Installing One Identity Quick Connect for Cloud Services
Installing One Identity Quick Connect for Cloud Services
Before installing Quick Connect for Cloud Services make sure that your system meets the system requirements provided in the Quick Connect for Cloud Services Release Notes.
To install the product by using the Setup Wizard
- Do one of the following:
- In a 32-bit edition of Windows, run the QuickConnectForCloudServices_x86.msi file supplied with the Quick Connect for Cloud Services installation package.
- In a 64-bit edition of Windows, run the QuickConnectForCloudServices_x64.msi file supplied with the Quick Connect for Cloud Services installation package.
- Follow the steps in the Setup Wizard until you are on the Completion page.
- Select the Restart Quick Connect service now for changes to take effect check box.
- Click Finish to close the wizard.
To perform a silent installation
- On a 32-bit system, enter the following command at a command prompt:
msiexec /i "<Path to QuickConnectForCloudServices_x86.msi>" /qb /l*v
"<Path to file that will store the Setup log>"
- On a 64-bit system, enter the following command at a command prompt:
msiexec /i "<Path to QuickConnectForCloudServices_x64.msi>" /qb /l*v
"<Path to file that will store the Setup log>"
For instructions on how to configure connections to supported data systems, see the following sections in this guide:
Working with Google Apps
Working with Google Apps
To create a connection to Google Apps, you need to use One Identity Quick Connect Sync Engine in conjunction with a special connector called Google Apps Connector. This connector is included in the Quick Connect for Cloud Services package.
The Google Apps Connector supports the following features:
Table 1: Supported features
Feature |
Supported |
Bidirectional synchronization
Allows you to read and write data in the connected data system. |
Yes |
Delta processing mode
Allows you to process only the data that has changed in the connected data system since the last synchronization operation, thereby reducing the overall synchronization operation time. |
No |
Password synchronization
Allows you to synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory domain to the connected data system. |
Yes |
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) data encryption
Uses SSL to encrypt data that is transmitted between One Identity Quick Connect Sync Engine and connected data system. |
Yes |
In this section:
For instructions on how to rename a connection, delete a connection, synchronize passwords in a connected data system, or modify synchronization scope for a connection, see the Quick Connect Administrator Guide.
Creating a Google Apps connection
To create a new connection
- In the Quick Connect Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
- Click Add connection, and then use the following options:
- Connection name. Type a descriptive name for the connection.
- Use the specified connector. Select Google Apps Connector.
- Click Next.
- On the Specify connection settings page, use the following options:
- Google Apps domain. Type the name of the Google Apps domain to which you want to connect.
- Access Google Apps domain using. Type the user name and password of the account with which you want to access the specified Google Apps domain.
- Use a proxy server for your LAN. Select this check box if your LAN uses a proxy server. Then enter the proxy server address in the Proxy server box.
- Use credentials for proxy. Select this check box if your proxy server requires authentication. Use the appropriate text boxes to specify the user name and password with which you want to authenticate.
- Test Connection. Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.
- Click Finish to create a connection to Google Apps.
Modifying a Google Apps connection
To modify connection settings
- In the Quick Connect Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
- Click Connection settings below the existing Google Apps connection you want to modify.
- On the Connection Settings tab, click the Specify connection settings item to expand it and use the following options:
- Google Apps domain. Type the name of the Google Apps domain to which you want to connect.
- Access Google Apps domain using. Type the user name and password of the account with which you want to access the specified Google Apps domain.
- Use a proxy server for your LAN. Select this check box if your LAN uses a proxy server. Then enter the proxy server address in the Proxy server box.
- Use credentials for proxy. Select this check box if your proxy server requires authentication. Use the appropriate text boxes to specify the user name and password with which you want to authenticate.
- Test Connection. Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.
- When you are finished, click Save.