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Active Roles 8.1.1 - Synchronization Service Administration Guide

Synchronization Service overview Deploying Synchronization Service Getting started Connections to external data systems
External data systems supported with built-in connectors
Working with Active Directory Working with an AD LDS (ADAM) instance Working with Skype for Business Server Working with Oracle Database Working with Oracle Database user accounts Working with Exchange Server Working with Active Roles Working with One Identity Manager Working with a delimited text file Working with Microsoft SQL Server Working with Micro Focus NetIQ Directory Working with Salesforce Working with ServiceNow Working with Oracle Unified Directory Working with an LDAP directory service Working with an OpenLDAP directory service Working with IBM DB2 Working with IBM AS/400 Working with IBM RACF Working with MySQL database Working with an OLE DB-compliant relational database Working with SharePoint Working with Microsoft 365 Working with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Configuring data synchronization with the SCIM Connector Configuring data synchronization with the Generic SCIM Connector Objects and operations supported by the SCIM Connector Example of using the Generic SCIM Connector for data synchronization
Using connectors installed remotely Creating a connection Renaming a connection Deleting a connection Modifying synchronization scope for a connection Using connection handlers Specifying password synchronization settings for a connection
Synchronizing identity data Mapping objects Automated password synchronization Synchronization history Scenarios of use Developing PowerShell scripts for attribute synchronization rules Using PowerShell script to transform passwords

Creating a One Identity Manager connection

Synchronization Service supports One Identity Manager, allowing you to create a connection to Identity Manager right after installing Synchronization Service.

To create a new Identity Manager connection

  1. In the Synchronization Service Console, open the Connections tab.
  2. Click Add connection, then use the following options:
    • Connection name: Type a descriptive name for the connection.

    • Use the specified connector: Select One Identity Manager Connector.

  3. Click Next.

  4. On the Specify connection settings page, use the following options:

    • Application Server URL: Specify the address of the One Identity Manager application server to which you want to connect.

    • Authentication module: Identifies the One Identity Manager authentication module that is to be used to verify the connection’s user ID and password.

    • User name: Specify the user ID for this connection.

    • Password: Specify the password of the user ID for this connection.

    • Test Connection: Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.

  5. Click Next.

    The One Identity Manager modules, target systems, and containers appear.

  6. Select the required One Identity Manager modules.

    NOTE: The One Identity Manager target systems and One Identity Manager containers are applicable only for the Target System Base module (that is, UNS<x>B tables).

  7. To finish creating the connection to One Identity Manager, click Finish .

Modifying a One Identity Manager connection

You can modify an existing One Identity Manager Connector in the Active Roles Synchronization Service Console.

To modify an existing One Identity Manager Identity Manager connection

  1. In the Synchronization Service Console, open the Connections tab.

  2. Click Connection settings below the existing One Identity Manager connection you want to modify.

  3. On the Specify connection settings page, use the following options:

    • Application Server URL: Specify the address of the One Identity Manager application server to which you want to connect.

    • Authentication module: Identifies the One Identity Manager authentication module that is to be used to verify the connection’s user ID and password.

    • User name: Specify the user ID for this connection.

    • Password: Specify the password of the user ID for this connection.

    • Test Connection: Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.

  4. Click Next.

    The One Identity Manager modules, target systems, and containers are displayed.

  5. Select the required One Identity Manager modules.

    NOTE: The One Identity Manager target systems and One Identity Manager containers are applicable only for the Target System Base module (that is, UNS<x>B tables).

  6. To finish creating the One Identity Manager connection, click Finish.

One Identity Manager Connector configuration file

One Identity Manager Connector saves its configuration settings in the configuration file (.xml file) located in the Active Roles Synchronization Service installation folder. You can edit the XML elements in the file to configure the various parameters of the One Identity Manager Connector. The table below describes the XML elements you can edit.

Table 39: XML elements

XML element

Description

<ExcludeDeletedObjects>

Specifies how Active Roles will treat objects marked as deleted in Identity Manager. This element can take one of the following values:

  • TRUE: Specifies to ignore deleted objects during data synchronization operations.

  • FALSE: Specifies to process deleted objects during data synchronization operations.

For example:

<ExcludeDeletedObjects>
TRUE
</ExcludeDeletedObjects>

<PasswordAttributes>

Specifies the default Identity Manager attribute to be used for storing passwords for objects of a particular type. Specifying an attribute for storing passwords in the Active Roles GUI overrides the value set in this XML element.

For example:

<PasswordAttributes>
   <PasswordAttributeDefinitions>
      <PasswordAttributeDefinition objectType="Person" attribute="CentralPassword" />
   </PasswordAttributeDefinitions>
</PasswordAttributes>

<ReadFullSync>

Specifies a value of the FullSync variable for Read operations performed in Identity Manager.

<CreateFullSync>

Specifies a value of the FullSync variable for Create operations performed in Identity Manager.

<ModifyFullSync>

Specifies a value of the FullSync variable for Modify operations performed in Identity Manager.

<DeleteFullSync>

Specifies a value of the FullSync variable for Delete operations performed in Identity Manager.

<ObjRefFullSync>

Specifies a value of the FullSync variable for Modify Object Reference operations performed in Identity Manager.

<SyncStatusFullSync>

Specifies a value of the FullSync variable for Sync Status operations performed in Identity Manager.

For more information about the FullSync variable and the values it can take, see the One Identity Manager documentation.

Working with a delimited text file

This section describes how to create or modify a connection to a delimited text file so that Synchronization Service could work with data in that file.

To create a connection to a delimited text file, you need to use Synchronization Service in conjunction with a special connector called Delimited Text File Connector. This connector is included in the Synchronization Service package.

The Delimited Text File Connector supports the following features:

Table 40: Delimited Text File Connector – Supported features

Feature

Supported

Bidirectional synchronization

Specifies whether you can both read and write data in the connected data system.

No

Delta processing mode

Specifies whether the connection can process only the data that has changed in the connected data system since the last synchronization operation. This reduces the overall synchronization duration.

Yes

Password synchronization

Specifies whether you can synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory (AD) domain to the connected data system.

No

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