Configuration of SAML authentication fails with ‘invalid host’ error

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Category:: ontap-system-manager

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Applies to

ONTAP System Manager 9.3 and later
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Issue

When configuring SAML authentication and adding the 'host system' with the cluster short name, the following error occurs:

Web UI error:
Invalid host specified for parameter -sp-host. Specify an address or fully qualified domain name that corresponds to a LIF with role cluster_mgmt.

cluster sysmgr.log: 00000030.0000e4ff 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:26 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|UsageRecord :ocsm.mfa.idp.configure.request accessed 00000030.0000e50a 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|INFO|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.533||[MFA]Configuring MFA IdP... 00000030.0000e50b 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|INFO|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.534||[security-saml-sp-create-async]API request start: security-saml-sp-create-async 00000030.0000e50c 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|INFO|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.596||[security-saml-sp-create-async]API response received: security-saml-sp-create-async 00000030.0000e50d 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.597||[security-saml-sp-create-async]security-saml-sp-create-async failed: Invalid host specified for parameter "-sp-host". Specify an address or fully qualified domain name that corresponds to a LIF with role "cluster_mgmt". (13001) 00000030.0000e50e 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.597||UsageRecord :ocsm.mfa.visit accessed 00000030.0000e50f 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|INFO|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.598||[security-saml-sp-get]API request start: security-saml-sp-get 00000030.0000e510 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.597||UsageRecord :ocsm.mfa.configure.failure accessed 00000030.0000e511 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|INFO|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.617||[security-saml-sp-get]API response received: security-saml-sp-get 00000030.0000e512 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.618||[security-saml-sp-get]security-saml-sp-get failed: entry doesn't exist (15661) 00000030.0000e514 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.618||[MFA]Failed to get MFA details. 00000030.0000e515 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.597||UsageRecord :ocsm.mfa.IdPnotconfigured accessed 00000030.0000e516 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:info:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|INFO|1605564067879|Mon Nov 16 2020,17:14:49.618||[MFA]MFA is not configured 00000030.0000e517 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:27 -05:00 [kern_sysmgr:error:11804] 10.x.x.x|admin|ERROR|160
Cluster mgwd.log: 00000030.0000e502 072b772e Mon Nov 16 2020 17:15:26 -05:00 [kern_mgwd:info:2311] 0x81f078e00: 8503e80000000029: ERR: saml_ui: get_lif_role:src/saml/saml_ui.cc:227 Failed to get a lif; Error entry doesn't exist.