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SAML service provider metadata API
editSAML service provider metadata API
editGenerate SAML metadata for a SAML 2.0 Service Provider.
Request
editGET /_security/saml/metadata/<realm_name>
Description
editThe SAML 2.0 specification provides a mechanism for Service Providers to describe their capabilities and configuration using a metadata file. This API generates Service Provider metadata, based on the configuration of a SAML realm in Elasticsearch.
Path parameters
edit-
<realm_name> - (Required, string) The name of the SAML realm in Elasticsearch.
Response body
edit-
metadata - (string) An XML string that contains a SAML Service Provider’s metadata for the realm.
Examples
editThe following example generates Service Provider metadata for
SAML realm saml1:
resp = client.security.saml_service_provider_metadata(
realm_name="saml1",
)
print(resp)
const response = await client.security.samlServiceProviderMetadata({
realm_name: "saml1",
});
console.log(response);
GET /_security/saml/metadata/saml1
The API returns the following response containing the SAML metadata as an XML string:
{
"metadata" : "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><md:EntityDescriptor xmlns:md=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata\" entityID=\"https://kibana.org\"><md:SPSSODescriptor AuthnRequestsSigned=\"false\" WantAssertionsSigned=\"true\" protocolSupportEnumeration=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol\"><md:SingleLogoutService Binding=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect\" Location=\"https://kibana.org/logout\"/><md:AssertionConsumerService Binding=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST\" Location=\"https://kibana.org/api/security/saml/callback\" index=\"1\" isDefault=\"true\"/></md:SPSSODescriptor></md:EntityDescriptor>"
}