PingFederate Server

Configuring runtime notifications

Use the PingFederate administrative console to configure and manage runtime notifications. These notifications provide alerts about license status, ensuring uninterrupted server functionality. They also notify about critical certificate events, such as expiration or changes, enabling users to maintain secure communication. Additionally, notifications for SAML metadata updates help users adapt their configurations and ensure smooth authentication and authorization processes. Overall, these runtime notifications ensure compliance, security, and uninterrupted services for users.

Steps

  1. Go to System → Monitoring & Notifications → [.wintitle] Runtime Notifications**.

  2. Optional: Configure licensing events:

    1. Select the Notification for Servers Licensing Events check box.

      This check box appears only if your PingFederate license has an expiration date.

    2. Enter the email address of the intended recipient.

    3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

    If you have not yet configured the desired notification publisher instance, click Manage Notification Publishers.

  3. Optional: Configure certificate events:

    1. Select the Notification for Certificate Events check box.

    2. Optional: Enter the initial warning time period (in days) in the Initial Warning Event field.

    3. Enter the final warning time period (in days) in the Final Warning Event field.

    4. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

    Choose from:

    • To send certificate events by email, select Default and enter the email address of the intended recipient in the Email Address field that displays below.

    • To record runtime certificate advance warnings in the server.log file, select Logging Only.

      If you select this option, you are not required to set any notification publisher.

  4. Optional: Configure SAML metadata update events:

    1. Select the Notification for SAML Metadata Update Events check box.

    2. Enter the email address of the intended recipient.

    3. Select a notification publisher instance from the list.

    If you have not yet configured the desired notification publisher instance, click Manage Notification Publishers.

  5. Configure thread pool exhaustion events:

    1. Select the Notification for Thread Pool Exhaustion Events check box.

    2. Select the Thread Dump check box to enable PingFederate to dump threads in the event of a thread pool exhaustion.