Installing the PingFederate service on Windows manually
Before you begin
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Request a license key through the Ping Identity licensing page.
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Ensure you are signed on to your system with sufficient privileges to install and run an application.
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Verify that you have installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and that you have set the required environment variables correctly. See Installing Java.
About this task
If you have installed PingFederate using the installer for Windows, skip these steps because PingFederate has already been configured to run as a service and to start automatically at the end of the installation process. |
To install the PingFederate service manually:
Steps
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Download the distribution
.zip
archive from the Ping Identity website.The distribution
.zip
archive is identical for both Windows and Linux. -
Extract the archive into an installation directory,
<pf_install>
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Start PowerShell or Command Prompt as an administrator.
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Run the
<pf_install>\pingfederate\sbin\win-x86-64\install-service.bat
file. -
Go to Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services to open the management console.
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Right-click the PingFederate service and select Start.
Result
The PingFederate service starts automatically on reboot.