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title: Deploying the integration files
description: To get started with the integration, deploy the Symantec VIP integration kit files to your PingFederate directory.
component: symantec-vip
page_id: symantec-vip:setup:pf_symantec_vip_ik_deploying_the_integration_files
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/symantec-vip/setup/pf_symantec_vip_ik_deploying_the_integration_files.html
revdate: October 6, 2025
section_ids:
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  steps: Steps
---

# Deploying the integration files

To get started with the integration, deploy the Symantec VIP integration kit files to your PingFederate directory.

## Before you begin

Download the Symantec VIP integration kit `.zip` archive from the [**Add-ons** tab of the PingFederate downloads page](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html).

## Steps

1. Stop PingFederate, if it's running.

2. If you're upgrading an existing deployment, back up your customizations and delete previous versions of the integration files:

   1. Back up any Symantec VIP integration kit files that you customized in `<pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/conf/`.

   2. Delete the `pf-vip-idp-adapter-<version>.jar` file from `<pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/deploy`.

3. Extract the `.zip` archive and copy the contents of the `dist` directory to `<pf_install>`.

4. If there is more than one version of the `pf-authn-api-sdk-<version>.jar` file in your `<pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/lib` directory, delete all but the latest version of the file.

5. If you backed up any customized files, modify the new files with your customizations.

6. Start PingFederate.

7. If you operate PingFederate in a cluster, repeat steps 2 - 7 for each engine node.