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title: Exporting SAML metadata from PingFederate
description: Export a metadata file that describes your PingFederate identity provider configuration.
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revdate: June 26, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
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# Exporting SAML metadata from PingFederate

Export a metadata file that describes your PingFederate identity provider configuration.

## About this task

You can find general information about these steps in [Metadata export](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/pf_metadata_export.html) in the PingFederate documentation.

## Steps

1. In the PingFederate administrative console, go to the **Metadata Export** window.

   ### Choose from:

   * For PingFederate 10.1 or later: go to **System > Protocol Metadata > Metadata Export**.

   * For PingFederate 10.0 or earlier: go to **System > Metadata Export**.

2. If you see the **Metadata Role** tab, select **I am the identity provider (IdP)**. Click **Next**.

3. On the **Metadata Mode** tab, select **Select information to include in metadata manually**. Click **Next**.

4. On the **Protocol** tab, click **Next**.

5. On the **Attribute Contract** tab, click **Next**.

6. On the **Signing Key** tab, select a signing certificate. Click **Next**.

7. (Optional) On the **Metadata Signing** tab, select a certificate to sign the metadata XML file. Click **Next**.

8. On the **XML Encryption Certificate** tab, select the certificate that you want to use to encrypt the XML content. Click **Next**.

9. On the **Export & Summary** tab, click **Export**.

10. Save `metadata.xml`.

11. Click **Done**.