Box Provisioner

Box Provisioner

The Box Provisioner allows PingFederate to integrate with Box for provisioning and single sign-on (SSO).

Features

  • Manages users in Box based on changes in an external data store that is attached to PingFederate.

    • Creates, updates, disables, and deletes users.

    • Allows you to enable the create, update, disable, and delete capabilities independently.

    • Allows you to provision disabled users.

    • Allows you to choose whether to disable or delete users when deprovisioning.

  • Manages groups in Box based on changes in an external data store that is attached to PingFederate.

    • Creates and deletes groups.

    • Updates group memberships.

  • Enables browser-based SSO initiated by the service provider (SP) or identity provider (IdP).

  • Pre-populates some connection settings with the included quick connection template.

Intended audience

This document is intended for PingFederate administrators.

If you need help during the setup process, see the following sections of the PingFederate documentation:

System requirements

  • PingFederate 7.3 or later.

  • A Box administrator account.

  • To allow PingFederate to make outbound connections to the Box API, you might need to allow the following domain in your firewall:

    • https://account.box.com

    • https://api.box.com