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Learn how to use SCIM provisioning to synchronize users and groups from your identity provider to Grafana. SCIM enables automated user management, team provisioning, and enhanced security through real-time synchronization with your identity provider.	grafana scim provisioning user-management team-management	products cloud enterprise	Configure SCIM provisioning	Configure SCIM provisioning	300

Configure SCIM provisioning

System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is an open standard that allows automated user provisioning and management. With SCIM, you can automate the provisioning of users and groups from your identity provider to Grafana.

{{< admonition type="note" >}} Available in Grafana Enterprise and Grafana Cloud Advanced. {{< /admonition >}}

{{< admonition type="note" >}} This feature is behind the enableSCIM feature toggle. You can enable feature toggles through configuration file or environment variables.

For more information, refer to the feature toggles documentation. {{< /admonition >}}

Benefits

{{< admonition type="note" >}} SCIM provisioning only works SAML authentication. Other authentication methods aren't supported. {{< /admonition >}}

SCIM offers several advantages for managing users and teams in Grafana:

• Automated user provisioning: Automatically create, update, and disable users in Grafana when changes occur in your identity provider
• Automated team lifecycle management: Automatically create teams when new groups are added, update team memberships, and delete teams when groups are removed from your identity provider
• Reduced administrative overhead: Eliminate manual user management tasks and reduce the risk of human error
• Enhanced security: Automatically disable access when users leave your organization

Identity provider consistency

Grafana follows the best practice of not mixing different identity providers and SSO methods. When you enable SCIM in Grafana, you must use the same identity provider for both authentication and user provisioning. This means that users attempting to log in through other authentication methods like LDAP or OAuth will be blocked from accessing Grafana.

Users with Basic Auth credentials and those using their grafana.com accounts will still be able to log in successfully.

Configure SCIM in Grafana

The table below describes all SCIM configuration options. Like any other Grafana configuration, you can apply these options as environment variables.

Setting	Required	Description	Default
user_sync_enabled	Yes	Enable SCIM user provisioning. When enabled, Grafana will create, update, and deactivate users based on SCIM requests from your identity provider.	true
group_sync_enabled	No	Enable SCIM group provisioning. When enabled, Grafana will create, update, and delete teams based on SCIM requests from your identity provider. Cannot be enabled if Team Sync is enabled.	false

{{< admonition type="warning" >}} Team Sync Compatibility:

• SCIM group sync (group_sync_enabled = true) and Team Sync cannot be enabled simultaneously
• You can use SCIM user sync (user_sync_enabled = true) alongside Team Sync
• For more details about migration and compatibility, see SCIM vs Team Sync {{< /admonition >}}

Example SCIM configuration

[auth.scim]
user_sync_enabled = true
group_sync_enabled = false

Supported identity providers

The following identity providers are supported:

• Azure AD
• Okta

How it works

The synchronization process works as follows:

1. Configure SCIM in both your identity provider and Grafana
2. Your identity provider sends SCIM requests to the Grafana SCIM API endpoint
3. Grafana processes these requests to create, update, or deactivate users and teams, and synchronize team memberships

Comparison with other sync methods

Grafana offers several methods for synchronizing users, teams, and roles. The following table compares SCIM with other synchronization methods to help you understand the advantages:

Sync Method	Users	Teams	Roles	Automation	Key Benefits	Limitations	On-Prem	Cloud
SCIM	✅	✅	⚠️	Full	Complete user and team lifecycle management with automatic team creation	Requires SAML authentication; uses Role Sync for basic roles	✅	✅
Team Sync	❌	⚠️	❌	Partial	Syncs team memberships to existing teams	Requires manual team creation; no team lifecycle management	✅	✅
Active LDAP Sync	✅	❌	❌	Full	Background synchronization of LDAP users	Limited to LDAP environments	✅	❌
Role Sync	❌	❌	✅	Full	Full automation of basic role assignment	Limited to basic roles only	✅	✅
Org Mapping	❌	❌	⚠️	Full	Full automation of basic role assignment per organization	Limited to basic roles only; on-premises only	⚠️	❌

Key advantages

• Comprehensive user and team automation: SCIM provides full automation for user and team provisioning, while role management is handled separately through Role Sync
• Dynamic team creation: Teams are created automatically based on identity provider groups
• Near real-time synchronization: Changes in the identity provider are reflected based on the provider synchronization schedule
• Enterprise-ready: Designed for large organizations with complex user management needs

Next steps

• Manage users and teams with SCIM provisioning
• Configure SCIM with Azure AD
• Configure SCIM with Okta