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Page created: 31 Jan 2023 |
Page updated: 3 Aug 2023
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Product PingCentral 1.11 User task Troubleshooting Developer Audience Administrator

Create, update, or delete SAML and PingAccess templates to meet your needs.

To create a SAML or PingAccess template, select a configuration to replicate. PingCentral retrieves this configuration and saves it as a template, which serves as a building block for future applications.

Creating SAML application templates

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Product PingCentral 1.11 User task Troubleshooting Developer Audience Administrator

  1. All templates are listed on the Templates page. To add a new template, click Add Template.
  2. On the Integration Type page, select SAML. Click Next.
  3. On the Select SAML Connection page, select the PingFederate environment that hosts the connection you want to use as a template, and then select the connection from the Connection list.

    Details regarding the connection display.


    This example shows the information that displays when a SAML connection is selected.
  4. To see the JSON for the SAML connection, click Review Configuration.
  5. On the Name Template page, add a name and description for your template.

    This information will help application owners select the appropriate template.

  6. Select an icon to represent your template.

    The icon you choose is shown with the template name and description.

  7. Click Save and Close.

    You see the new template in the list of available application templates. Application owners see the new template on the Select Template page.


    This example shows the Select Template screen, which lists the templates available for application owners to use.

    For SAML SP connection templates, the following items are saved:

    • Connection information
    • Attribute names defined in the associated authentication policy contract

Creating PingAccess application templates

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Page updated: 3 Aug 2023
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Product PingCentral 1.11 User task Troubleshooting Developer Audience Administrator

  1. All templates are listed on the Templates page. To add a new template, click Add Template.
  2. On the Integration Type page, select PingAccess. Click Next.
  3. On the Select PingAccess Application page, in the Environment list, select the PingAccess environment that hosts the application you want to use as a template.
  4. In the Application list, select the application.

    The application details display next to the Application list.


    This example shows the information that displays when a Web + API application is selected on the Select PingAccess Application page. This information includes Description, Virtual Hosts, Context Root, Application Type, Destination Type, Site, Access Validation, Web Session, Client ID, API Identity Mapping, Web Identity Mapping, Resources, and Rules.
  5. To see the JSON for the PingAccess application, click Review Configuration.
  6. On the Name Template page, add a name and description for your template.

    This information helps application owners select the appropriate template.

  7. Select an icon to represent your template.

    The icon you choose is shown with the template name and description.

  8. Click Save and Close.

    You see the new template in the list of available application templates. Application owners can see the new template on the Select Template page.


    A screen capture showing the Select Template page, which lists the templates available for application owners to use. The displayed available templates are Public Application, Internal Application (and Partners), Access Control Policy, Existing Application. Public Application is an OpenID Connect template. Internal Application (and Partners) is an OAuth template. Access Control Policy is a PingAccess template. The screen capture also shows a tip bar for how to choose the right template.

    For PingAccess applications, the following items are saved:

    • Virtual host information
    • The context root
    • Application type (Web, API, or Web + API)
    • Destination type (site or agent)
    • Web session information
    • Identity mappings
    • Resource definitions
    • The rules with the application and resource policies

Updating SAML and PingAccess templates

Page created: 31 Jan 2023 |
Page updated: 3 Aug 2023
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Product PingCentral 1.11 User task Troubleshooting Developer Audience Administrator

  1. To update a SAML or PingAccess template, click the Expand icon associated with the template and click the Pencil icon.

    All of the editable information is on one page.

  2. Update the information in the Name and Description fields or select a new icon to represent the template.
  3. Click Save.