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# Downloads

The [Ping Identity Download Center](https://product-downloads.pingidentity.com/) provides access to Ping Identity releases.

| Latest release              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| `DS-8.1.0.zip`              | Cross-platform distribution of the server software.Pure Java, high-performance server that can be configured as:- An LDAPv3 directory server with the additional capability to serve directory data to REST applications over HTTP.

- An LDAPv3 directory proxy server providing a single point of access to underlying directory servers.

- A replication server handling replication traffic with directory servers and with other replication servers, receiving and sending changes to directory data.Server distributions include command-line tools for installing, configuring, and managing servers. The tools make it possible to script all operations.By default, this file unpacks into an `opendj/` directory. |
| `DS-8.1.0.msi`              | Microsoft Windows native installer for the server software.By default, this installs files into a `C:\Program Files (x86)\PingDS Server\` directory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `DS_8.1.0-1_all.deb`        | Server software native packages for Debian and related Linux distributions.By default, this installs files into an `/opt/opendj/` directory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `DS-8.1.0-1.noarch.rpm`     | Server software native packages for Red Hat and related Linux distributions.By default, this installs files into an `/opt/opendj/` directory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `DS-hdap-servlet-8.1.0.war` | Cross-platform HDAP gateway web archive.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |