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title: Defining the OAuth client for PingCentral
description: Define an OAuth client for PingCentral at the OpenID provider.
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version: 2.2
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revdate: August 15, 2023
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  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
---

# Defining the OAuth client for PingCentral

Define an OAuth client *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>The application in an OAuth framework that requests access to resources. If the request is approved by the authorization server, the client is issued an access token for the resources.\</p>
\</div>)* for PingCentral at the OpenID provider.

## Steps

* In the `<PingCentral_install>/conf/application.properties` file, locate the following property, uncomment it, and provide the client ID and client secret for the OAuth client.

  ### Example:

  ```
  pingcentral.sso.oidc.client-id=<CLIENT_ID>
  pingcentral.sso.oidc.client-secret=<CLIENT_SECRET>
  ```

  |   |                                                                                                                                               |
  | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  |   | Secure the secret using the obfuscation script available in `bin/obfuscate`, and by using output ciphertext rather than the cleartext secret. |