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title: Core Token Service (CTS)
description: Configure and manage the Core Token Service (CTS) to store and handle tokens and sessions in your Ping Identity deployment
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  name_changes_for_forgerock_products: Name changes for ForgeRock products
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# Core Token Service (CTS)

These pages describe how to configure the Core Token Service, and how to manage the tokens stored in it.

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#### [Deployment architecture](cts-deployment-architectures.html)

Choose the best architecture for your deployment.

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#### [Configure a dedicated CTS store](cts-openam-config.html)

Prepare a DS instance to host a dedicated CTS token store.

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#### [Manage tokens](cts-token-managing.html)

Learn how to encrypt and/or compress tokens.

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#### [Manage expired CTS tokens](cts-reaper.html)

Configure how CTS tokens are pruned after they reach their maximum time-to-live.

## Name changes for ForgeRock products

Product names changed when ForgeRock became part of Ping Identity.

The following name changes have been in effect since early 2024:

| Old name                      | New name                        |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| ForgeRock Identity Cloud      | PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud |
| ForgeRock Access Management   | PingAM                          |
| ForgeRock Directory Services  | PingDS                          |
| ForgeRock Identity Management | PingIDM                         |
| ForgeRock Identity Gateway    | PingGateway                     |
| ForgeRock Identity Platform   | Ping Advanced Identity Software |

Learn more about the name changes in [New names for ForgeRock products](https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/New-names-for-ForgeRock-products) in the Knowledge Base.