I am trying to subcribe to RedirectingToIdentityProvider event in Application_Start() , but FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule is null
code
protected void Application_Start()
{
FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule.RedirectingToIdentityProvider += WSFederationAuthenticationModule_RedirectingToIdentityProvider;
}
Try doing this - works for me.
void Application_Start()
{
FederatedAuthentication.ServiceConfigurationCreated += OnServiceConfigurationCreated;
}
void OnServiceConfigurationCreated(object sender, ServiceConfigurationCreatedEventArgs e)
{
FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule.RedirectingToIdentityProvider += WSFederationAuthenticationModule_RedirectingToIdentityProvider;
}
It sounds like you may be missing the WSFederationAuthenticationModule
in your configuration. Make sure you have this in system.webServer\modules
:
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule" type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" preCondition="managedHandler" />
And this in system.web\httpModules
:
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule" type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
Read here for more information.
Here is a precision for .net 4.0
<system.web>
<httpModules>
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule" type="System.IdentityModel.Services.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
</httpModules>
</system.web>
....
<system.webServer>
<modules>
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule" type="System.IdentityModel.Services.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" preCondition="managedHandler" />
</modules>
</system.webServer>
Make sure in your Global.asax you referencing the
System.IdentityModel.Services.WSFederationAuthenticationModule
and not:
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule
The wrong (inconsistent between web.config and global.asax) reference will cause the WSFederationAuthenticationModule be null.