Spring Security ships with support for RP- and AP-initiated SAML 2.0 Single Logout.
Briefly, there are two use cases Spring Security supports:
* **RP-Initiated** - Your application has an endpoint that, when POSTed to, will logout the user and send a `saml2:LogoutRequest` to the asserting party.
Thereafter, the asserting party will send back a `saml2:LogoutResponse` and allow your application to respond
* **AP-Initiated** - Your application has an endpoint that will receive a `saml2:LogoutRequest` from the asserting party.
Your application will complete its logout at that point and then send a `saml2:LogoutResponse` to the asserting party.
[NOTE]
In the **AP-Initiated** scenario, any local redirection that your application would do post-logout is rendered moot.
Once your application sends a `saml2:LogoutResponse`, it no longer has control of the browser.
== Minimal Configuration for Single Logout
To use Spring Security's SAML 2.0 Single Logout feature, you will need the following things:
* First, the asserting party must support SAML 2.0 Single Logout
* Second, the asserting party should be configured to sign and POST `saml2:LogoutRequest` s and `saml2:LogoutResponse` s your application's `/logout/saml2/slo` endpoint
* Third, your application must have a PKCS#8 private key and X.509 certificate for signing `saml2:LogoutRequest` s and `saml2:LogoutResponse` s
You can begin from the initial minimal example and add the following configuration:
<1> - First, add your signing key to the `RelyingPartyRegistration` instance or to xref:servlet/saml2/login/overview.adoc#servlet-saml2login-rpr-duplicated[multiple instances]
2. Use a `Saml2LogoutRequestResolver` to create, sign, and serialize a `<saml2:LogoutRequest>` based on the xref:servlet/saml2/login/overview.adoc#servlet-saml2login-relyingpartyregistration[`RelyingPartyRegistration`] associated with the currently logged-in user.
3. Send a redirect or post to the asserting party based on the xref:servlet/saml2/login/overview.adoc#servlet-saml2login-relyingpartyregistration[`RelyingPartyRegistration`]
3. Create, sign, and serialize a `<saml2:LogoutResponse>` based on the xref:servlet/saml2/login/overview.adoc#servlet-saml2login-relyingpartyregistration[`RelyingPartyRegistration`] associated with the just logged-out user
4. Send a redirect or post to the asserting party based on the xref:servlet/saml2/login/overview.adoc#servlet-saml2login-relyingpartyregistration[`RelyingPartyRegistration`]
There are three behaviors that can be triggered by different endpoints:
* RP-initiated logout, which allows an authenticated user to `POST` and trigger the logout process by sending the asserting party a `<saml2:LogoutRequest>`
* AP-initiated logout, which allows an asserting party to send a `<saml2:LogoutRequest>` to the application
* AP logout response, which allows an asserting party to send a `<saml2:LogoutResponse>` in response to the RP-initiated `<saml2:LogoutRequest>`
The first is triggered by performing normal `POST /logout` when the principal is of type `Saml2AuthenticatedPrincipal`.
The second is triggered by POSTing to the `/logout/saml2/slo` endpoint with a `SAMLRequest` signed by the asserting party.
The third is triggered by POSTing to the `/logout/saml2/slo` endpoint with a `SAMLResponse` signed by the asserting party.
Because the user is already logged in or the original Logout Request is known, the `registrationId` is already known.
For this reason, `+{registrationId}+` is not part of these URLs by default.
This URL is customizable in the DSL.
For example, if you are migrating your existing relying party over to Spring Security, your asserting party may already be pointing to `GET /SLOService.saml2`.
To reduce changes in configuration for the asserting party, you can configure the filter in the DSL like so:
When your application sends a `<saml2:LogoutRequest>`, the value is stored in the session so that the `RelayState` parameter and the `InResponseTo` attribute in the `<saml2:LogoutResponse>` can be verified.
If you want to store logout requests in some place other than the session, you can supply your custom implementation in the DSL, like so: