While working on configuring the Shibbolet SP, I had to stop and start the shibd service many times after reconfiguring the shibboleth2.xml file. first it worked ok, but then I couldn't start it again!
when running this command on cmd C:\>net start shibd_default, I got the following:
The Shibboleth 2 Daemon <Default> service is starting.
The Shibboleth 2 Daemon <Default> service could not be started.
The service did not report an error.
and when attempting to run it from Control Panel > Services > Administrative Tools , I got this error
The Shibboleth 2 Daemon <Default> service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs.
I've re-installed the Shibboleth SP to overcome this problem, but still getting this error!
Can anyone help me figure this out?
Thanks
Please check your log files at C:\opt\shibboleth-sp\var\log\shibboleth for errors.
IF there is a XML configuration error, the service won't load properly.
I Got an error similar to the one below:
ERROR Shibboleth.Config : error while loading resource (C:/opt/shibboleth-sp/etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml): XML error(s) during parsing, check log for specifics
2013-05-13 10:59:13 FATAL Shibboleth.Config : caught exception while loading configuration: XML error(s) during parsing, check log for specifics