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title: Configuring API applications in PingAccess
description: Configure a corresponding application in PingAccess for each of the API proxies that you attached the shared flow to.
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revdate: July 28, 2025
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  steps: Steps
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# Configuring API applications in PingAccess

Configure a corresponding application in PingAccess for each of the API proxies that you attached the shared flow to.

The application is where you manage access control rules, identity mappings, and other application protection features. To add an API application, configure access validation, and configure Apigee as the application destination:

## Steps

1. Go to **Applications > Applications** and click **[icon: plus, set=fa]Application**.

2. Enter a **Name**, then enter the **Context Root** and select or create the **Virtual Host(s)** values to match how the application's APIs are exposed from your Apigee environment.

   1. (Optional) Click **[icon: plus, set=fa]Create** to create a new **Virtual Host**.

   ![This screen capture shows the top of a completed API application. The Name, Context Root, and Virutal Host(s) fields are filled out accordingly.](_images/nwi1655135629975.png)

3. In the **Application Type** list, select **API**.

4. In the **Access Validation list**, select a form of access validation.

   ![A screen capture showing the Application Type field with API selected. Token Provider is selected in the Access Validation field.](_images/aws1655136328458.png)

5. To configure Apigee as the application destination, in the **Destination** section, select **Sideband**, then select the **Sideband Client** that you created previously in [Configuring PingAccess for Apigee integration](pa_configuring_pa_for_apigee_integration.html).

6. Click **Save**.

   ![A screen capture showing the configured Destination field, with Sideband selected as the destination and Apigee selected in the Sideband Client field.](_images/uyg1655137313453.png)