Add, edit or delete an IDex Directory

This article applies to organisations with a 'Hybrid' setup (both On-Premise Appliance and Cloud), as well as On-Premise only and Cloud only setups.

 

To add an IDex Directory to your list of Directories, you must do so from the On-Premise Appliance. You can choose whether to display the IDex Directory in Cloud.

Before you begin

  1. Install and configure IDex Agent.
  2. Add the IP addresses of the involved domain controllers to the correct tenant.

Add an IDex Directory to Smoothwall

  1. Go to Services > Authentication > Directories.
  2. Select Add new directory.
  3. Make sure the Enabled checkbox is selected.
  4. If in a multi-tenant environment, select the tenant.
  5. Select the Type as IDex Directory.
  6. You can leave the default name of the IDex Directory, or amend it.
  7. If you are on Leeds release or earlier, or have a ‘Hybrid’ setup (both Cloud and On-Premise Appliance), select Advanced Options.
    • If you have a ‘Hybrid’ setup, you’ll see a Directory in Cloud Portal field. Select Enabled to push the directory setup from On-Premise Appliance to Cloud. If you don’t select this checkbox, the directory will only exist in the On-Premise Appliance.
    • For Leeds releases or earlier, choose the IDex Directory DB Key. Either select the Default, or enter your own if you have a multi-tenant setup where some data sets need to be partitioned. The DB Key should be an alphanumeric value without spaces, and must match the value set in IDex Agent.
  8. Optionally, enter a comment.
  9. Select Add.
  10. If you enabled Directory in Cloud Portal, the initial sync will run during the upcoming night, or you can run a sync (shown below). If you have both Cloud and an On-Premise Appliance, you won’t see the IDex directory in Cloud until the sync is complete.

Sync IDex Directory

Resynchronise future domain updates with Smoothwall. Syncs can take up to two hours, depending on your directory's size.

If Directory in Cloud Portal is not enabled, run 'sendaddatanow.exe' on your AD server.

If Directory in Cloud Portal is enabled:

  1. Run 'sendaddatanow.exe' on your AD server.
  2. Go to Services > Authentication > Directories, hover over the directory and select Sync.

Syncs can take up to two hours, depending on the size of your directory.

Edit or delete an IDex directory

Go to Services > Authentication > Directories, hover over the directory and select Edit or Delete.

When editing, you can choose to deselect the Enabled box to keep the directory but not use it in Smoothwall.

Next step

You must map your Directory User Groups to the Smoothwall User Groups to authenticate users and apply Web Filter Policies.