}
            final HttpServletResponse response = LaResponseUtil.getResponse();
            try {
                final Auth auth = new Auth(getSettings(), request, response);
                final Saml2Settings settings = auth.getSettings();
                settings.setSPValidationOnly(true);
                final String metadata = settings.getSPMetadata();

    }

    /**
     * Sets the configuration settings for the search engine.
     *
     * @param settings map of configuration key-value pairs
     */
    public void setSettings(final Map<String, String> settings) {
        this.settings = settings;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the current cluster health status.
     *
     * @return the cluster health status name
     */