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 /var/www/html ← Apache static content as set in, for instance, /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Very Basic Overview

idP (Identity Provider): A web-based system that can authenticate a user on behalf of another system called SP (for Service Provider).

In the present case, the SP consists of the Shibboleth SP version 3 software. See https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SP3/overview .

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More-Detailed Discussion of Shibboleth, Apache, and Tomcat Configuration

Here we discuss key items in the various configuration files; not necessarily the items that need to be modified but those that deserve an explanation.

Apache Configuration

/etc/httpd/conf.d/sp.conf

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