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• Web Application
  A simple website that provides login capabilities and easy to use forms to create and manage IdPs and users.
  To ensure platform independence, the GUI should be implemented as a web application. All functions of the IdPaaS platform should be accessible and configurable via the GUI.
• User Management
  A local component for managing identities within the platform.
  To enable an out-of-the-box usage without dependencies an independent user administration is necessary. It needs to be integrated into the platform so that it can be easily used via the web application. There should be at least basic functionalities to create, edit and delete users.
• User DB
  A simple database for storing identity information.
  The user database contains all identities managed by the platform. These are created either via the integrated user management or the remote API. The user database provides the identity data for the IdPs. An implementation can be done with a single database or multiple ones.
• Remote API
  An interface to integrate external identities into the IdPaaS user management.
  In order to enable institutes to use an existing user management system, the platform must offer a suitable interface. This API should be able to access an external user database (hosted by the institution or a commercial provider) and import users directly into the local user database.
• IdP Config
  A component to store IdP configurations.
  Settings made by the user in the web application must be processed by the IdPaaS platform and provided as a configuration for the IdP. If only a real IdP is created (see IdP), the different configuration files should be stored in a database.
• Identity Provider
  An IdP managed and provided by the IdPaaS platform.
  The platform must provide users with an IdP based on the configuration provided. Either a separate IdP is created for each customer or a single IdP delivers virtual profiles for all customers.

Flow

1. Create/manage IdP
   Campus create a new IdP or manage an existing one using a simple web interface provided by the IdPaaS web application.
2. User Management
   There are two ways provided to manage user identities, either using the platform internal user management or using an existing user database. Both options must be supported by the platform, but use may be limited to one option at a time.
   
   1. Create/manage users
      The platform offers an integrated user management to create and manage identities locally using the web interface.
   2. Import/sync users
      An alternative to the integrated user management is using an already existing user database. The platform offers an API that allows the import or synchronization of user identities from a remote user database into the internal database.
3. Store users
   User identities are stored in the internal database, regardless whether they were added via the web interface or API.
4. Store IdP config
   The configuration of an IdP created with the web application is stored within the platform.
5. Access IdP config
   The IdP software uses the stored configuration to spawn an IdP service.
6. Access IdP metadata
   The user receives the metadata for the IdP as an XML file.
7. Register IdP metadata
   The metadata is provided manually to the targeted identity federation.
8. Access metadata
   The IdP receives the metadata of the configured federation.

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