Joining Haka federation
Eligible for Haka membership are
- universities and polytechnics
- state-owned and other publicly funded research institutions
- university hospitals
- other organizations supporting research and teaching
Organizations not included in the list are eligible to join Haka federation as partners and bring their services to Haka federation users.
Joining is subject to compatibility with the intended use of Haka federation and fulfilling the requirements in the Haka service agreement and its appendices.
Haka Service Agreements will be renewed for all Haka federation members and partners during 2019. Related FAQ can be found here in Haka wiki pages.
Haka service agreement until 15th of November 2019
Service Agreement for Federation Members, 29.9.2008 (Wiki page| PDF)
Service Agreement for Federation Partners 29.9.2008 (Wiki page | PDF)
- Appendices of the Service Agreement for Federation Members and Federation Partners
- Application for partners
Haka service agreement after 15th of November 2019
- Haka federation Service Agreement (PDF)
- Appendicies of the Service Agreement (PDF)
- The most recent version of GÉANT's Data Protection Code of Conduct can be found at https://wiki.refeds.org/display/CODE/Code+of+Conduct+ver+2.0+project
Fees
federation members: collected with Funet fees
federation partners:
application fee 1000€, annual partner fee 1000€.
free of charge on a condition that a federation member purchases a service from the partner where Haka authentication is used
Service registration (SP-server)
Install the necessary services (Shibboleth Service Provider 2 or compatible)
- Fill in the registration request at Haka Resource Registry.
- Use test service to verify Haka-compatibility
- Ask Haka operator (CSC) to move SP from test federation to real production metadata
Administrative contact verifies that
the service is in line with intended use of the federation
the user attributes the service requests are relevant to providing the service
The administrative contact approves/rejects the registration to CSC
Registration reception is confirmed to organization's administrative contact.
CSC adds the information to federation's metadata.
- In case of changes, Resource Registry can be used for updating the information. Please contact Haka team in advance if you wish that some updates should take place in certain timescale.
Home organization registration (IdP-server)
Install the necessary services (Shibboleth Identity Provider 2 or compatible).
Publish a document of the organizational identity management, which Shibboleth Identity Provider is built on (document template).
- Create a request to register a home organization to Haka federation (at Haka Resource Registry)
CSC forwards your request to your organization's Haka administrative contact, who then approves or rejects the IdP registration.
The administrative is contacted for user management document and federation member requirement review.
CSC adds the information to federation metadata.
- In case of changes, Resource Registry can be used for updating the information. Please contact Haka team in advance if you wish that some updates should take place in certain timescale.