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title: Using PingAccess templates
description: After selecting a PingAccess template, use that template to apply user authentication and authorization support to an application.
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  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  steps: Steps
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# Using PingAccess templates

After selecting a PingAccess template, use that template to apply user authentication and authorization support to an application.

## Before you begin

Prepare to define the following, as appropriate:

* The application context root and resources

* The application policy

* The resource policy

* The application name and description

For details regarding each of these items, see [Information needed to add PingAccess applications](pingcentral_info_pa_templates.html).

## Steps

1. On the **Define Resources** page, enter the context root for the application.

   The context root is the common root of all application resources, specifies where in the URL path the application begins, and starts with a slash. In the example URL, `den-ping.com:8443/mygreatapp/home`, the `/mygreatapp` is the context root.

2. Add, delete, or reorder application resources for your application.

   Every application has at least one root resource.

   If resource reordering is available, a **Reorder Resources** link displays on the page, as shown in the following example. If resource ordering was not enabled in the PingAccess application that was used to create this template, it is not enabled in PingCentral.

   ![A screen capture showing the Define Resources page with the Context Root field and the Resources section. Next to the heading for the Resources section is the hyperlink option to Add Resource and the hyperlink option to Reorder Resources, which displays on the Define Resources page if resource reordering is enabled.](_images/lhp1600200935995.jpg)

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   |   | Virtual resources are available in PingAccess version 6.2 or later, but are not yet supported in PingCentral. |

   To add a new resource:

   1. Click **Add Resource** and in the **Resource Name** field, enter the name of the resource.

   2. In the **Path Patterns** field, enter a list of URL path patterns that identify this resource. Path patterns start with a forward slash (/), begin after the context root, and extend to the end of the URL. There are two different types of path patterns: Basic and Regex. Select the **Regex** option, when appropriate.

   3. In the **Resource Authentication** section, select the type of authentication the resource requires.

      If the resource requires the same authentication as the root application, select **Standard**. If authentication is not required to access the resource, select **Anonymous** or **Unprotected**.

   4. If the application is an API or Web + API application, in the **Methods** field, select the HTTP methods supported by the resource. Leave this field empty if the resource supports all methods.

   5. To log information regarding requests to this resource, select the **Audit** check box.

   6. Resources are enabled when they are added, by default. To disable a resource, clear the **Enable** check box.

   7. If resource reordering is available, a **Reorder Resources** link displays on the page. To change the order of these resources, click the link, rearrange the resources, and click **Done**.

   To delete the resource, click the associated **Delete** icon.

3. On the **Define Application Policy** page, customize the policy for the application, if needed.

   To apply rules or rule sets, drag them from the **Available Rules** list to the **Policy** list. Click **Next**.

4. **Optional**: On the **Define Resource Policy** page, customize the policy for each of your resources.

   To apply rules or rule sets to each resource, drag them from the **Available Rules** list to the **Policy** list. Click **Next**.

5. On the **Describe Application** page, enter the name of the application and a description in the appropriate fields.

   By adding this application to PingCentral, your name automatically populates the **Owners** field.

6. **Optional:** To add owners, or groups of owners, click the **Owners** field and select additional owners from the list. Click **Next**.

   If the name you are looking for does not display in the list, contact your PingCentral administrator and request that the person be provisioned.

7. Click **Save and Close**.

   ### Result:

   The application displays at the top of the list of applications on the **Applications** page.