As a gateway, PingDataGovernance Server functions as a reverse proxy that performs the following steps:

  • Intercepts client traffic to a backend REST API service
  • Authorizes the traffic to a policy decision point (PDP) that operates either within the PingDataGovernance process, called Embedded PDP mode, or outside the PingDataGovernance process, called External PDP mode

Using the Sideband API, you can configure the PingDataGovernance Server instead as a plugin to an external API gateway. In Sideband mode, an API gateway integration point intercepts client traffic to a backend REST API service and passes intercepted traffic to the PingDataGovernance Sideband API.