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title: Creating connections to PingOne
description: Administrators can create connections between PingFederate and PingOne that some PingFederate plugins can use to access services provided by PingOne.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.0
page_id: pingfederate:administrators_reference_guide:help_p1connections_p1connectioncreate
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.0/administrators_reference_guide/help_p1connections_p1connectioncreate.html
revdate: August 30, 2022
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  next-steps: Next steps
---

# Creating connections to PingOne

Administrators can create connections between PingFederate and PingOne that some PingFederate plugins can use to access services provided by PingOne.

## About this task

In the following procedure, you create a connection profile and credential in PingOne. Then you use the credential in PingFederate to establish the connection. So you need administrative access to both applications. NOTE: You cannot use the same credential in multiple extant connections.

After creating the connection, you can use it to configure PingFederate plugins that support connections to PingOne, such as the PingOne MFA and PingOne Protect plugins.

Learn more about these connections in [Connections to PingOne](help_p1connections_p1connectionlist.html) in the PingFederate documentation and [PingFederate connections](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingone/integrations/p1_pf_connection.html) in the PingOne documentation.

## Steps

1. In PingOne, create a connection profile and credential:

   1. Go to **Connections > Product Platform > PingFederate**.

   2. Click **[icon: plus, set=fa]Add Connection**.

   3. On the **Create Connection Profile** window, enter a **Connection Name** and **Description**.

   4. Click **Save and Continue**.

   5. On the **Establish Connection with PingFederate** window, copy the connection credential by clicking**Copy to Clipboard**.

   6. If you will not perform step 2 now, paste and save the credential in a text file because this is the only time you can view and copy the credential.

2. In PingFederate, establish the connection:

   1. Go to **System > External Systems > PingOne Connections**.

   2. On the **PingOne Connections** window, click **[icon: plus, set=fa]Add Connection**.

   3. On the **Add Connection** window, paste the credential that was created in step 1.

   4. Enter a new **Connection Name** or keep the auto-populated name, which is the name of your organization on PingOne. Ensure the name is unique.

   5. Enter a **Connection Description**.

   6. Click **Save**. The **PingOne Connections** window shows the new connection. The connection is enabled by default.

3. (Optional) Configure the PingOne unified admin icon in the navigation menu to access your PingOne admin console from PingFederate.

   1. Edit the `<pf_install>/pingfederate/bin/run.properties` file.

   2. Modify the `pf.pingone.admin.url.region` and `pf.pingone.admin.url.environment.id` properties for your environment.

   For more information on these properties, see [Configuring PingFederate properties](pf_config_pf_propert.html).

   1. Restart PingFederate.

## Next steps

After you create a connection, you can:

* use the connection to configure PingFederate plugins that support these kinds of connections

* change which environments in PingOne the connection can access

* replace or revoke the connection's credentials

* disable the connection

* change the connection's name or description

For more information, see [Modifying connections to PingOne](help_p1connections_p1connectionedit.html).