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The Identity Providers are checked once per day. Therefore, the login requests should not have any significant effect on the log entries/statistics of an Identity Provider. Also, no actual login is performed because the check cannot authenticate users due to missing username and password for the IdPs. Only Identity Providers are checked but not the Service Providers.

If this page does not answer to your questions or you need some more information about this service, please contact us

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on support@edugain.org.

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Check Performed on the IdPs

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The tool uses following status for IdPs:

StatusColorDecription
ErrorRedThe IdP's response contains an HTTP Error or the web page returned does not look like a login page. The most probable causes for this error are HTTP errors (e.g.: 404 error).
WarningOrangeThe IdP most likely does not consume the eduGAIN metadata correctly or it hasn't does not return a web page that looks like a login form. 
A typical case that falls into this category is when an IdP returns a message "No return endpoint available for relying party" or "No metadta found for relying party".
OKGreenThe IdP most likely correctly consumes eduGAIN metadata and returns a valid login page. This is no guarantee that login on this IdP works for all eduGAIN services but if the check is passed for an IdP, this is probable.
DiasableWhiteThe IdP is excluded from checks because it cannot be checked reliably (see limitations below) affected by some problems that prevent them to consume correctly eduGAIN metadata.

The "Last test results" column, when an entity is disabled, shows the reason of the disabling

The eduGAIN Connectivity Check's administrator can disable checks for entities by changing the service database. This is useful because some Identity Providers use login methods that cannot easily/reliably be checked. Therefore such IdPs should be excluded from the checks.

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Action name (JSON)Action description
entitiesList all the eduGAIN Connectivity Check service results.
checksList all the checks on the eduGAIN IdPs performed by eduGAIN Connectivity Check service.
fedstatsList all the federation statistics collected by the eduGAIN Connectivity Check service.


The table below, instead, describes the JSON parameters that an action can use:


Parameter name (JSON)Parameter description
f_order
  • All: no order
  • displayName: order by DisplayName
  • entityID: order by entityID
  • registrationAuthority (only for "entities" action): order by registrationAuthority
  • ignoreEntity: order by ignoredEntity
  • lastCheck: order by last check
  • currentResult: order by last result
f_order_direction
  • ASC: ascending order
  • DESC: descending order
f_entityID
  • All: consider all entityIDs
  • A specific IdP's entityID value: consider only a specific one
f_registrationAuthority
  • All: consider all registrationAuthorities
  • A specific registrationAuthority value: consider only a specific one
f_displayName
  • All: consider all DisplayName
  • A specific IdP's DisplayName value: consider only a specific one
f_ignore_entity
  • True: for the entities that are ignored (by the service owner).
  • False: for the entities that are considered (by the service owner).
f_current_result (for only "checks" action)
  • All: consider all IdPs
  • OK: consider only IdP that have received an "OK" from the check script.
  • FORM-Invalid: consider only IdP that have received an "FORM-Invalid" from the check script
  • HTTP-Error: consider only IdP that have received an "HTTP-Error" from the check script
  • TCP/IP-Error: consider only IdP that have received an "TCP/IP-Error" from the check script
rpp
  • All: Show all entities
  • 20: Show 20 entities per page. (default value: 30)


Example URL:

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