TIER: Production Candidate
Synopsis of Trust and Identity in Education and Research (TIER) Package Delivery
The ultimate goal of TIER is the integration of community-developed open-source trust and identity software components into a manageable and complete identity and access management suite, supported by common campus practices.
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Visit the TIER 101 page.
Standard TIER Component Distributions
These are the standard production distributions for the three TIER components. These are recommended for production environments.
- COmanage Registry (v. 2.0)
- Grouper enterprise access management system (v. 2.3)
- Shibboleth Single Sign-On and Federating Software (Identity Provider version 3.3)
TIER Release Reports
Virtual Machine Images
These are virtual machine images preloaded with the appropriate set of Docker containers. These are made available for testing and for your feedback to the TIER component architects. The VMs are intended for campuses that do not currently operate container-based applications. Production deployment of these virtual machines is not recommended at this time.
The TIER team appreciates everyone who downloads and "kicks the TIER tires." Please provide your feedback using the links here.
Virtual Machine Images and Documentation
COmanage Registry
Grouper
Shibboleth IdP VM
If you intend to download these VMs, a few suggestions:
- If you are not familiar with VirtualBox, you can read the documentation and download the software from the Oracle's web site.
- Once VirtualBox is installed and running, you import the .ova distribution using the File / Import Appliance function.
- The default network connection for some of the Virtual Machines is NAT. This works well for the case logging into and examing the VM and containers. To connect to services hosted by the VM, you'll likely want to switch the network to bridged mode. This will give the VM an IP address from your network's DHCP server and provide you with the ability to access services from a browser.
- Please review the Release Notes for installation instructions and additional information on VirtualBox setup.
- Remember to change the login password before you place the VMs on a public network.