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title: Creating a channel
description: Integrating PingFederate with Contentful requires a specific attribute mapping configuration.
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page_id: contentful:configuring_provisioning:pf_contentful_integration_creating_a_channel
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/contentful/configuring_provisioning/pf_contentful_integration_creating_a_channel.html
revdate: June 26, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Creating a channel

Integrating PingFederate with Contentful requires a specific attribute mapping configuration.

## About this task

Learn more about creating a channel in [Managing channels](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_saasmanagementtasklet_saasmanagementstate.html) in the PingFederate documentation

## Steps

1. On the **Configure Channels > Target** tab, click **Create**.

2. On the **Channel > Channel Info** tab, in the **Channel Name** field, enter a name for the channel. Click **Next**.

3. On the **Source** tab, from the **Active Data Store** list, select the data store that you created in [Enabling provisioning and single sign-on in PingFederate](../enabling_provisioning_and_single_sign-on_in_pingfederate/pf_contentful_integration_enabling_provisioning_and_single_sign_on_in_pf.html). Click **Next**.

4. On the **Source Settings** and **Source Location** tabs, complete the configuration based on your environment.

   Learn more in [Modifying source settings](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_saaschanneltasklet_saassourcesettingsstate.html) and [Specifying a source location](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_saaschanneltasklet_saassourcelocationstate.html) in the PingFederate documentation.

5. On the **Attribute Mapping** tab, configure the attributes as follows. You can use the following LDAP mappings, or adapt them for your datastore type. Click **Next**.

   Learn more about user attributes in the [Users](https://www.contentful.com/developers/docs/references/scim-api/#/reference) section of **SCIM API endpoints** in the Contentful documentation.

   | Contentful attribute | Datastore attribute |
   | -------------------- | ------------------- |
   | `userName`           | `mail`              |
   | `email`              | `mail`              |
   | `lastName`           | `sn`                |
   | `firstName`          | `givenName`         |

6. On the **Activation and Summary** tab, for the **Channel Status**, select **Active**. Click **Done**.

7. On the **Manage Channels** tab, click **Done**.