Metadata
Important Notes
- These URLs are case-sensitive, i.e. lower case is important!
- HTTPS is supported.
- Please refer to this page for configuration examples for Shibboleth IdP und SP.
The signed metadata of the DFN-AAI Test Federation:
http://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai-test-metadata.xml
Signed metadata file with all production Service Providers in DFN-AAI (for IdPs):
http://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai-sp-metadata.xml
Signed metadata file with all production Identity Providers in DFN-AAI (for SPs):
http://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai-idp-metadata.xml
The signed metadata for participation of IdPs in eduGAIN (file comprises all SPs available via eduGAIN):
http://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai-edugain+sp-metadata.xml
The signed metadata for participation of SPs in eduGAIN (file comprises all IdPs available via eduGAIN):
http://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai-edugain+idp-metadata.xml
Local metadata: http://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai-local-999-metadata.xml (“999” has to be replaced with an organization-specific number. Please refer to Local Metadata)
Certificate for validating the signature(s) of DFN-AAI metadata (PEM format)
SHA256 Fingerprint: 4D:DA:3F:88:EF:E9:E1:AA:E6:E3:EE:3C:B0:63:8A:ED:51:3C:A8:9A:03:AD:94:96:A2:2E:B5:F1:75:FB:21:48
https://www.aai.dfn.de/metadata/dfn-aai.pem
New Certificate for signature validation as of March, 12th, 2026, ca. 11:00 a.m. CET
SHA256 Fingerprint: 6E:FE:08:72:C3:C2:49:77:AF:67:31:F3:AC:30:F7:17:17:03:EF:FA:BB:6C:88:14:97:B3:E1:A5:DD:A5:3A:A1https://download.aai.dfn.de/tmp/dfn-aai.pem (temporary location)
Additional Information
For configuration examples cf. 'Production Environment', Shib IdP (de) and Shib SP 3.x metadata configuration.