Create an identity provider profile to represent PingFederate in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

For detailed configuration information, see Creating and Managing an IAM SAML Identity Provider (Console) in the AWS documentation.

  1. In the Amazon Web Services IAM console, on the Identity Providers screen, click Create Provider.
  2. On the Configure Provider screen, in the Provider Type list, select SAML.
  3. In the Provider Name field, type a name, such as PingFederate.
  4. In the Metadata Document line, click Choose File. Select the metadata.xml file that you exported in Exporting SAML metadata from PingFederate, and then click Open. Click Next Step.
  5. On the Verify screen, click Create.
  6. On the Identity Providers screen, select the identity provider that you created, and note the Provider ARN.