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AD Connect

Ironchip AD Connect is a tool that synchronizes the users and groups of your Active Directory with the Ironchip admin console. It installs as a Windows service and is configured from a local panel.

Installation

Section titled “Installation”

  1. Download Ironchip AD Connect from the Plugins section of the admin console.

  2. Open a PowerShell terminal as administrator and go to the folder where the executable is.

  3. Install the service and start it:

    Ventana de terminal
    .\ironchip-ad-connect.exe s install
    .\ironchip-ad-connect.exe s start

    Install and start commands for the service in PowerShell

  4. Open http://localhost:10300 in a browser. It is a local address that hosts the user synchronization panel.

    localhost address in the browser bar

To stop or uninstall the service, run:

Ventana de terminal
.\ironchip-ad-connect.exe s stop
.\ironchip-ad-connect.exe s uninstall

To see the rest of the available commands, run:

Ventana de terminal
.\ironchip-ad-connect.exe h

Configuration

Section titled “Configuration”

The first step is to establish the connection between Ironchip and Active Directory. In the panel, fill in the configuration section and click the green Configure button:

  • User: the domain and name of an Active Directory user with administrator permissions.
  • Password: the password of that user.
  • SCIM synchronization key: the SCIM synchronization key of your company, which you get in the Ironchip console (see the next section).

AD Connect Configure form with the user, the password, and the SCIM synchronization key

Get the SCIM synchronization key

Section titled “Get the SCIM synchronization key”

The SCIM synchronization key is the secret of a SCIM credential of your company. To create it, go to Directory > Synchronization > SCIM, open the Credentials tab, and click Add credential. The steps, with screenshots, are in SCIM in the console.

Select users and groups

Section titled “Select users and groups”

Once configured, choose which users and groups to synchronize.

  1. In the Groups section, click the green + button.

    + button on the Groups tab of AD Connect

  2. In the new tab, select the units or groups you want to synchronize with the Ironchip console and click Add Groups.

    Directory group tree with the Add Groups button

  3. Click Start to begin the synchronization.

    Synchronized Groups list and Start button to begin the synchronization

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