PingFederate provides a configuration-migration tool that can be used for scripting the transfer of administrative-console configurations and configuration property files from one PingFederate server to another; for example, from a test environment to production. The tool may also be used to manage certificates for the target server.

The command-line utility, configcopy in the <pf_install>/pingfederate/bin directory, uses PingFederate's built-in Connection Management Service in conjunction with an internal Web Service to export and import connections and other configurations, and to obtain lists (see Connection Management Services).

Important:

The Connection Management Service must be activated for both the source and target servers before the configcopy tool can be used (see Configuring service authentication).

CAUTION:

For security reasons, the Connection Management Service should be disabled whenever it is not in use.