In order to join eduGAIN, Federations need to provide all of the information decribed below.
All information should be sent to the eduGAIN Team by email to support@edugain.org.
Registration information and any future updates SHOULD be sent to the eduGAIN Team by mail signed with a personal certificate issued by either one of the GEANT TCS CAs, a CA accredited by IGTF, commercial CAs accredited by the CA/B Forum. If you are not able to sign mail with such certificates, you can use plain text emails, but expect some verification of the authenticity from our side.
Contact email
Establishing operational contact between a federation and the eduGAIN eduGAIN Support is the necessary first step. Such a contact may also be necessary in the future, when resolving technical problems. For security related issues incidents we recommend using a separate contact - see below.
Security contact
The Federation MUST provide a security contact that will be used to manage security incidents and share information about potential threats. Requiremenst are published on the eduGAIN Wiki:
eduGAIN Declaration signing
Once the Federation has been admitted to eduGAIN, the person acting on behalf of the Federation will receive an invitation to sign the eduGAIN Declaration via the edusign platform.
The Federation MUST provide the entityID of the Identity Provider of the signing organisation, which will be used to electronically sign the eduGAIN Declaration via federated authentication.
Metadata source and signing certificate
eduGAIN presents a metadata aggregate which is created from metadata pulled from sources supplied by participating federations. eduGAIN Operations Team needs to have the URL to your metadata and a signing certificate which enures that the metadata is genuine.
The transfer of the certificate will be organised on a case-by-case basis, the primary channel being signed mail.
Governance delegate and deputy
Each partcipating federation MUST delegate two members - a delegate and a deputy that will represent the Federation in the eduGAIN Assembly. Please send names and e-mail addresses to the support@edugain.org.
Federation page
Provide a URL pointing to the main page of your Federation (preferably in English).
Policy
Provide a URL pointing to the English version of your Federation Policy.
Registration practice statement
Provide a URL pointing to the English version of Metadata Registration practice statement for your federation. This document shall describe rules and procedures used for registering entities which get exposed to interfederation.
If in doubt consult documents provided by other federations and available through the Members page.