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BRIEF DETOUR:
SERVER LOG
SERVER.LOG
§ Records all PF runtime and administrative server
activity
– Useful for troubleshooting
– Note: The word “Exception” is not necessarily a problem

§ Will talk much more about logging later this week!

– Just a quick lab to show the very basics of this one log

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IDENTITY PROVIDER PINGFEDERATE SERVER.LOG

§ Logs from:
– Receiving the authentication request
– Mapping attributes from adapter to assertion
– Creating assertion – attributes, SP partner entity ID (audience), URL PF is
sending assertion to
– And more…

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SERVICE PROVIDER PINGFEDERATE SERVER.LOG

§ Logs from:
– Receiving the assertion from an Identity Provider
– Checking signature and issuer of assertion
– Mapping attributes from assertion to adapter
– And more…

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LAB: REVIEW SERVER.LOG
§ Run your SSO transaction
§ Review relevant pieces of the server.log
– More logging later this week!

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