PingAccess

Configuring a web session

About this task

A web session specifies the details of how user information is stored.

For more information about this procedure, including optional steps that are not included here, see Creating web sessions.

Steps

  1. Click Access, then go to Web Sessions > Web Sessions.

  2. Click Add Web Session.

  3. In the Name field, enter a unique name for the web session, up to 64 characters, including special characters and spaces.

  4. From the Cookie Type list, select Encrypted JWT.

  5. In the Audience field, enter the audience that the PA token is applicable to, represented as a short, unique identifier between one and 32 characters.

    PingAccess rejects requests that contain a PA token with an audience that differs from what is configured in the web session associated with the target application.

  6. From the OpenID Connect Login Type list, select Code.

    The Code login type is recommended for maximum security and standards interoperability, but other options are available. Learn more about the available profiles in step 6 of Creating web sessions.

  7. In the Client ID field, enter the unique identifier (client ID) that was assigned when you created the OAuth relying party (RP) client within the token provider (for more information, see Configuring OAuth clients in the PingFederate documentation).

  8. Select a Client Credentials Type. This is required when configuring the Code login type.

    Choose from:

    • Secret

    • Mutual TLS

    • Private Key JWT

    The OAuth client you use with PingAccess web sessions must have an OpenID Connect (OIDC) policy specified (for more information see Configuring OpenID Connect Policies.

  9. Provide the information required for the selected credential type.

    Choose from:

    • Secret – Enter the Client Secret assigned when you created the OAuth relying party client in the token provider.

    • Mutual TLS – Select a configured Key Pair to use for Mutual TLS client authentication.

    • Private Key JWT – No additional information is required.

  10. In the Idle Timeout field, specify the amount of time, in minutes, that the PA token remains active when no activity is detected by the user (the default is 60 minutes).

    If there is an existing valid PingFederate session for the user, an idle timeout of the PingAccess session might result in its re-establishment without forcing the user to sign on again.

  11. In the Max Timeout field, specify the amount of time, in minutes, that the PA token remains active before expiring (the default is 240 minutes).

  12. Click Save.