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title: Configuring your PingID account
description: To use PingID as the second factor to authenticate into the PingFederate administrative console, you need a PingID or PingOne account. You must also configure the account to allow the PingID Password Credential Validator (PCV) to use the PingID service.
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# Configuring your PingID account

To use PingID as the second factor to authenticate into the PingFederate administrative console, you need a PingID or PingOne account. You must also configure the account to allow the PingID Password Credential Validator (PCV) to use the PingID service.

## Steps

1. Register a PingID account.

   1. Contact <sales@pingidentity.com> for a registration key.

   2. Register at [PingOne admin portal](https://admin.pingone.com/web-portal/register).

   3. Select **PingOne for Enterprise** and then click **Next**.

   Let the PingOne admin portal guide you through the registration process. At the end, a confirmation email is sent to your email address.

   1. Open the confirmation email and follow the instructions to activate your PingOne for Enterprise account.

2. Enable PingID client integration.

   1. Sign on to the [PingOne admin portal](https://admin.pingone.com/web-portal/login).

   2. Go to **Setup > PingID > Client Integration**.

   3. Under **Integrate with PingFederate and other Clients**, click **Download** and save the `pingid.properties` file for a subsequent task.

   4. Sign off of the PingOne admin portal.