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
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Install and start Kong Gateway. For more information, see the Kong Gateway documentation.
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Install and start PingAuthorize. For more information, see Installing PingAuthorize.
Steps
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In the PingAuthorize administrative console, go to Configuration → HTTP Servlet Extensions → Sideband API.
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In the Request Context Method list, select State.
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In the Shared Secret Header Name field, modify the value to
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Next to the Selected table for Shared Secrets, click the icon to create a new shared secret.
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In the modal dialog, create a suitably long shared secret value and click Save To PingAuthorize Server Cluster.
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At the top of the Edit Sideband API HTTP Servlet Extension page, click Save.
