Trinity College Dublin

Trinity Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)

Trinity's own Shibboleth IdP, self-hosted on its own registrable domain: idp.tcd.ie resolves through idpha.tcd.ie to 134.226.14.232, inside Trinity's 134.226.0.0/16 allocation. The metadata endpoint serves an unauthenticated SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor (entityID https://idp.tcd.ie/idp/shibboleth) carrying an IDPSSODescriptor and a shibmd:Scope of tcd.ie. The entity is registered in HEAnet's Edugate federation and exported to eduGAIN, confirmed on the REFEDS Metadata Explorer. This is the strongest institution-operated, machine-readable contract Trinity publishes.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.tcd.ie/itservices/our-services/edugate---federated-access/
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trinity-college-dublin/refs/heads/main/authentication/trinity-college-dublin-authentication.yml

Other Resources

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Website
https://idp.tcd.ie/idp/shibboleth
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trinity-college-dublin/refs/heads/main/conformance/trinity-college-dublin-domain-standards.yml
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trinity-college-dublin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: trinity-college-dublin:shibboleth-idp
name: Trinity Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)
x-operator: institution
description: 'Trinity''s own Shibboleth IdP, self-hosted on its own registrable domain: idp.tcd.ie resolves
  through idpha.tcd.ie to 134.226.14.232, inside Trinity''s 134.226.0.0/16 allocation. The metadata endpoint
  serves an unauthenticated SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor (entityID https://idp.tcd.ie/idp/shibboleth) carrying
  an IDPSSODescriptor and a shibmd:Scope of tcd.ie. The entity is registered in HEAnet''s Edugate federation
  and exported to eduGAIN, confirmed on the REFEDS Metadata Explorer. This is the strongest institution-operated,
  machine-readable contract Trinity publishes.'
humanURL: https://www.tcd.ie/itservices/our-services/edugate---federated-access/
baseURL: https://idp.tcd.ie/idp/shibboleth
tags:
- Identity Federation
- Shibboleth
- SAML
- eduGAIN
- Edugate
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.tcd.ie/itservices/our-services/edugate---federated-access/
- type: Website
  url: https://idp.tcd.ie/idp/shibboleth
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/trinity-college-dublin-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/trinity-college-dublin-domain-standards.yml