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title: FreeIPA
description: "## What is FreeIPA FreeIPA is an open source, integrated Identity and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects necessary to…"
url: "https://lucidum.io/docs/freeipa/"
updated: "2024-06-28"
category: Connectors / List of Connectors / F
---

# FreeIPA

## What is FreeIPA

FreeIPA is an open source, integrated Identity and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers.

## Why Should You Use the FreeIPA Connector?

The FreeIPA connector provides visibility into the users in your environment. You can use this visibility to:

- ensure all users are managed
- associate users with assets and data
- monitor user access to assets and data

## How Does This Connector Work?

Lucidum executes read-only requests to the FreeIPA REST API and ingests only meta-data about FreeIPA devices. Lucidum does not retrieve any data stored on your assets.

## Configuring the Connector in Lucidum

| **Field** | **Description** | **Example** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Host | The hostname of the server for FreeIPA. | 10.2.290.29 |
| Username | User name for a FreeIPA account with read access. |  justynmutts |
| Password | The password for the FreeIPA account. |  ************ |
| Verify SSL. | For future use. | N/A |

## Source Documentation

### Creating Credentials

Contact your Lucidum Sales Representative for help with creating credentials.

[https://vda.li/en/posts/2015/05/28/talking-to-freeipa-api-with-sessions/](https://vda.li/en/posts/2015/05/28/talking-to-freeipa-api-with-sessions/)

[https://freeipa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://freeipa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)

[https://www.freeipa.org/page/Documentation](https://www.freeipa.org/page/Documentation)

### Required Permissions

Contact your Lucidum Sales Representative for help with permissions.

[https://vda.li/en/posts/2015/05/28/talking-to-freeipa-api-with-sessions/](https://vda.li/en/posts/2015/05/28/talking-to-freeipa-api-with-sessions/)

### API Documentation

API V4

Contact your Lucidum Sales Representative for help with the API.