Importing Groups as Roles

Tutorial

DreamFactory Active Directory service lets you import your Active Directory Groups as Roles.

   Note: If you are looking for information on Active Directory authentication then please see [this](Using_Active_Directory).

This tutorial focuses on Active Directory Group import using an existing DreamFactory Active Directory service. To learn how to setup an Active Directory service see [Using Active Directory](Using_Active_Directory).

Import Command

You can import your Active Directory Groups using the DreamFactory command line utility.

php artisan dreamfactory:ad-group-import <service_name> --username[=USERNAME] --password[=PASSWORD]

   Username and Password are optional. They are not required when you provision your Active Directory service with a username and password

Example - With Username and Password

• Service name: demo
• Username: jdoe
• Password: secret

php artisan dreamfactory:ad-group-import demo --username=jdoe --password=secret

Example - Without Username and Password (Requires username and password in service definition)

• Service name: demo
• Username: jdoe
• Password: secret

php artisan dreamfactory:ad-group-import demo