PingFederate Server

Managing IdP adapters

You must configure at least one instance of an identity provider (IdP) adapter to set up connections to service provider (SP) partners to manage and view your IdP adapter in the IdP Adapters window.

About this task

An IdP adapter looks up session information and provides user identification to PingFederate. PingFederate comes bundled with the PingID integration kit and the following adapters:

  • Composite Adapter

  • HTML Form IdP Adapter

  • HTTP Basic IdP Adapter

  • Identifier First Adapter

  • Kerberos Adapter

  • OpenToken IdP Adapter

  • Passthrough IdP Adapter

  • PingID Adapter

  • PingOne MFA Adapter

  • PingOne Protect Adapter

  • PingOne Verify Adapter

  • PingOne DaVinci Adapter

  • Reference ID IdP Adapter

  • X.509 Certificate IdP Adapter

Additional integration kits are available on the PingFederate download page on the Add-ons tab.

Steps

  1. Go to Authentication → Integration → IdP Adapters.

  2. In the IdP Adapters 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.