---
title: Enabling ASE to ABS engine communication
description: Enable communication between ASE and the ABS engine.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
page_id: pingintelligence:installing_pingintelligence_for_apis:pingintelligence_enable_ase_abs_communication
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/installing_pingintelligence_for_apis/pingintelligence_enable_ase_abs_communication.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Enabling ASE to ABS engine communication

Enable communication between ASE and the ABS engine.

## About this task

To start communication between ASE and the AI engine:

## Steps

1. Run the following command:

   ```
   ./cli.sh enable_abs –u admin -p admin
   ```

2. To confirm an ASE node is communicating with ABS, issue the ASE status command:

   ```
   /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh status
   API Security Enforcer
   status              : started
   mode                : inline
   http/ws             : port 8080
   https/wss           : port 8443
   firewall            : enabled
   abs                 : enabled, ssl: enabled (If ABS is enabled, then ASE is communicating with ABS)
   abs attack          : disabled
   audit               : enabled
   ase detected attack : disabled
   attack list memory  : configured 128.00 MB, used 25.60 MB, free 102.40 MB
   ```