---
title: Configure the external servers
description: Perform the following to configure an external server for each host in the deployment:
component: pingdirectory
version: 11.0
page_id: pingdirectory:pingdatasync_server_administration_guide:pd_sync_config_external_servers
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_config_external_servers.html
revdate: September 13, 2023
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Configure the external servers

## About this task

Perform the following to configure an external server for each host in the deployment:

## Steps

1. Configure a PingDirectory server as an external server, which will later be configured as a Sync Source. On PingDataSync, run the following `dsconfig` command:

   ```shell
   $ bin/dsconfig create-external-server \
     --server-name source-ds \
     --type ping-identity-ds \
     --set server-host-name:ds1.example.com \
     --set server-port:636 \
     --set "bind-dn:cn=Directory Manager" \
     --set password:secret \
     --set connection-security:ssl \
     --set key-manager-provider:Null \
     --set trust-manager-provider:JKS
   ```

2. Configure the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
   \<p>An application-level, HTTP-based protocol for provisioning and managing user identity information. SCIM supplies a common schema for representing users and groups and provides a REST API.\</p>
   \</div>)* server as an external server, which will later be configured as a Sync Destination. The `scim-service-url` property specifies the complete URL used to access the SCIM service provider. The user-name property specifies the account used to connect to the SCIM service provider. By default, the value is `cn=Sync User,cn=Root DNs,cn=config`. Some SCIM service providers might not have the user name in distinguished name (DN) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
   \<p>A name uniquely identifying an object within the hierarchy of a directory tree.\</p>
   \</div>)* format.

   ```shell
   $ bin/dsconfig create-external-server \
     --server-name scim \
     --type scim \
     --set scim-service-url:https://scim1.example.com:8443 \
     --set "user-name:cn=Sync User,cn=Root DNs,cn=config" \
     --set password:secret \
     --set connection-security:ssl \
     --set hostname-verification-method:strict \
     --set trust-manager-provider:JKS
   ```