zulip/docs/production/scim.md

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# SCIM provisioning
Zulip has beta support for user provisioning and deprovisioning via
the SCIM protocol. In SCIM, a third-party SCIM Identity Provider (IdP)
acts as the SCIM client, connecting to the service provider (your Zulip
server).
See the [SCIM help center page](https://zulip.com/help/scim) for
documentation on SCIM in [Zulip Cloud](https://zulip.com) as well as
detailed documentation for how to configure some SCIM IdP providers.
Synchronizing groups via SCIM is currently not supported.
## Server configuration
The Zulip server-side configuration is straightforward:
1. Pick a client name for your SCIM client. This name is internal to
your Zulip configuration, so the name of your IdP provider is a
good choice. We'll use `okta` in the examples below.
1. Configure the Zulip server by adding a `SCIM_CONFIG` block to your
`/etc/zulip/settings.py`:
```python
SCIM_CONFIG = {
"subdomain": {
"bearer_token": "<secret token>",
"scim_client_name": "okta",
"name_formatted_included": False,
}
}
```
The `bearer_token` should contain a secure, secret token that you
generate. You can use any secure password generation tools for this,
such as the `apg` command included by default in some Linux distributions.
For example, `apg -m20` will generate some passwords of minimum length 20
for you.
The SCIM IdP will authenticate its requests to your Zulip server by
sending a `WWW-Authenticate` header like this:
`WWW-Authenticate: Bearer <secret token>`. `name_formatted_included` needs to be set
to `False` for Okta. It tells Zulip whether the IdP includes
`name.formatted` in its `User` representation.
1. Now you can proceed to [configuring your SCIM IdP](https://zulip.com/help/scim).
Use the value `Bearer <secret token>` using the `bearer_token` you've generated
earlier as the `API token` that the SCIM IdP will ask for when configuring
authentication details.
## Additional options
- To enable the creation of guest accounts without automatically subscribing them to any initial streams,
add `"create_guests_without_streams": True` to your client's config dict in `SCIM_CONFIG`.
This option is particularly useful for organizations that prefer to manually invite new guest users
to the appropriate streams.
Example configuration with the additional option:
```
SCIM_CONFIG = {
"subdomain": {
"bearer_token": "<secret token>",
"scim_client_name": "okta",
"name_formatted_included": False,
"create_guests_without_streams": True,
}
}
```