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title: Configuring outbound provisioning settings
description: You can select the database that PingFederate should use internally to facilitate provisioning for service providers when PingFederate is configured as an identity provider (IdP).
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  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
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# Configuring outbound provisioning settings

You can select the database that PingFederate should use internally to facilitate provisioning for service providers when PingFederate is configured as an identity provider (IdP).

## Before you begin

Before configuring outbound provisioning settings, you must enable outbound provisioning through the `pf.provisioner.mode` property in the `<pf_install>/pingfederate/bin/run.properties` file. For more information, see [Configuring PingFederate properties](pf_config_pf_propert.html).

If you want to use failover provisioning, configure the `provisioner.node.id` and `provisioner.failover.grace.period` properties, which are also located in `<pf_install>/pingfederate/bin/run.properties`. These properties are described in [Deploying provisioning failover](../server_clustering_guide/pf_deploy_provis_failover.html).

## About this task

The database stores the state of synchronization between the source datastore and the target datastore, enabling periodic checking to determine whether updates are required at the target site. PingFederate checks the source datastore for changes every minute by default. As needed, you can change the provisioning synchronization frequency on this tab as well.

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|   | Use the built-in HSQLDB only for trial or training environments. For testing and production environments, always use a secured external storage solution for proper functioning in a clustered environment.Testing involving HSQLDB is not a valid test. In both testing and production, it might cause various problems due to its limitations and HSQLDB involved cases are not supported by Ping Identity. |

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|   | PingFederate is tested with Amazon Aurora (MySQL and PostgreSQL), Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, Oracle MySQL, and PostgreSQL as internal provisioning datastores. A demonstration-only, embedded HSQLDB database is installed by default. Scripts to aid setup are in the directory `<pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/conf/provisioner/sql-scripts`. |

## Steps

1. Go to **System > Server > Protocol Settings**.

2. On the **Outbound Provisioning** tab, from the **Provisioning Data Store** list, select a datastore.

   If the datastore you want is not shown in the list, PingFederate is not yet configured to access the store. Click **Manage Data Stores** to create a connection to the datastore.

3. Change the **Synchronization Frequency** value.

   The default value is `60` seconds.

4. Click **Next** and continue with the rest of the configuration.

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   |   | When editing an existing configuration, you can also click **Save** as soon as the administrative console offers the opportunity to do so. |