PingFederate Server

Managing token generators

The PingFederate security token service (STS) uses token generators to issue security tokens that can be consumed by web services at your site. You must configure at least one generator to set up an STS connection or a token-to-token mapping.

About this task

In the Token Generators window, create, modify, review, or remove a token generator instance.

PingFederate comes bundled with the SAML 1.1 Token Generator and SAML 2.0 Token Generator.

You can deploy additional token translators from Ping Identity website.

For simplicity, this topic focuses on configuring an instance of the SAML 1.1 or 2.0 Token Generator. For information about add-on token generators, see Integration overview.

For more information about WS-Trust, see Web services standards.

Steps

  1. Go to Applications → Token Exchange → Token Generators.

  2. In the Token Generators window, choose from the following options.

    Option Description

    Configure a new instance

    Click Create New Instance

    Modify an existing instance

    Click the name of instance in the Instance Name column

    View the usage of an existing instance

    Click Check Usage in the Action column on the instance’s row

    Remove an existing instance

    Click Delete in the Action column on the instance’s row

    By default, PingFederate automatically checks multi-connection errors whenever you access this window. This verifies that configured connections are not adversely affected by changes made here.

    If you experience noticeable delays in accessing this window, you can disable automatic connection validation. Go to System → Server → General Settings.