Datastores

Datastores represent external systems that store user attributes and other data.

Once defined, PingFederate configurations retrieve user attributes from datastores for contract fulfillment and token authorization in various use cases. PingFederate configurations write certain records or log messages to datastores.

PingFederate supports a wide variety of database servers and directory servers. As needed, the PingFederate SDK supports the creation of custom drivers for connecting to other types of data repositories, such as flat files or SOAP-connected databases. For more information, see the Javadoc for the CustomDataSourceDriver interface, the SamplePropertiesDataStore.java file for a sample implementation, and the SDK Developer’s Guide for build and deployment information.