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Initial portal settings
Initial portal settings
Deploying an I Series Appliance | Forcepoint Web Security Cloud
You should have received your Forcepoint Web Security Cloud confirmation email, including a portal user name and temporary password if you are a new cloud services customer, as described in the Forcepoint Web Security Cloud Getting Started Guide. The initial setup involves the following tasks:
1.
Run directory synchronization
2.
Add new appliance information.
Run directory synchronization
It is recommended that you use directory synchronization to import user and group information from your LDAP directory (for example, Active Directory) into the portal. This is the quickest and easiest way to import end users' email addresses, as well as NTLM details if you are planning to use NTLM identification.
 
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For alternatives to directory synchronization, see Forcepoint Web Security Cloud - Getting Started Guide.
Forcepoint Web Security Cloud synchronizes with LDAP directories via a client-resident application called the Directory Synchronization Client. Changes made to a directory, such as deleting a former employee or adding a new one, are picked up by the service on the next scheduled update. If you have more than one LDAP directory, the client can merge them together before synchronizing the data with the service.
To set up and run directory synchronization:
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Log on to the cloud portal from the machine you want to use for directory synchronization.
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Go to the Account > Directory Synchronization page.
3.
Download and install the appropriate version of the Directory Synchronization Client.
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In the cloud portal, go to the Account > Contacts page and set up an administrator contact with Directory Synchronization permissions. The logon credentials you define will be used by the Directory Synchronization Client to log onto the manager.
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Configure the Directory Synchronization Client as described in the Directory Synchronization Client Administrator's Guide, including the logon credentials you created in the previous step.
 
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If your LDAP data does not include users' email addresses, you can change the default attribute for the primary mail value in the Directory Synchronization Client as follows:
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When creating or modifying the Users part of your configuration profile, go to the Data source > LDAP search page in the wizard. Click Advanced to display the Search attributes page.
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In the Primary Mail field, replace %mail% with another attribute.
For example, you could use %userPrincipalName% if configured, or create a 'fake' email address using the sAMAccountName such as %sAMAccountName%@mydomain.com.
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Once you are ready to synchronize data with the cloud, go back to the Account > Directory Synchronization page.
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Click Edit.
b.
Click Enable directory synchronization.
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For User policy assignment, select Fixed.
d.
For Email new users, define whether synchronized users should receive a notification email from Forcepoint Web Security Cloud.
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Click Submit when done.
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Run the synchronization, and check the results both in the client and on the portal:
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In the client, click on the Groups and Users tabs to view the results.
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On the portal, go to the Account > Directory Synchronization page. The Recent Synchronizations section shows your recent synchronization history; click the timestamp in the date column to view details about a specific synchronization.

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