Real Time User Provisioning and Sync using Joomla as SCIM Server and Drupal as SCIM Client

The System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is an open standard HTTP based protocol for automating the exchange of user identity information between identity domains, or IT systems. SCIM aims to simplify user provisioning and management in the cloud. For example, as an Identity Provider add, update and delete the user, they are added, updated and removed from the Drupal User Profile. To achieve this functionality Joomla provides the User Provisioner with SCIM standard.

If your users use both the Drupal and Joomla websites, it is preferable to have all users updated in the Joomla site without having to login each time to update the user list. miniOrange offers a solution that enables user provisioning into Joomla websites using the SCIM standard.

miniOrange proposes a solution by introducing a Drupal module that supports Joomla User Provisioning and Sync, allowing users to access your website using their Drupal account credentials to login into Joomla. The SCIM User Provisioner module also supports provisioning with custom Providers. The SCIM User Provisioner module is compatible with any IDP that follows the SCIM standard.

Steps to configure Real Time User Sync and Provision with Joomla as SCIM Server and Drupal as SCIM Client

1. Configure Joomla as SCIM Server

• Install and activate the SCIM User Provisioning plugin on your Joomla website.
• Navigate to the SCIM Configuration tab to find the SCIM Base URL and SCIM Bearer Token, which you will keep handy.

2. Configure Drupal as SCIM Client

• Navigate to the User Provising tab and select SCIM Client.
• Click on checkbox to Enable SCIM Client API integration.
• In the Drupal User Provisioning and Sync module, paste the SCIM Base URL into the SCIM 2.0 Base URL text field and the SCIM Bearer Token into the SCIM Bearer Token text field (which you copied in step 1).

• Click on Save and Test Credentials button to save your configuration.
• You have successfully set up Drupal as the SCIM Client and Joomla as the SCIM Server.

Status message: As you can see, the Authorization successful. You can try Provision On-demand at the top right section of the SCIM Client tab.

• Navigate to the Audit & Logs tab now. You can view the completed operation as well as its status.

3. Provisioning On-demand/Manual

• This allows you to provision any Drupal user manually in your Joomla SCIM Server application.
• Under the enable provisioning features section, you can select which of the curd operations you want to perform.
• Enter the username of any user you want to provision, select the user, and then click the Provision button.

• You have successfully provisioned the user.

• Under the Audit & Logs tab, you can view the status of the performed operation.

• The Joomla SCIM Server application can be used to verify that the user has been created.

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If you face any issues or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. In case you want some additional features to be included in the module, please get in touch with us, and we can get that custom-made for you. Also, If you want, we can also schedule an online meeting to help you configure the Drupal User Provisioning and Sync module.

Additional Resources

• What is User Provisioning and De-provisioning?
• What is Just In Time (JIT) Provisioning?
• Automatic User Provisioning
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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