LDAPS Group Sync Profile

LDAPS Group Sync Profiles are used to process groups from Active Directory (AD) and put them in the dashboard

Minimum requirements for a group to be synced from AD to Cloudwork

Each group that needs to be synced into Cloudwork require the following attributes in AD:

• Friendly Name Field
• Group Email Field
• Mail Field

Information and Settings to have ready before creating sync profile

Directory Configuration

In your directory:

• Open your firewall and allow IP ranges from here
• Create a user in your directory which has read permissions and save the following details about newly created user:
  • Username:
  • Password:
  • Directory Location:
• Have the LDAP path for the container you want synced:
• Note down the IP address your directory server is on:
• Note has the mail attribute populated with the user's email address? If not where is this stored?

Creating a the LDAP Group Sync Profile

1. In the Cloudwork Dashboard>Sync Profile>New Sync Profile>LDAP Group Sync Profile
2. Fill in the form:
   • Description: Name or Description of Sync profile
   • Ldap Server: IP Address or hostname of the directory server to collect information from
   • Ldap User: Directory and username of newly created user
   • Ldap Password: Password of newly created user
   • Search Container: The LDAP path for the container you want synced
   • Role: Depending on user type, select the appropriate type of Teacher, Student, Alum, Staff, Employee or Parent
3. Click submit

Base Settings

Base Settings

Field	Description
	A short description to identify the sync profile
	IP address or host name of the directory server to collect information from. Password reset will only work over LDAPS://
	Username to bind to when collecting
	Password to use when collecting information from the server

Group Settings

User Settings

Field	Description	Active Directory Example if available
	The qualified name for the container to look for users. eg, OU=students, OU=users, DC=yourdomain, DC=com
	Friendly name for the group
	The field that contains the name of the group
	Default Group Type - this setting decides which users can send to the group
	The LDAP attribute that stores the SIS ID for a group. This field is important for Canvas, and other services.
	Group Faculty Attribute - Not sure
	Group form attribute - not sure
	Email address attribute used to look up group members
	LDAP query paramaters that will be be used to further restrict Cloudwork's default group syncing
	Group types - not sure!

Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings

Field	Description
	The email domain for groups. If Force Mail Domain is selected, user accounts created or updated by replace the email domain with this domain
	The directory type that the users are syncing from
	When a user is deleted or moved to a location that Cloudwork can't see, Cloudwork will perform the chosen action