Learn how to create an application in PingOne that is granted access to a managed API service, then demonstrate authorized access to the API service.
You'll create a Meme Game application in PingOne that has access to the Meme Game API. First, add a scope to the Meme Game API service. Then, add a single-page application that represents the browser-based game. Last, grant permission for the Meme Game application to access the Meme Game API service.
Congratulations! By configuring a plugin that connects Kong Gateway to PingOne, you’ve centralized the management of API access control in PingOne. Now you don’t have to deal with the intricacies of OAuth or the risks of a distributed configuration for permissions and access control.
In this tutorial, you connected PingOne to Kong Gateway and configured applications and a managed API service in PingOne. By controlling which applications are authorized to connect to the managed API service, you demonstrated that only authorized clients are able to access managed APIs.
Learn more about additional API Access Management capabilities of PingOne Authorize in the tutorial for user-based access control for specific API operations.