loaded
      XML resource
      (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.garr.it/idem-metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml">http://www.garr.it/idem-metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml</a>)<br>
      2017-03-16 09:41:59 INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : applying metadata
      filter (RequireValidUntil)<br>
      2017-03-16 <b>09:41:59</b> INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : applying
      metadata filter (Signature)<br>
      2017-03-16 <b>09:45:27</b> INFO OpenSAML.Metadata : applying
      metadata filter (EntityRoleWhiteList)<br>
      <br>
    </p>
    and then the shibd service works again.<br>
    <br>
    Thank you so much!<br>
    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Marco Malavolti
Consortium GARR - Servizio IDEM GARR AAI
Via dei Tizii, 6 - I-00185 (ROMA)
CF: 97284570583 - PI:07577141000
Skype: marco.mala</pre>
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