Connecting SailPoint and Dropbox SaaS
To connect SailPoint with Dropbox, perform the following tasks:
Adding the Source in SailPoint
To connect to SailPoint, perform the following steps. Once the connection is made, you can configure it to meet your company's needs.
Important
By default, the provisioning feature is disabled, and the connector only supports read-only operations. To support provisioning operations, you must manually enable the feature in the source configuration.
To configure a new source:
- Sign in to SailPoint.
- Go to Admin > Connections > Sources.
- Select Create New.
- Search for the connector by entering the name in the search box, and then select Configure.
- In the Source Name field, enter a unique and descriptive name for your source. Source names cannot exceed 128 characters.
- In the Description field, provide additional details about the source to help distinguish it from similar sources. This field allows a maximum of 2,000 characters.
- In the Source Owner field, begin typing the name of an owner. Matches appear after you type two or more letters. For more information, refer to Assigning a Source Owner.
- (Optional) Select a governance group to grant its members source or role sub-admin level oversight of the source and its access. For more information, refer to Creating and Managing Governance Groups.
- If this source represents a primary system containing your organization's personnel records, select the Authoritative Source checkbox. For more information, refer to Creating Identity Profiles.
- Select Continue. The source is created, and you are navigated to the Source Setup > Base Configuration page. Continue to configure your connected source there.
Base Configuration
Provide the base configuration parameters. Information you entered in the Create New Source dialog is automatically entered into the fields in the Base Configuration page. You can edit this information if necessary.
- Enter a unique name and description for the source.
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In the Source Owner dropdown list, select the identity that owns this source.
- To find a source owner, begin entering their name.
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(Optional) If enabled for your organization, select the Use a Credential Provider checkbox to manage the source's authentication using a credential provider.
Note
To add a credential provider, go to Admin > Connections > Credential Providers. For more information about credential providers, refer to Credential Providers.
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Configure the authentication to allow SailPoint to connect to the source. Refer to Connection Settings for more information.
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(Optional) In the Governance Group for Source Management dropdown list, select a governance group to associate with this source. For more information about governance groups, refer to Associating Governance Groups with a Source.
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(Optional) Choose whether to enable or disable provisioning for the source. Provisioning is disabled by default.
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Enable Provisioning - Set the toggle to Enabled to allow the source to create, update, and deactivate accounts in the connected source system.
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Disable Provisioning - Set the toggle to Disabled to disable provisioning for the source. Disabling provisioning will prevent the creation, updating, or deactivating of accounts on this source.
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Select Save.
Connection Settings
Provide the information required to connect and interact with the source.
To configure the connection settings, complete the following:
- Provide the Host URL. This is the endpoint to connect to the Dropbox managed system. For example,
https://api.dropbox.com. - Provide the App Key. This is the application authentication key for the Dropbox managed system.
- Provide the associated App Secret.
- Provide the Refresh Token. Make sure the token has a long expiration period.
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(Optional) In the Page Size field, specify the number of records to fetch during aggregation in a single page.
- Maximum value: 1000
- Default: 1000
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Select Save.
Activity Insights Settings
SailPoint pulls in activity data in the form of events like user logins, password changes, and content updates within the application. You can view an identity’s activity data within an application to discover trends for that user.
Important
Contact your SailPoint Customer Success Manager (CSM) for more information on Activity Insights. For more information on utilizing activity data, refer to Activity Insights.
Activity Insights Settings allows you to gather account information and activity data from Dropbox. To enable Activity Insights for the Dropbox application, refer to Prerequisites for more information.
To configure Activity Insights, complete the following:
- Go to Activity Insights Settings.
- Select Enable Activity Insights to view access to data insights on source and application activity such as logins and other app-specific events.
- Select Save.
Review and Test
Perform a test to confirm the connection to SailPoint.
- Go to Review and Test.
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Confirm that the entries in each field are correct.
If you note any mistakes, return to the section and make corrections.
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Select Test Connection.
SailPoint Application Onboarding
SailPoint application onboarding enables you to easily onboard new applications and create sources following the successful onboarding of a discovery source. To use this feature, continue to Discovered Applications in the SailPoint user interface.
For more information, refer to Application Onboarding in the SailPoint SaaS documentation.
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