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title: Configure synchronization with SCIM
description: Configure synchronization with System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) using the create-sync-pipe-config utility and the dsconfig command. Configuring synchronization between an Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and a SCIM service provider includes the following:
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# Configure synchronization with SCIM

Configure synchronization with 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>)* using the `create-sync-pipe-config` utility and the `dsconfig` command. Configuring synchronization between an Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>An open, cross platform protocol used for interacting with directory services.\</p>
\</div>)* server and a SCIM service provider includes the following:

* Configure one external server for every physical endpoint.

* Configure the Sync Source server and designate the external servers that correspond to the source server.

* Configure the Sync Destination server and designate the external servers that correspond to the SCIM sync destination.

* Configure the LDAP to SCIM Sync Pipe.

* Configure the Sync Classes. Each Sync Class represents a type of entry that needs to be synchronized. When specifying a Sync Class for synchronization with a SCIM service provider, avoid including attribute and distinguished name (DN) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>A name uniquely identifying an object within the hierarchy of a directory tree.\</p>
  \</div>)* mappings. Instead use the Sync Class to specify the operations to synchronize and which correlation attributes to use.

* Set the evaluation order for the Sync Classes to define the processing precedence for each class.

* Configure the `scim-resources.xml` file. If possible, change the `<resourceIDMapping>` element(s) to use whatever the SCIM Service Provider uses as the SCIM ID.

* Set Up Communication for each External Server. Run `prepare-endpoint-server` once for every LDAP external server that is part of the Sync Source.

* Use `realtime-sync` to start the Sync Pipe.