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title: Adding environments
description: Use the wizard to add PingFederate and PingAccess environments to PingCentral.
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revdate: August 3, 2023
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# Adding environments

Use the wizard to add PingFederate and PingAccess environments to PingCentral.

## Steps

1. On the **Environments** page, click **Add Environment**.

2. On the **Connect to Instances** page, connect to a PingFederate environment:

   1. Complete the **PingFederate Admin**, **PingFederate Admin Username**, and **PingFederate Admin Password** fields with your authentication information.

   If this is the first time you have set up this environment, and you set it up correctly, you won't see a **Skip Verification** option. However, if the initial validation fails, this option shows. If selected, it allows you to skip the validation process.

   1. Click **Next**.

   2. On the **Name Environment** page, complete the **Name**, **Short Code**, and **Description** fields.

   3. **Optional:** : To prevent non-administrators from promoting applications to the environment, select the **Protect** check box.

   4. Click **Save and Continue**.

   5. **Optional:** To add an identity provider certificate, select the appropriate certificate in the **Signing Certificate** list or to upload your own certificate, click **Choose** and enter the certificate password in the appropriate field. Click **Save and Close**.

      ### Result:

      The environment is displayed on the **Environments** page. If you chose to protect the environment, a shield icon displays next to its name. A **PF** icon also displays. The color of this icon represents the status of the environment. A green **PF** icon indicates that the environment is verified while a red **PF** icon indicates that the environment isn't verified.

   6. Click the expandable icon associated with the environment to view environment details.Environment details include:

      * A link to PingFederate.

      * A description of the environment.

      * The total number of applications hosted on this environment and a breakdown of OAuth/OIDC clients and SAML service provider (SP) connections. Click these links to access filtered lists of these applications on the **Applications** page.

        ![A screen capture showing the Environments page, which lists all of the environments and displays details regarding each environment when the associated expandable icon is clicked.](_images/qum1593380914775.jpg)

3. To add a PingAccess environment instance to PingCentral, access the **Connect to Instances** page by either clicking on **Add Environment** or by clicking the **Pencil** icon for an existing PingAccess application.

   1. Complete the **PingAccess Admin**, **PingAccess Admin Username**, and **PingAccess Admin Password** fields with your authentication information.

      If this is the first time you have set up this PingAccess environment, and you set it up correctly, you won't see a **Skip Verification** option. However, if the initial validation fails, this option displays. If selected, it allows you to skip the validation process.

   2. Click **Next**.

   3. On the **Name Environment** page, complete the **Name**, **Short Code**, and **Description** fields.

   4. **Optional:** To prevent non-administrators from promoting applications to the environment, select the **Protect** check box.

   5. Click **Save and Continue**.

      ### Result:

      The environment is displayed on the **Environments** page. If you chose to protect the environment, a shield icon displays next to its name. A **PA** icon also displays. The color of this icon represents the status of the environment. A green **PA** icon indicates that the environment is verified while a red **PA** icon indicates that the environment isn't verified.

      ![A screen capture showing the Environments page, which lists all of the environments and displays details regarding each environment when the associated expandable icon is clicked.](_images/tkh1593381767819.jpg)

   6. Click the expandable icon associated with the environment to view environment details.

      Environment details include:

      * A link to PingFederate.

      * A link to PingAccess.

      * A description of the environment.

      * The total number of applications hosted on this environment and a breakdown of OAuth/OIDC clients, SAML SP connections, and PingAccess applications. Click these links to access filtered lists of these applications on the **Applications** page.

        |   |                                                                                                                |
        | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
        |   | If an environment is unavailable, applications in that environment don't display on the **Applications** page. |

      If the environment is not verified, you receive an error message.

   7. Ensure that PingFederate is configured as a token provider for PingAccess.

   For more information, see [Configuring PingFederate as a PingAccess token provider](pingcentral_configuring_pf_token_provider.html).