--- title: Updating environments description: Update PingFederate and PingAccess environment information at any time. component: pingcentral version: 2.2 page_id: pingcentral:pingcentral_for_iam_administrators:pingcentral_update_environments canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingcentral/2.2/pingcentral_for_iam_administrators/pingcentral_update_environments.html llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingcentral/llms.txt docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md revdate: June 20, 2024 section_ids: steps: Steps choose-from: Choose from: --- # Updating environments Update PingFederate and PingAccess environment information at any time. ## Steps 1. To manage the environment maintenance status, see the following choices: ### Choose from: * To indicate that an environment is down for maintenance, toggle the switch on the applicable environment status bar from left (green) to right (gray). This action signals to application owners that the environment is undergoing maintenance and is now **Disabled**. This prevents PingCentral from connecting to the environment, avoiding UI errors. * To revert maintenance status, toggle the switch on the applicable environment status bar from right (gray) to left (green). This action removes the maintenance **Disabled** status, allowing application owners to resume interactions with the environment. This is the default status. | | | | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | If an environment is offline or **Disabled**, the environment information displays a gray **OFFLINE** status bar. If an environment status is unknown, the status bar is unavailable. | 2. To edit environment information, click the expandable icon associated with it, and then click the **Pencil** icon. All of the editable information displays on one page. | Option | Description | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Update the name and description | To update the name and description, change the information in the **Name**, **Short Code**, and **Description** fields. | | Update the assertion encryption certificate | To update the assertion encryption certificate, click **Choose** to upload a new certificate and enter the certificate password in the appropriate field. | | Update connection information | To update the connection, ensure that the authentication method you want to use is selected:- **Native**: Update the **Username** and **Password** fields for your PingFederate or PingAccess environments. - **OAuth2**: Update the information in the **Token Endpoint URL**, **Client ID**, **Client Secret**, and **Scopes** fields. - **Client Certificate**: Update the certificate used for mTLS. If a PingAccess environment is added to PingCentral and removed through the edit page, the connection information is saved and restored if the PingAccess environment is selected again. | | Configure promotion approval requirements | To configure if non-administrators need approval for promoting an application to an environment, select an option from the **Approval Type**.Choose from:- Select **No Approval** to allow non-administrators to promote applications to the environment freely. - Select **Approval Required** to indicate that application promotion requires approval. - Select **Require Approval If Any Expression Fails** and see [Creating and testing approval expressions](pingcentral_create_test_expressions.html) at the bottom of this page for details. - Select **Require Approval If Any Expression Succeeds** and go to [Creating and testing approval expressions](pingcentral_create_test_expressions.html) on this page. | | Update the JSON editing option | If you want application owners to be able to edit the underlying application JSON when they promote their OAuth and SAML applications, select **Allow JSON editing for application promotions**. Providing application owners with this ability can be risky, so it's highly recommended that you require promotion requests to be approved. That way, you'll be able to compare the submitted application JSON to the original application JSON before you approve the promotion. | | Add or remove the enforcement of random client secret generation | To enforce random secret generation and restrict non-administrators from creating their own, select the **Enforce Random Client Secrets** check box. PingCentral will generate random client secrets. To allow non-administrators to generate their own secret, clear the check box. | | Configure application owner deletion access | To restrict application owners from deleting applications from environments, select the **Allow only administrators to delete applications from PingFederate** (and PingAccess, when applicable), option. | | Update the signing certificate | To update the signing certificate used to promote SAML applications, select the appropriate certificate in the **Signing Certificate** list or upload your own. | | Update the SP certificate | To update the service provider (SP) *(tooltip: \
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)* certificate, click **Choose** to upload a new certificate and enter the certificate password in the appropriate field. | | Update the assertion encryption certificate | To update the assertion encryption certificate, click **Choose** to upload a new certificate and enter the certificate password in the appropriate field. | 3. Click **Save**.