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Automate identity management Dropbox - ADManager Plus integration integration

Identity provisioning

Dropbox is a file storage and collaboration platform that helps organizations securely store, share, and manage files, improving team collaboration and productivity across remote and in-office environments. Integrating Dropbox with ADManager Plus enhances file sharing and access management by allowing IT administrators to streamline user account provisioning, deprovisioning, and permission management directly from ADManager Plus. This integration ensures efficient management of Dropbox user accounts and access controls in alignment with Active Directory, improving security and reducing the administrative workload.

 

Automated user account management

IT administrators can automatically create, modify, or delete Dropbox user accounts based on changes in Active Directory. This ensures that user access to Dropbox is always up to date and synchronized with the company’s identity management policies, improving operational efficiency.

 

Simplified access control

With ADManager Plus, IT teams can easily manage Dropbox permissions, including folder access and sharing privileges, from a single console. This ensures that only authorized users have access to sensitive files, reducing the risk of data breaches.

 

How to integrate ADManager Plus and Dropbox

Prerequisites:

Dropbox uses OAuth2.0 to authorize API requests. You'll need to have the client_id and client_secret to retrieve desired information and perform tasks in Dropbox. Refer to Dropbox's API documentation for more details.

Privileges:

To import users from Dropbox (inbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to read all user accounts.

To perform any action or query in Dropbox (outbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to perform the desired action.

Note: ADManager Plus comes with a preconfigured set of APIs that help perform basic actions with the integration. If the action you require is not available, please gather the necessary API details from Dropbox's API documentation to configure inbound or outbound webhooks to perform the required actions.

Authorization configuration

  • Log in to ADManager Plus and navigate to the Automation tab.
  • In the left pane, under Configuration, click Application Integrations.
  • Under Enterprise Applications, click Dropbox.
  • Toggle the Enable Dropbox Integration button on.
  • On the Dropbox Configuration page, click Authorization.
  • Enter the client_id and client_secret values generated in Dropbox into the respective fields.
  • Click Configure.

Inbound webhook configuration

Inbound webhooks enable you to fetch user data from Dropbox and send it to ADManager Plus. The attribute mapping configured in this section can be selected as the data source during automation configuration to perform the desired action on the list of users received from the API response. To configure an inbound webhook for Dropbox:

  • Under Inbound Webhook, click Dropbox Endpoint Configuration.

  • In the Endpoint Configuration tab, an endpoint, Dropbox USERS ENDPOINT, comes preconfigured with Endpoint URL, API Method, Headers, and Parameters fields to fetch user accounts from Dropbox. However, if you would like to use a new endpoint to import users, you can configure one using the + Add API endpoint button and filling in the required fields as per Dropbox's API documentation. Click here to learn how.

    Note:

    • The API key-value pair is preconfigured as a header for authenticating API requests as configured during authorization configuration.
    • Macros: You can add macros to your endpoint configuration to dynamically change it as per your requirements using the macro chooser component.
    • Refer to Dropbox's API documentation and configure additional headers and parameters, if required.

  • Once done, click Test & Save. A response window will display all the requested parameters that can be fetched using the API call. Click Proceed.

    Note:

    • Refer to Dropbox's API documentation to learn about the parameters that must be configured to fetch only specific parameters.
    • You can configure multiple endpoints for Dropbox using the + Add API endpoint button. Click here to learn how.
  • Click Data Source - LDAP Attribute Mapping to match endpoints and to map AD LDAP attributes with the respective attributes in Dropbox. ADManager Plus also lets you customize attribute format from Dropbox.
  • Click + Add New Configuration and perform the following actions:
    • Enter the Configuration Name and Description, and select the Automation Category from the drop-down menu.

    • In the Select Endpoint field, select the desired endpoint and a Primary Key that is unique to a user (e.g., employeeIdentifier).

      Note: When multiple endpoints are configured, this attribute must hold the same value in all the endpoints.Note: When multiple endpoints are configured, this attribute must hold the same value in all the endpoints.
    • In the Attribute Mapping field, select the attribute from the LDAP Attribute Name drop-down menu and map it with the respective column in Dropbox.
    • If you would like to create a new custom format for this, click Mapping Attribute.
  • Click Save.

Outbound webhook configuration

Outbound webhooks enable you to update the changes made in AD by sending the information from ADManager Plus to Dropbox, or to fetch or forward required details from Dropbox and synchronize them with AD. They can also be applied directly to desired users to perform a sequence of actions on them (Management > Advanced Management > Orchestration). To configure an outbound webhook for Dropbox:

  • Under Outbound Webhook, click Dropbox Webhook Configuration.
  • Click + Add Webhook.
  • Enter a name and description for this webhook.
  • Decide on the action that has to be performed and refer to Dropbox's API documentation for the API details, such as URL, headers, and parameters.
  • Select the HTTP method that will enable you to perform the desired action on the endpoint from the drop-down menu.
  • Enter the endpoint URL.
  • Configure the Headers, Parameters, and Message Type in the appropriate format based on the API call that you would like to perform.
  • Click Test and Save.
  • A pop-up window will then display a list of AD users and groups to test the configured API call. Select the desired user or group over which this API request has to be tested and click OK. This will make a real-time call to the endpoint URL, and the selected objects will be modified as per the configuration.
  • The webhook response and request details will then be displayed. Verify them for the expected API behavior and click Save.
Note: The configured webhooks can be integrated into Orchestration Templates, enabling scheduled or event-driven automation, to consecutively perform a sequence of actions on a group of users or on individual users.