Synchronization with External Repositories

The LumisXP allows synchronization with external repositories of groups and users, through the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), allowing users to access the solution after import.

Import can be manual or automatic (according to settings in the portal administration) and is done in two phases. The first phase reads data from the external repository and creates an XML file with the data of groups and users. The second phase reads this XML file and writes the information to the Lumis solution's database.

This version only includes the import from Microsoft's Active Directory, but other reading modules can be developed to access different repositories.

All administration of the user and group base is done in the source repository. Synced users may or may not be authenticated by the portal.

The module that accesses the AD does not save users' passwords, authentication must be configured in JAAS. Groups are also imported with their respective members.