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# Reference Guides

This section contains reference guides for common tasks related to making the most of your PingAccess environment and extending its capabilities.

* For information on enabling external applications to communicate with PingAccess, see [PingAccess API endpoints](pa_api_endpoints.html).

* For information on setting up a clustered PingAccess environment, see [Clustering in PingAccess](pa_clustering_ref_guide.html).

* For a list of configurable parameters that PingAccess uses at runtime, see the [Configuration file reference](pa_config_file_ref.html).

* For help deciding what type of PingAccess deployment best suits your environment, see the [PingAccess deployment guide](pa_deployment_guide.html).

* For information on extending the functionality of PingAccess rules in your environment, see [Groovy in PingAccess](pa_groovy_in_pa.html).

* For information on optimizing your PingAccess environment, see [Performance tuning](pa_performance_tuning.html).