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Change user provisioning from SCIM to AD/LDAP
Updated over a year ago

Overview

inSync provides the option to change the user provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP and vice versa, while preserving the user's backed-up data.

This section provides:

  • The detailed impact of changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP

  • The procedure to change user provisioning from SCIM to AD/LDAP

  • Next steps after changing the provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP

Impact of changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP

Changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP has the below impact:

  • SCIM mappings and settings used to manage users in inSync are deleted.

  • SCIM API token is deleted

  • SCIM app configured in the IdP will not work as its token gets deleted. Login to the IdP console and delete the Druva app used for user provisioning.

  • User provisioning mode for all users will be changed to Manual provisioning.

Change user provisioning from SCIM to AD/LDAP

  1. Go to the User page from Endpoints/SaaS Apps console.

  2. Select the Deployment tab.

  3. On the summary section, click Dot menu and select the Change User Deployment method option.

  4. Select AD/LDAP asthe provisioning method and click Save.A confirm message appears.

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❗ Important

All users will be moved to manual provisioning mode and will not be mapped to an AD mapping automatically.


  1. Select Confirm in the dialog box. A confirmation message is displayed indicating the user provisioning method successfully changed to AD/LDAP.

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Error preventing a change in the provisioning method

In a rare scenario, you may see the below error message while changing the provisioning method from SCIM to AD.

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Changing the provisioning method fro SCIM to AD fails whenever this error occurs.

Resolution: Regenerate the SCIM token and reconfigure the SCIM app with the new token. Subsequently, try to change the provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP again.

Next steps after changing the provisioning method from SCIM to AD/LDAP

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