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title: Adding an application
description: Add applications to your environment so that PingOne can manage access to the applications.
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# Adding an application

Add applications to your environment so that PingOne can manage access to the applications.

Use the **Applications** page to add an application to be managed by PingOne. Learn more about the different types of applications in [Applications](p1_application_types.html).

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|   | Some application settings can only be configured after the application is created. Learn more in [Editing an application](p1_editing_applications.html). |

PingOne supports the following application types:

* SAML

* OIDC

* Native

* Single page

* Device authorization

* Worker

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|   | To use a templated service provider integration instead of creating a new application, go to the **Application Catalog**. Learn more in [Application catalog](p1_application_catalog.html). |

## Steps

1. In the PingOne admin console, go to **Applications > Applications**.

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

3. Create the application profile by entering the following:

   * **Application Name**: A unique identifier for the application. The maximum name length is 256 characters.

   * **Description** (optional): A brief description of the application.

   * **Icon** (optional): An image that represents the application. Use a file up to 1 MB in JPG, JPEG, GIF, or PNG format.

4. Choose the **Application Type**. Learn more in [Applications](p1_application_types.html).

5. If you're creating a **SAML Application**, click **Configure**, and then specify the details of the connection between the application and PingOne.

   You can enter the values manually, or import them from a file or URL.

   ### Choose from:

   * **Import Metadata**: Select to import the configuration details from an XML metadata file.

     1. Click **Select a File** and then choose an XML metadata file on your file system.

     2. Click **Open**.

        The configuration values are populated based on the information in the metadata file.

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        |   | If the metadata file doesn't specify all the configuration values, you must enter the missing values manually. |

   * **Import from URL**: Select to import the configuration details from a metadata URL.

     1. Enter the URL and then click **Import**.

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        |   | The URL must be a valid absolute URL. |

        The configuration values are populated based on the information from the URL.

   * **Manually Enter**: Select to enter the configuration details manually.

     1. In the **ACS URLs** field, enter the Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URLs. You must specify at least one URL, and the first URL in the list is used as the default.

     2. In the **Entity ID** field, enter the service provider entity ID used to look up the application. The **Entity ID** is a required property and is unique within the environment.

6. Click **Save**.

7. To enable the application, click the toggle at the top of the details panel to the right (blue).

   You can disable the application by clicking the toggle to the left (gray).

## Next steps

After the application is created, you can edit the application settings, configure application policies, and control application access. Learn more in:

* [Editing an application](p1_editing_applications.html)

* [Applying authentication policies to an application](p1_apply_auth_policy_to_applications.html)

* [Application access control](p1_application_access_control.html)