User Provisioning between two Drupal websites

Overview

If you have users on two Drupal websites and want to keep both sites updated with user information without logging in separately each time, miniOrange offers a solution using the SCIM standard. It helps provision users to both Drupal websites seamlessly.

In order to address this issue, miniOrange has developed a Drupal module that allows Drupal to Drupal User Provisioning and Sync. This module enables users to log into another Drupal website using their Drupal account credentials in order to visit your website. The SCIM User Provisioner module also supports provisioning with custom providers. Any IDP that follows the SCIM standard is compatible with the SCIM User Provisioner module.

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Installation Steps

Let's assume you have two Drupal sites: a Server site and a Client site. In this setup, the Server site will function as a Drupal SCIM Server, while the Client site will operate as a Drupal SCIM Client. This configuration ensures that any CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations performed on the Client site are synchronized and reflected on the Server site.

Configuration Steps

Setup Drupal as SCIM Server

Note: You will require the Premium Version of the module to set up Drupal as an SCIM server.

• After installing the module, go to the Configuration tab of the Drupal site and select miniOrange User Provisioning.

• Navigate to the User Provisioning tab of the module and click on the Configure button under the Changes from Provider to Drupal (SCIM Server) section.

• Copy the SCIM Base URL and SCIM Bearer Token. Keep them handy, as they will be required to configure Drupal as a SCIM Client.

Setup Drupal as SCIM Client:

• After installing and enabling the module on the Client site, navigate to the Configuration → miniOrange User Provisioning from the toolbar.
• Head towards the User Provisioning tab of the module and click on the Configure button under the Changes from Drupal to Provider (SCIM Client) section.

• Follow the below steps to configure Drupal as SCIM Client:
• Turn on the Enable SCIM Client API Integration toggle button.
• Paste the copied values from the Server site into the SCIM 2.0 Base URL and SCIM Bearer Token fields and click on the Save and Test Credentials button.

• Once the test is successful, you will receive a success message.

Attribute Mapping:

• After the successful Test configuration, scroll down to the Attribute Mapping section.
• Select the user attribute you want to map with the SCIM Provider Attribute from the Drupal User Attribute section and click on Next Step.

How Provisioning Works?

The module supports 3 types of provisioning:

1. Manual/On-Demand Provisioning
2. Automatic Provisioning
3. Scheduler-based Provisioning

• Choose your preferred provisioning option.

• Manual/On-Demand Provisioning
• Automatic Provisioning

In Manual/On-Demand Provisioning, the user is manually provisioned between two drupal sites.

Configure Manual/On-Demand Provisioning

• Enable the Manual/On-Demand Provisioning and select the Provisioning operations (i.e. create, update, deactivate, delete) as per your requirements and click on the Save Configurations button.

How Manual/On-Demand Provisioning Works?

• Click on the Perform Manual Sync button under the Manual Provisioning column.

• Search for the user you want to provision to the Drupal Server site and click on the Submit button.

• Once the user is successfully provisioned to the application, a success message is displayed.

• To confirm the changes, navigate to the Drupal Server site and check the status of the provisioned user.

With Automatic Provisioning, any changes—like creating, updating, or deleting content—made on one Drupal site are automatically applied to the other site in real time.

Configure Automatic Provisioning

• Enable the Automatic Provisioning and select the Provisioning operations (i.e. create, update, deactivate, delete users ) as per your requirements and click on the Save Configurations button.

How Automatic Provisioning Works?

Automatic Provisioning will help you provision your users using any of the following events:

1. Admin Interface: When administrators or privileged users manually perform CRUD operations on a user’s account via the Drupal admin interface.
2. User account change: Whenever users themselves perform CRUD operations on their own information form user/{user_id}/edit or any other custom form.
3. 3rd Party Modules: Whenever a user entity is updated/created in the Drupal site using any third-party modules/applications or custom code.

Let’s see how automatic provisioning works with Admin Interface:

• Navigate to the People tab (admin/people) in the top navigation bar of the Drupal Client site and click on the +Add user button.

• Fill in the user details and click on the Create new account button.

• To confirm the changes, navigate to the Drupal Server site and check the status of the provisioned user.

You can see the user has been successfully provisioned to the Drupal Server site.

If the Provision was not successful, please contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com. Please send the screenshot of the error window, and we will assist you in resolving the issue and guiding you through the setup.

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