Alternative console authentication
As an alternative to using PingFederate’s own internal datastore for authentication to the administrative console, you can configure PingFederate to use your network’s LDAP user-datastore, the RADIUS protocol, client certificates, or OIDC-based authentication.
You can configure any of these alternative console authentication methods at any time. Most user-management functions are handled outside the scope of the PingFederate administrative console when alternative authentication is enabled.
Unlike native authentication, for which you configure local accounts and their privileges in System → Server → Administrative Accounts , you must define roles in configuration files when using an alternative authentication scheme. Similar to native authentication, PingFederate provides two account types and three administrative roles for role-based access control, as shown in the following table.
Account type | Administrative role | Access privileges | ||
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Admin |
User Admin |
Create users, deactivate users, change or reset passwords, and install replacement license keys. |
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Admin |
Admin |
Configure partner connections and most system settings, except the management of local accounts and the handling of local keys and certificates. |
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Admin |
Expression Admin |
Map user attributes by using the expression language, Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL).
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Admin |
Crypto Admin |
Manage local keys and certificates. |
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Auditor |
Not applicable |
View-only permissions for all administrative functions. When the Auditor role is assigned, no other administrative roles can be set. |
All four administrative roles are required to access and make changes through the following services:
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