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title: Running a standalone RADIUS gateway as a Windows service
description: You can run the PingOne RADIUS gateway as a standalone Windows service.
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  before-you-begin: Before you begin
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# Running a standalone RADIUS gateway as a Windows service

You can run the PingOne RADIUS gateway as a standalone Windows service. You'll do this by downloading a PingOne LDAP gateway software `.zip` archive from the PingOne admin console and adding the service to a computer running Windows. This functionality is available in RADIUS Gateway 1.2 and later.

## Before you begin

* Set up a Radius gateway. Learn more in [Setting up a RADIUS gateway](p1_gateways_setup.html)

* If you have a valid gateway credential, have it ready. Alternatively, you can create a new credential on the **Overview** tab in the gateway details. Learn more in [Creating or revoking a gateway credential](p1_creating_deleting_gateway_credential_radius.html).

* Install Java version 17.0.8 or later or Java version 21 LTS or later on the computer that will run the gateway.

* Create a `JAVA_HOME` system environment variable that points to the directory that contains the `bin` directory from the Java distribution.

## Directory structure

Most extract utilities will extract the PingOne RADIUS gateway software `.zip` archive files to a directory with a pattern of `pingone-radius-gateway-<version>`. This directory structure is part of the `.zip` archive. For best results, do not rename the `pingone-radius-gateway-<version>` directory.

The archive extracts the files with the following directory structure:

* Parent directory

  `C:\Program Files\Ping Identity`

* RADIUS Gateway directory

  `C:\Program Files\Ping Identity\pingone-radius-gateway-<version>`

* run.properties location

  `C:\Program Files\Ping Identity\pingone-radius-gateway-<version>\config`

* Batch files location

  `C:\Program Files\Ping Identity\pingone-radius-gateway-<version>\bin\windows`

Learn more in:

* [Adding the RADIUS Gateway service](p1_add_radius_gateway_windows_service.html)

* [Removing the RADIUS Gateway service](p1_remove_radius_gateway_windows_service.html)

* [Upgrading the PingOne RADIUS Gateway](p1_upgrade_gateway_windows_service.html)