Adyen

A step-by-step guide for setting up your Adyen payments integration in the Payrails portal.

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Who should use this guide

This guide is intended for merchants who:

  • Use Payrails as a payment orchestrator
  • Use Adyen Payments
  • Are approved to process raw card data

We use a server-to-server integration with Adyen, so your account must be enabled to process raw card data. If this isn’t enabled, payments won’t work in production. Please contact your Adyen account manager or support team to activate it.

How to request access to raw card data processing
  1. Email [email protected] and copy [email protected].
  2. Optionally copy the Payrails Support team.
  3. In your request, confirm that Payrails will act as the payment orchestrator and handle card data processing.
  4. Include:
    • The WS user associated with your Adyen account
    • The Payrails PCI compliance document

Create and configure an Adyen integration in Payrails

  1. Log in to the Payrails portal.
  2. Go to SettingsIntegrations.
  3. Select Add instance to create a new Adyen integration configuration.
  4. Select the Workspaces where this integration should be available.

About Workspaces
Workspaces determine where this integration is available. They let you isolate provider setups by region or business line, or share the same configuration across multiple Workspaces.


Step 1: Choose the integration type

  • Select Payment and continue to the next step.
A screenshot showing the integration type selection form.

Step 2: Choose the provider

  • Select Adyen and continue to the next step.
A screenshot showing the Adyen integration selected.

Step 3: Configure your Adyen integration

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What you’ll need from Adyen

Before you begin, make sure you have access to:

  • Adyen merchant account name
  • Adyen API key (Web Service User)
  • Prefix (production only)
  • Webhook HMAC key

Log in to your Adyen merchant dashboard to complete this step.


Integration instance name

An integration instance is a specific payment provider setup in Payrails. You can create multiple instances for each provider based on region, currency, or business needs. Choose a clear, consistent name, as it is used in routing.

In Payrails

  • Enter an Instance name for your integration.
A screenshot showing the Payrails integration instance name field.

Merchant account name

In Adyen

  1. Log in to your Adyen dasboard.
  2. Click the company logo or name in the top-left corner.
  3. From the list of merchant accounts, copy the Merchant account name
    (not the company account).
A screenshot showing the Adyen dashboard menu.

In Payrails

  • Paste the value into the Merchant account name field.

Prefix (production only)

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The prefix is required in production but not in staging.
You can leave this field blank in staging environments.

In Adyen

  1. Go to DevelopersAPI URLs.
  2. Copy the Prefix value.
A screenshot showing the Adyen API URLs.

In Payrails

  • Paste the value into the Prefix field.

API key

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Use a dedicated Web Service User API key and store it securely.

In Adyen

  1. Go to DevelopersAPI credentials.
  2. Select Create new credential.
  3. Choose Web Service User.
  4. Create the credential and copy the API key.
A screenshot showing the create a new API credential form.

In Payrails

  • Paste the value into the API key field.

HMAC key (webhook signing key)

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Payrails uses Adyen webhooks to receive asynchronous payment status updates.

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Create the webhook in the same environment (test or live) as your Payrails integration.

In Payrails

  • Copy the Notification URL from the webhook section.
A screenshot showing the Payrails integration instance name field.

In Adyen

  1. Go to DevelopersWebhooks.
  2. Create a new Standard webhook.
  3. Select only the merchant account you are configuring.
  4. Paste the Payrails notification URL into the URL field.
  5. In Security, generate a new HMAC key and copy it.
  6. In Events, enable all standard events.
  7. Save the webhook configuration.
A screeshot showing the Adyen webhook HMAC field..

In Payrails

  • Paste the HMAC key into the HMAC key field.
  • Return to the integration overview after your changes are saved.

Payment methods

In Payrails

  • Select the payment methods that should be enabled for this integration.
A screenshot showing the Adyen payment methods.

Enable the integration

In Payrails

  • Select Save account Save the configuration to enable the integration.

The Enabled status confirms that the Adyen integration is active.

A screenshot showing the enabled Adyen integration.

Your Adyen integration is now ready to process payments


Next steps

  1. Run a test payment using a Adyen test card.
  2. Verify that:
    • The payment appears in Adyen.
    • The payment status updates correctly in Payrails.
  3. Once verified in test mode, repeat the setup in live mode.

→ Continue to: Test a payment