---
title: "Step 2: Create Destination Environment"
component: pingone-api
page_id: pingone-api:workflow-library:platform-sso-and-authorization/openid-connect-oidc/external-identity-provider-sign-on/environment-configuration/step-1b-create-destination-env
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/workflow-library/platform-sso-and-authorization/openid-connect-oidc/external-identity-provider-sign-on/environment-configuration/step-1b-create-destination-env.html
section_ids:
  headers: Headers
  body: Body
  example-request: Example Request
  example-response: Example Response
---

# Step 2: Create Destination Environment

##

       

```none
POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments
```

Create the destination environment using a `POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments` request. It's important to note that this is your destination PingOne environment, which acts as the service provider (SP) for the OIDC application. You'll use this environment to configure the OIDC IdP connection. Authentication flows in this environment can be configured to allow external authentication.

* In the request body, the `name`, `region`, and `type` attributes are required.

* The value of the `name` attribute must be unique within the organization.

The response returns an environment ID that you'll use in the next steps.

### Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

Content-Type      application/json

### Body

raw ( application/json )

```json
{
  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
  "description": "New destination environment",
  "type": "SANDBOX",
  "region": "NA",
  "billOfMaterials": {
    "products": [
      {
        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
        "description": "New destination environment product description",
        "console": {
          "href": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "{{licenseID}}"
  }
}
```

##

### Example Request

* cURL

* C#

* Go

* HTTP

* Java

* jQuery

* NodeJS

* Python

* PHP

* Ruby

* Swift

```shell
curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data '{
  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
  "description": "New destination environment",
  "type": "SANDBOX",
  "region": "NA",
  "billOfMaterials": {
    "products": [
      {
        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
        "description": "New destination environment product description",
        "console": {
          "href": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "{{licenseID}}"
  }
}'
```

```csharp
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
var body = @"{" + "\n" +
@"  ""name"": ""Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}""," + "\n" +
@"  ""description"": ""New destination environment""," + "\n" +
@"  ""type"": ""SANDBOX""," + "\n" +
@"  ""region"": ""NA""," + "\n" +
@"  ""billOfMaterials"": {" + "\n" +
@"    ""products"": [" + "\n" +
@"      {" + "\n" +
@"        ""type"": ""PING_ONE_BASE""," + "\n" +
@"        ""description"": ""New destination environment product description""," + "\n" +
@"        ""console"": {" + "\n" +
@"          ""href"": ""https://example.com""" + "\n" +
@"        }" + "\n" +
@"      }" + "\n" +
@"    ]" + "\n" +
@"  }," + "\n" +
@"  ""license"": {" + "\n" +
@"    ""id"": ""{{licenseID}}""" + "\n" +
@"  }" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
```

```golang
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments"
  method := "POST"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
  "description": "New destination environment",
  "type": "SANDBOX",
  "region": "NA",
  "billOfMaterials": {
    "products": [
      {
        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
        "description": "New destination environment product description",
        "console": {
          "href": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "{{licenseID}}"
  }
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```http
POST /v1/environments HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}

{
  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
  "description": "New destination environment",
  "type": "SANDBOX",
  "region": "NA",
  "billOfMaterials": {
    "products": [
      {
        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
        "description": "New destination environment product description",
        "console": {
          "href": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "{{licenseID}}"
  }
}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n  \"name\": \"Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}\",\n  \"description\": \"New destination environment\",\n  \"type\": \"SANDBOX\",\n  \"region\": \"NA\",\n  \"billOfMaterials\": {\n    \"products\": [\n      {\n        \"type\": \"PING_ONE_BASE\",\n        \"description\": \"New destination environment product description\",\n        \"console\": {\n          \"href\": \"https://example.com\"\n        }\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"license\": {\n    \"id\": \"{{licenseID}}\"\n  }\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments")
  .method("POST", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```javascript
var settings = {
  "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments",
  "method": "POST",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
  "data": JSON.stringify({
    "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
    "description": "New destination environment",
    "type": "SANDBOX",
    "region": "NA",
    "billOfMaterials": {
      "products": [
        {
          "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
          "description": "New destination environment product description",
          "console": {
            "href": "https://example.com"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "license": {
      "id": "{{licenseID}}"
    }
  }),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'POST',
  'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments',
  'headers': {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
    "description": "New destination environment",
    "type": "SANDBOX",
    "region": "NA",
    "billOfMaterials": {
      "products": [
        {
          "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
          "description": "New destination environment product description",
          "console": {
            "href": "https://example.com"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "license": {
      "id": "{{licenseID}}"
    }
  })

};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
```

```python
import requests
import json

url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments"

payload = json.dumps({
  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",
  "description": "New destination environment",
  "type": "SANDBOX",
  "region": "NA",
  "billOfMaterials": {
    "products": [
      {
        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
        "description": "New destination environment product description",
        "console": {
          "href": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "{{licenseID}}"
  }
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

