• Request a license key through the Ping Identity licensing website.
  • Ensure you are signed on to your system with sufficient privileges to install and run an application.
  • Verify that you have installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and that you have set the required environment variables correctly. See Installing Java.
Note:

If you have installed PingFederate using the installer for Windows, skip these steps because PingFederate has already been configured to run as a service and to start automatically at the end of the installation process.

To install the PingFederate service manually:

  1. Download the distribution .zip archive from the Ping Identity website.

    The distribution .zip archive is identical for both Windows and Linux.

  2. Extract the archive into an installation directory, <pf_install>.
  3. Start PowerShell or Command Prompt as an administrator.
  4. Run the <pf_install>\pingfederate\sbin\win-x86-64\install-service.bat file.
  5. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to open the management console.
  6. Right-click the PingFederate service and select Start.

The PingFederate service starts automatically on reboot.