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$3,750USD
Duration 3 days
Course Code PFAA-400
Available Formats Classroom, Virtual
Next Class: Oct 28, 2026

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Overview

Course Description

This course steps the learner through various advanced PingFederate administration topics, such as configuring memory options for PingFederate, logging to a database server, configuring certificate revocation checking and certificate rotation, configuring self-service features of the HTML Form Adapter, identity provider (IdP) to service provider (SP) bridging, clustering with dynamic discovery, and more.

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for successfully completing this course:

  • Completion of the PingFederate Administration course, or
  • Equivalent experience with PingFederate
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Course Details

Course Details

Course Introduction

  • Server Administration
  • Configuring JVM memory options
  • Configuring virtual host names
  • Certificate based console administration
  • Lab 1: Configuring OIDC-based console single sign-on (SSO)

PingFederate logging

  • Customizing audit logs
  • The log4j2.xml file
  • Logging to an external database
  • Lab 2: Logging with PingFederate
  • Certificates
  • Certificate revocation checking
  • Certificate rotation

HTML Form Adapter Self-Service Features

  • Password spray and account lockout prevention
  • Self-service password change
  • Self-service password reset
  • Self-service username recovery
  • Lab 3: HTML Form Adapter self-service options

HTML Form Adapter Self-Registration

  • Customer IAM with local identity profiles
  • Self-registration with local identity profiles
  • Self-registration using third-party IdPs
  • Lab 4: HTML Form Adapter customer registration

Advanced Attribute Mapping

  • Using multiple datastores
  • Using REST API as a datastore
  • Extended properties
  • PingDirectory virtual attributes

SSO Connections

  • Customizing SSO URLs
  • SP target URL mapping
  • IdP-to-SP bridging
  • Session management
  • Lab 5: SSO connections

Federation Hub

  • Bridging an IdP to an SP
  • Bridging an IdP to multiple SPs
  • Bridging multiple IdPs to an SP
  • Bridging multiple IdPs to multiple SPs

OAuth2 and OIDC

  • Dynamic client registration
  • Using directories for persistent grant storage
  • Creating and managing OIDC profiles
  • Lab 6: Configuring OIDC profiles

Clustering

  • Cluster protocol architecture
  • Runtime state management architecture
  • Adaptive clustering
  • Directed clustering
  • Dynamic discovery
  • Cluster replication
  • Lab 7: Clustering

Troubleshooting

  • SSO issues
  • OAuth2 issues
  • Certificate issues

Schedule

FAQ

Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?

Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.

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Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.

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As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.

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Reviews

Great company -- easy to sign up and very organized. Loved my teacher and class overall.

Good Course. We covered a lot of material in a short amount of time. This course had useful labs that built upon each other.

Very good couse and again we would like to see more videos on removing FRUs

Fantastic and great training. Tons of hands-on labs to really make you understand the material being thought.

Thorough explanations by the instructor along guide and practical training sim of software.