```php
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
$request->setBody('{\n  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}",\n  "description": "New destination environment",\n  "type": "SANDBOX",\n  "region": "NA",\n  "billOfMaterials": {\n    "products": [\n      {\n        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",\n        "description": "New destination environment product description",\n        "console": {\n          "href": "https://example.com"\n        }\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  "license": {\n    "id": "{{licenseID}}"\n  }\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "name": "Destination_Environment_{{\$timestamp}}",
  "description": "New destination environment",
  "type": "SANDBOX",
  "region": "NA",
  "billOfMaterials": {
    "products": [
      {
        "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
        "description": "New destination environment product description",
        "console": {
          "href": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "license": {
    "id": "{{licenseID}}"
  }
})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```swift
let parameters = "{\n  \"name\": \"Destination_Environment_{{$timestamp}}\",\n  \"description\": \"New destination environment\",\n  \"type\": \"SANDBOX\",\n  \"region\": \"NA\",\n  \"billOfMaterials\": {\n    \"products\": [\n      {\n        \"type\": \"PING_ONE_BASE\",\n        \"description\": \"New destination environment product description\",\n        \"console\": {\n          \"href\": \"https://example.com\"\n        }\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"license\": {\n    \"id\": \"{{licenseID}}\"\n  }\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()
```

### Example Response

201 Created

```json
{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
        },
        "organization": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/organizations/bed432e6-676a-4ebe-b5a5-6b3b54e46bda"
        },
        "license": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/organizations/bed432e6-676a-4ebe-b5a5-6b3b54e46bda/licenses/57f0efac-37d9-4a17-8a35-196bb3362983"
        },
        "index": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/index"
        },
        "populations": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/populations"
        },
        "users": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users"
        },
        "applications": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/applications"
        },
        "activities": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/activities"
        },
        "branding": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/branding"
        },
        "resources": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/resources"
        },
        "passwordPolicies": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/passwordPolicies"
        },
        "userActivities": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/userActivities"
        },
        "signOnPolicies": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/signOnPolicies"
        },
        "keys": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/keys"
        },
        "templates": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/templates"
        },
        "notificationsSettings": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/notificationsSettings"
        },
        "schemas": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/schemas"
        },
        "gateways": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/gateways"
        },
        "capabilities": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/capabilities"
        },
        "activeIdentityCounts": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/activeIdentityCounts"
        },
        "propagation/plans": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/propagation/plans"
        },
        "propagation/stores": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/propagation/stores"
        },
        "propagation/revisions/id:latest": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/propagation/revisions/id:latest"
        },
        "billOfMaterials": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/billOfMaterials"
        }
    },
    "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6",
    "name": "Destination_Environment_1776714332",
    "description": "New destination environment",
    "organization": {
        "id": "bed432e6-676a-4ebe-b5a5-6b3b54e46bda"
    },
    "type": "SANDBOX",
    "region": "NA",
    "createdAt": "2026-04-20T19:45:31.835Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-04-20T19:45:31.835Z",
    "license": {
        "id": "57f0efac-37d9-4a17-8a35-196bb3362983"
    },
    "billOfMaterials": {
        "products": [
            {
                "id": "045573d8-9e0c-43bb-a595-4314d5dd9df8",
                "type": "PING_ONE_BASE",
                "description": "New destination environment product description",
                "console": {
                    "href": "https://example.com"
                }
            }
        ],
        "createdAt": "2026-04-20T19:45:31.850Z",
        "updatedAt": "2026-04-20T19:45:31.850Z"
    }
}
```