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Updating an identity provider

You can update the group synchronization option and the provider metadata in a Cloudera identity provider. To update an identity provider in Cloudera, you must be a Cloudera account administrator or have the PowerUser role.

You might want to update the Cloudera identity provider to change the group synchronization option or if you want to update the list of x.509 certificates in the provider metadata.

Required role: Account administrator or PowerUser

  1. Sign in to the Cloudera console.
  2. From the Cloudera home page, click Cloudera Management Console.
  3. In the User Management section of the side navigation panel, click Identity Providers.
  4. Find the Cloudera identity provider that you want to update.
  5. Click the Actions button and select Update Identity Provider.
  6. On the Identity Provider window:
    • You can change the Sync Groups on Login option.
    • You can add or edit the SAML Identity Provider Metadata.
    • You can check the Generate workload username by email box to have the workload username is generated based on the email instead of the default. See Generating workload usernames based on email.
    • You can enable SCIM for Azure AD. See Configure SCIM with Azure AD.
    • You cannot change the name of the Cloudera identity provider.
  7. Verify the updates and click Update.

    Cloudera updates the information for the Cloudera identity provider.