FIM error "Cannot find an association based on the EntityID that was passed in"
Originally Published: 2015-01-07
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Federated Identity Management Module
RSA Version/Condition: 4.1
Platform: Linux
Platform (Other): null
O/S Version: Red Hat Linux 6.2
Product Name: null
Product Description: null
Issue
2015-01-06 16:54:11,315, (WSFEDEndPoint.java:125), fim1, , , , An Exception was encountered, com.rsa.fim.exception.util.NotFoundException: Cannot find an association based on the EntityID that was passed in
Cause
This error means that the entityID is not correct in the URL used for the request.
The entityID for SAML 2.0 is passed as a querystring called SPEntityID.
The entity ID for WSFed is passed as a querystring called wtrealm.
Resolution
http://{idp-host}:{port-number}/federation/WSFEDfederation?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=sp-entityId&wres=target URL
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