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PA-400 BVP Rev A

PingAccess Administration

PING
Nov 11, 2025, 2 PM UTC
2 days
€2100
/
£1790
/
$2250

Summary

This course provides the information you need to set up and configure PingAccess as a policy server to protect both web applications and APIs. After completing this course, you will know how to configure PingAccess in both a gateway and agent model, and configure different types of policies that PingAccess offers.

Benefits

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Discover how to configure PingAccess as a reverse proxy, and connect PingAccess to a token provider (PingFederate)
  • Configure PingAccess as a Reverse Proxy
  • Configure policies in PingAccess to further bolster administration capabilities

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for successfully completing this course:

  • Completion of the following courses:https://backstage.pingidentity.com/university/on-demand/category/PING
  • Introduction to PingAccess
  • Getting Started With PingAccess
  • Introduction to PingFederate
  • Getting Started With PingFederate

Topics

Chapter 1: Configuring and Connecting PingAccess

Discover how to configure PingAccess as a reverse proxy, and connect PingAccess to a token provider (PingFederate).

Lesson 1: Configuring PingAccess as a Reverse Proxy (Gateway Model)

Describe how to configure PingAccess as a reverse proxy (gateway model):

  • Introduce the gateway model
  • Enable PingAccess as a reverse proxy
  • Configure PingAccess resources and rewrite rules

Lesson 2: Connecting PingAccess to a Token Provider (PingFederate)

Describe the responsibilities of token providers and how to configure PingAccess to use PingFederate as a token provider:

  • Introduce token providers
  • Configure OAuth2 in PingFederate
  • Configure PingAccess using the gateway model

Chapter 2: Configuring PingAccess Applications, Agents, and Sites

Configure PingAccess as a Reverse Proxy.

Lesson 1: Protecting Web Apps

Describe how to protect web apps by configuring them with PingAccess and OpenID Connect (OIDC):

  • Define the OIDC protocol
  • Introduce web sessions
  • Create a web session using OIDC claims

Lesson 2: Working With Sites

Create identity mappings and advanced web session:

  • Create identity mappings and advanced web sessions

Lesson 3: Working With Rules and Policies

Describe how to work with rules and policies within PingAccess:

  • Describe the rules and policies process
  • Create web access rules
  • Create API access control rules

Chapter 3: Configuring Policies and Administration

Configure policies in PingAccess to further bolster administration capabilities.

Lesson 1: Maintaining PingAccess Discuss how to maintain PingAccess through resources, audit logs, and redirection:

  • Dive deeper into resources
  • Examine audit logs
  • Manage redirection

Lesson 2: Configuring PingAccess as a Policy Server (Agent Model)

Configure PIngAccess to be a policy server by implementing the agent model:

  • Introduce the agent model

Lesson 3: Optimizing and Configuring PingAccess

Optimize PingAccess through configuration, single sign-on (SSO), and the admin API:

  • Implement improvements
  • Enable PingAccess administrator SSO
  • Use the PingAccess administrative API
  • Increase the JVM Heap Size

Lesson 4: Creating PingAccess Clusters

Create PingAccess clusters to increase resilience and simplify procedures:

  • Deploy clustersConfigure simple clusters in PingAccess (Optional)