SAML: Updating Your X509 Certificate

For security reasons, your institution's authentication server may require your public certificate to be updated on a scheduled basis. If you've been notified of an upcoming certificate change, you can update this within Handshake to prevent a lapse in SSO access for your students.

1. Click on your name in the upper-right corner of Handshake, then click on Institution Settings. 

2. From the menu on the left of the page, click on SSO Preferences. 

3. From this page, copy/paste a SHA-1 or SHA-256 hash of your updated X509/public cert into the Fingerprint text field. To save these changes, click Update SSO Preferences.

Note: Currently we only support SHA-1 and SHA-256 encryption, if your institution uses a different form of encryption, please contact Support to discuss the best way to move forward.