---
title: Configuring notification settings
description: Configure when and how to send email notifications with a PingAccess notification publisher.
component: pingaccess
version: 9.0
page_id: pingaccess:pingaccess_user_interface_reference_guide:pa-configuring-notification-settings
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingaccess/9.0/pingaccess_user_interface_reference_guide/pa-configuring-notification-settings.html
revdate: December 11, 2025
section_ids:
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  steps: Steps
---

# Configuring notification settings

Configure when and how to send email notifications with a PingAccess notification publisher.

## Before you begin

[Configure a notification publisher](pa-managing-notification-publishers.html)

## Steps

1. Go to **Settings > Notifications > Settings**.

2. In the **Administrator Server Base URL** field, enter the base URL for the administrator server.

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   |   | The email notifications will contain broken images if you don't enter a valid admin server base URL. |

3. In the **Trusted Certificate Group** list, select the certificate group to use when establishing trusted connections to this notification publisher.

4. Enter the following information into the **Notification for Certificate Events** section:

   1. In the **Final Warning Event (Days)** field, enter the number of days before a certificate event that PingAccess should send the final notification.

   2. (Optional) In the **Initial Warning Event (Days)** field, enter the number of days before a certificate event that PingAccess should send the first notification.

   3. In the **Notification Publisher** list, select the notification publisher you configured in [Adding notification publishers](pa-managing-notification-publishers.html#adding-notification-publishers).

   4. In the **Email Addresses** section, click **+ Add Email Address** and an email addresses to send the notification to. Repeat this step as necessary.

5. Click **Save**.