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title: Registering PingFederate as an application in Entrust
description: To process sign-on requests, PingFederate requires access to the Entrust Authentication API. You can grant access in the Entrust admin console.
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canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/entrust/setup/pf_entrust_ik_registering_pf_as_an_application_in_entrust.html
revdate: June 10, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
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# Registering PingFederate as an application in Entrust

To process sign-on requests, PingFederate requires access to the Entrust Authentication API. You can grant access in the Entrust admin console.

## About this task

For more information about registering authentication agents, see Integrate API applications in the Entrust documentation.

## Steps

1. Sign on to the Entrust admin console.

2. Go to **Resources > Applications**.

3. In the **Applications** window, click **Add**.

4. In the **Select an Application Template** window, in the **API Applications** section, click **Authentication API**.

5. In the **Add Authentication API** window, in the **Application Name** field, enter a name for your application.

6. In the **Application Description** field, enter a description for your application.

7. **Optional:** Add a custom application logo.

   1. Next to **Application logo**, click the **[icon: plus, set=fa]**icon.

   2. Click the **Upload** icon.

   3. Browse to your chosen file and click **Open**.

   4. Resize your image if required, then click **OK**.

8. Click **Next**.

9. In the **General Settings** window, for Source of the Client IP Address for Risk Conditions, select one of the following.

   | Option                            | Description                                                              |
   | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | Not Provided                      | The IP address is not provided and is not extracted from the connection. |
   | Provided in the API               | The IP address is provided in the request body of the API.               |
   | From the incoming HTTP connection | The IP address is extracted from the connection.                         |

10. Click Submit.

    ### Result:

    The **Application ID** is generated.

11. Copy and paste the **Application ID** into PingFederate.

12. Click **Done**.