Version Warning

The content below is for Apache Syncope <= 1.2 - for later versions the Reference Guide is available.

Introduction

This wiki page aims to show how to manage connector instances by using Syncope console.

Take as reference the list of ConnId's available connector bundles, with related wiki pages.

Pre-Requisites

  • ConnId connector bundle installed.
    Connector instance management is possible if and only if the relative bundle is installed.

Create new Connector

  1. Click on tab Resources.
  2. Click on tab Connectors.
  3. Click on Create new Connector button.
  4. Click on tab General.
    1. Provide Display name, Bundle name and other information.
  5. Click on tab Configurations and provide connector instance configuration.
  6. Click on tab Capabilities and check operation supported by the external resource.
    • Supported operations can be
      • CREATE: if it is not selected, Syncope won't create new users into the external resource.
      • UPDATE: if it is not selected, Syncope won't update users into the external resource.
      • DELETE: if it is not selected, Syncope won't delete users into the external resource.
      • SEARCH: if it is not selected, searches for users into the external resource won't be performed. This capability is required in order to perform resolve, update and create operations.
      • RESOLVE: if it is not selected, username resolution into the external resource won't be performed.
      • SYNC: if it is not selected, Syncope won't synchronize the external resource.
    • Create, update and delete operations can be divided in two different types depending on the propagation completion time
      • ONE_PHASE: propagation towards the external resource is closed at request time.
      • TWO_PHASE: propagation towards the external resource is closed in two steps.
        • step 1 - Syncope submit the propagation request to the external resource.
        • step 2 - external resource send a notification about the propagation execution's result to Syncope
  7. Click on Save button.

Edit Connector

  1. Click on tab Resources.
  2. Click on tab Connectors (Fig. Connector Tab).
  3. Click on Edit Link.
  4. Change configuration parameters as described in Create new Connector paragraph.
  5. Click on Save button.

Delete Connector

  1. Click on tab Resources.
  2. Click on tab Connectors (Fig. Connector Tab).
  3. Click on Delete link for remove a connector.
  4. Confirm operation.