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title: Obtaining PingFederate SAML 2.0 metadata
description: To configure GitHub for provisioning and SSO, you will require the below information. These values can be obtained from your PingFederate Identity Provider (IdP) metadata. Learn more in Exporting connection-specific SAML metadata
component: github
page_id: github:github_provisioner:pf_github_connector_obtain_pf_saml_20_metadata
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/github/github_provisioner/pf_github_connector_obtain_pf_saml_20_metadata.html
revdate: June 27, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Obtaining PingFederate SAML 2.0 metadata

## About this task

To configure GitHub for provisioning and SSO, you will require the below information. These values can be obtained from your PingFederate Identity Provider (IdP) metadata. Learn more in [Exporting connection-specific SAML metadata](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_exportmetadatatasklet_exportconnectionstate.html)

* PingFederate SAML Endpoint

  * Example: `https://<pf_hostname>:<pf_port>/idp/SSO.saml2`

* Identity Provider Issuer

  * This is SAML 2.0 Entity ID from PingFederate.

**To export your IdP metadata**:

## Steps

1. Go to the **Server Configuration > Metadata Export** screen.

2. On the Metadata Mode screen, choose Select information to include in metadata manually and click Next.

3. On the Protocol screen, click Next.

4. On the Attribute Contract screen, click Next.

5. On the Signing Key screen, select the PingFederate signing certificate for use and click Next.

6. On the Metadata Signing screen, click Next.

7. On the XML Encryption Certificate screen, click Next.

8. On the Export & Summary screen, click Export to and save the metadata XML file for later use.