Introduction
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SapphireIMS cloud connector plugin is standalone light weight component that shall be installed at customer’s premises. This plugin shall act as a jump server or connector between active directory running behind customer’s firewall and the SapphireIMS cloud.

The plugin shall be responsible to perform following 2 tasks w.r.t SapphireIMS cloud instance
1. Import users from on premise active directory or openLdap
2. Authenticate users against the on premise active directory or openLdap

Important Note :
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This connector plugin SHOULD NOT be installed in machines where SapphireIMS is installed.

Pre-requisites: 
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This connector should have reachability to SapphireIMS cloud instance and on premise active directory.

Installation Steps:
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Download the SapphireIMS cloud connector plugin from http://www.sapphireims.com/patches/ and follow the steps below

1. Run SapphireIMSCloudConnector-4.0-v1.0-Setup.exe by double clicking the set-up file

2. Choose the preferred language. 

3. Click Yes if you want to continue with the installation. 

4. Click Next to continue to the configuration wizard 

5. Select the destination path where you want to install cloud connector plug-in.
 
6. Modify the default web port for cloud connector plug-in if the default port is already occupied
 
7. Provide the registration information 

	Unique connector name 	- Unique name created in Jump Host profile.
	SapphireIMS Server 	- SapphireIMS server IP/Hostname
	Customer Name		- Default: SapphireIMS. Customer alias name to be given if the jump host is for MSP server.
	Port			- SapphireIMS server port
	HTTPS			- SapphireIMS SSL Status

 
8. Click-on Finish to finish cloud connector installation
 
9. Start SapphireIMSCloudConnector service after successful installation using services.msc