Zarafa Connector

Introduction

Description

Zarafa Connector could manage a Zarafa mail server.

Managed System

This connector is specific for integration with a  Zarafa mail server.

For more information about the Zarafa, please visit the following page: Zarafa

For more information to check if your system may be synchronized with this connector you do not hesitate to contact us through our Contact form

Prerequisites

A Soffid Synchronization Server must be installed on the Zarafa server.

Download and Install

This addon is located in the Connectors section and its name is Zarafa Connector.

For more information about the installation process you can visit the Addons Getting started page.

Agent Configuration

Basic

Generic parameters

After the installation of the addon, you may create and configure agent instances.

To configure this Zarafa Connector you could select "Zimbra Agent" or the "Customizable Zimbra Agent" in the attribute "Type" of the generic parameters section in the agent's page configuration.

The difference between both agents is that "Customizable Zimbra Agent" allows "Attribute mapping" and includes "Account metadata".

For more information about how you may configure the generic parameters of the agent, see the following link: Agents configuration

Custom parameters

Below there are the specific parameters for this agent implementation:

Parameter

Description

Zimbra admin tool (zmprov)

Zarafa command line tool (this uses to be zarafa-admin)

Zimbra mailbox tool (zmmailxbox)

Existing role in Soffid to be mapped with the Zarafa administrator role. Every user who has this role granted will be created in Zarafa with the administrator flag on

Create alias profile

Values [ true , false ].

Fullname expression (only for Zimbra Agent)


Delete accounts (only for Customizable Zimbra Agent)

Values [ true , false ]. If "true" it allows deleting account in Zarafa when the account is deleted in Soffid.

Attribute mapping

This connector could manage Users, Groups, and Roles.

Users

Groups

Roles

The "Attribute Mapping" tab is only accessible for the "Customizable Zimbra Agent".

Properties

No properties are defined for this agent.

Attributes

You can map users, groups, and role objects. These are some of the attributes to be mapped in those objects:

System attribute

Description

zimbraAccountStatus

accountDisabled ? "closed": "active"

givenName

firstName

displayName

fullName

sn

lastName

zimbraAccount

accountName

For more information about how you may configure attribute mapping, see the following link: Soffid Attribute Mapping Reference

For instance:

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Triggers


Load triggers


Account metadata

Accounts are default objects in Soffid. Agents allow you to create additional custom data, on the "Account metadata" tab, to customize the accounts created only for that agent.

The attributes which you define here will be shown when you click on the proper account, on the Accounts Tabs on the users' page.

At this tab, you could add or delete custom attributes. You can visit the Metadata page for more information about the standard attributes.

Operational

Monitoring

After the agent configuration you could check on the monitoring page if the service is running in the Synchronization Server, please go to:

Tasks

Authoritative

If you are checked "Authorized identity source", an automatic task to load identities from the managed system to Soffid is available, please go to:

And you will something like "Import authoritative data from <AGENT_NAME>".

Reconcile

If you are configured the "Attribute Mapping" tab with some of our objects: "user, account, role, group or grant", an automatic task to synchronize these objects from the managed system to Soffid is available, please go to:

And you will do something like "Reconcile all accounts from <AGENT_NAME>".

Synchronization

Regarding the synchronization of the objects, there are two possible options:

For more information about how you may configure the generic parameters of the agent, see the following link: Agents configuration



Revision #14
Created 19 April 2021 15:29:40 by pgarcia@soffid.com
Updated 1 March 2024 08:16:43 by pgarcia@soffid.com