PingAuthorize

Preparing PingAuthorize for Kong Gateway integration

For Kong Gateway to use PingAuthorize as an external authorization policy runtime service, you must prepare PingAuthorize to receive authorization requests from Kong Gateway.

Before you begin

Steps

  1. In the PingAuthorize administrative console, go to Configuration > HTTP Servlet Extensions > Sideband API.

  2. In the Request Context Method list, select State.

  3. In the Shared Secret Header Name field, modify the value to CLIENT-TOKEN.

  4. Next to the Selected table for Shared Secrets, click the icon to create a new shared secret.

  5. In the modal dialog, create a suitably long shared secret value and click Save To PingAuthorize Server Cluster.

  6. At the top of the Edit Sideband API HTTP Servlet Extension page, click Save.

    Screen capture of the Sideband API HTTP Servlet Extension window with settings configured as previously specified for Kong Gateway