Configure SAML certificate requests

Go to the Federation Settings page

1. In the sidebar menu, click Settings > SAML Certificate Requests.
2. On the SAML Certificate Requests page, click Edit Federation Settings.

Verify your IdP's metadata

On the Federation Settings page, in the Field Mapping section, verify that you've supplied the specified SAML attributes in your SAML assertation. See the Field Mappings expected from SAML assertion section in SAML certificate requests service workflow.

Set up your identity provider metadata

On the Federation Settings page, in the Your IDP's Metadata section, complete the tasks below.

1. Add IdP metadata
   Under How will you send data from your IDP?, use one of these options to add your metadata.
   1. XML Metadata
      Provide DigiCert with your IdP metadata in XML format.
      If your IdP metadata changes, you'll need to manually update your IdP metadata in your account.
   2. Use a dynamic URL
      Provide DigiCert with the link to your IdP metadata.
      If your IdP metadata changes, your IdP metadata is updated automatically in your account.
2. Add federation name
   Under Federation Name, enter a federation name (friendly name) to be included in the SP-initiated SAML certificate request URL that is created. You will send this URL to your SAML users.
   The federation name will also be in the title of your SP-initiated Certificate Request sign in page
   Note: The federation name must be unique. We recommend using your company name.
3. Enable client certificates for SAML certificate requests
   Under Product Options, select the types of Client certificates you want your SAML users to order once authenticated to SAML certificate request.
   1. Authentication Only (client authentication)
   2. Authentication Plus (client authentication + document signing)
   3. Digital Signature Plus (client authentication + email signing + document signing)
   4. Premium (client authentication + email encryption + email signing + document signing)
4. Save
   When you are finished, click Save & Finish.

Add the DigiCert service provider (SP) metadata

On the SAML Certificate Request page, in the DigiCert’s SP Metadata section, complete one of these tasks to add the DigiCert SP metadata to your IdP's metadata:

• Dynamic URL for DigiCert's SP metadata
  Copy the dynamic URL provided by DigiCert to our SP metadata and add it to your IdP to help make the SAML Certificate Request connection.
  If the DigiCert SP metadata ever changes, your SP metadata is updated automatically in your IdP.
• Static XML
  Copy the XML formatted SP metadata provided by DigiCert and add it to your IdP to help make the SAML Certificate Request connection.
  If the DigiCert SP metadata ever changes, you'll need to manually update in your IdP.

Sign in and finalize the SAML authenticated certificate requests connection

On the SAML Certificate Request page, in the SAML Certificate URL section, copy the URL and paste it into a browser. Then, use your IdP credentials to sign in and authenticate to SAML certificate requests.