Université libre de Bruxelles

ULB Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)

ULB's institutional SAML 2.0 identity provider publishes complete, unauthenticated metadata at https://auth.ulb.be/idp/metadata — IDPSSODescriptor and AttributeAuthorityDescriptor roles, SingleSignOnService, SingleLogoutService and AttributeService endpoints over HTTP-Redirect, HTTP-POST, HTTP-POST-SimpleSign and SOAP bindings, shibmd:Scope ulb.be, the REFEDS Research and Scholarship entity category and the REFEDS SIRTFI assurance certification. It is the machine-readable front door to every gated ULB system and the most complete contract ULB publishes.

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Documentation

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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/authentication/ulb-authentication.yml

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/examples/index.yml
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Scopes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/scopes/ulb-scopes.yml
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/refs/heads/main/conformance/ulb-domain-standards.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ulb:shibboleth-idp
name: ULB Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: entityID https://auth.ulb.be/idp, on ULB's own registrable domain. The eduGAIN registry
  lists it with registration authority http://federation.belnet.be/ (Belnet R&E Federation, code BELNET)
  and display name "Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)", first seen 2021-06-08. An identity provider
  is institution-operated by definition. Verified live 2026-08-30.
description: ULB's institutional SAML 2.0 identity provider publishes complete, unauthenticated metadata
  at https://auth.ulb.be/idp/metadata — IDPSSODescriptor and AttributeAuthorityDescriptor roles, SingleSignOnService,
  SingleLogoutService and AttributeService endpoints over HTTP-Redirect, HTTP-POST, HTTP-POST-SimpleSign
  and SOAP bindings, shibmd:Scope ulb.be, the REFEDS Research and Scholarship entity category and the
  REFEDS SIRTFI assurance certification. It is the machine-readable front door to every gated ULB system
  and the most complete contract ULB publishes.
humanURL: https://auth.ulb.be/
baseURL: https://auth.ulb.be/idp/metadata
tags:
- Identity Federation
- SAML
- Shibboleth
- eduGAIN
properties:
- type: Examples
  url: examples/index.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ulb-authentication.yml
- type: Scopes
  url: scopes/ulb-scopes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ulb-domain-standards.yml