PingFederate Server

Installing PingFederate

You can install PingFederate on Windows and Linux operating systems.

Install PingFederate using the following methods:

  • Install PingFederate on a Windows system by running the installer for Windows or by extracting the distribution .zip archive. Using the installer for Windows is the preferred method.

  • Install PingFederate on a Linux system by extracting the distribution .zip archive.

This documentation refers to the installation directory path where the pingfederate directory is located as <pf_install>. For example, <pf_install>/pingfederate/bin.

To avoid future problems with automated upgrades, do not rename the installed pingfederate directory.

If you are installing multiple instances of PingFederate on the same machine, such as a console node and an engine node in a clustered environment, install each instance using a unique <pf_install> directory.

If you are upgrading an existing PingFederate environment, see Upgrading PingFederate.

Click the corresponding tabs for your preferred installation method.