- Overview
- Configuration
Namely
Simplify workforce changes by automating Namely user account provisioning.
Overview
Integrating Namely with Active Directory using ADManager Plus allows organizations to sync HR-driven user lifecycle changes with IT provisioning in real time. As employee records are created, updated, or terminated in Namely, corresponding actions in AD happen automatically—ensuring fast, consistent access provisioning and secure deprovisioning. This integration streamlines HR-IT coordination, reduces manual overhead, and ensures access stays aligned with organizational changes.
Automated onboarding
Instantly create AD accounts when new employees are added in Namely, complete with role-based permissions.
Live updates
Reflect job title, department, or manager changes in AD as they happen in Namely to keep access current.
Policy-aligned offboarding
Disable or remove AD accounts when users are offboarded in Namely, reducing risk and supporting compliance.
How to integrate Namely with ADManager Plus
Prerequisites:
Namely uses OAuth 2.0 to authorize API requests. Please ensure to provide the client_id and client_secret with permissions to retrieve desired information and perform tasks in Namely. Refer to the Namely's API references page for more details.
Privileges:
- To import users (inbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to read all user accounts.
- To perform any action or query in Namely (outbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to perform the desired action.
Authorization configuration
- Log in to ADManager Plus and navigate to Directory/Application Settings.
- Go to Application Integrations, then search and select Namely.
- Toggle the Enable Namely Integration button on.
- In the Namely Configuration page, click Authorization.
- Perform steps to generate client_id and client_secret from Namely, and paste them in the respective value fields.
- Select Grant Type as Authorization code.
- In the Auth URL field and the Auth Token URL field replace {company} value with that of your Namely instance.
- Click Configure.
Inbound webhook configuration
The inbound webhook enables you to get user data from Namely to ADManager Plus and perform desired action available in Automation feature on them.To configure an inbound webhook for Namely:
- Under Inbound Webhook, click Namely Endpoint Configuration.
- In the Endpoint Configuration tab, the endpoint, Namely Get All Profiles ENDPOINT, comes preconfigured with an Endpoint URL, API Method, Headers, and Parameters fields to fetch user accounts from Namely. However, if you would like to use a new endpoint to import users, you can configure one using the + Add API
endpoint button and filling in the required fields per Namely's API references. Click here to learn how. Note:
- Authorization Header is preconfigured as a header for authenticating API requests as configured during Authorization Configuration.
- Macros: You can add macros to your endpoint configuration to dynamically change it as per your requirement using the macro chooser component.
- Refer to Namely's API references and configure additional headers and parameters, if required.
- Once done, click Test & Save. A response window
will display all the requested parameters that can be fetched using the
API call. Click Proceed. Note:
- Refer to Namely's API references to know the Parameters that must be configured to fetch specific parameters.
- You can configure multiple endpoints for Namely using the + Add API endpoint button. Click here to learn how.
- Click Data Source - LDAP Attribute Mapping to match endpoints and to map AD LDAP attributes with the respective attributes in Namely.
- Click + Add New Configuration and perform the
following:
- Enter the Configuration Name and Description and select the Automation Category from the drop-down menu.
- In the Select Endpoint field, select the desired endpoint and a Primary Key that is unique to a user (e.g. employeeIdentifier). Note: When multiple endpoints are configured, this attribute must hold the same value in all the endpoints.
- In the Attribute Mapping field, select the attribute from the LDAP Attribute Name drop-down menu and map it with the respective column in Namely.
- If you would like to create a new custom format for this, click Mapping Attribute.
- Click Save.
Outbound webhook configuration
An outbound webhook enables you to send changes made in AD using ADManager Plus to Namely and carry out tasks in Namely—all from ADManager Plus.To configure an outbound webhook for Namely:
- Under Outbound Webhook, click Namely Webhook Configuration.
- Click + Add Webhook.
- Enter a name and description for this webhook.
- Decide on the action that has to be performed and refer to Namely's API references for the API details, such as the URL, headers, parameters, and other requirements.
- Select the HTTP method that will enable you to perform the desired action on the endpoint from the drop-down menu.
- Enter the endpoint URL.
- Configure the Headers, Parameters, and Message Type in the appropriate format based on the API call that you would like to perform.
- Click Test and Save.
- A pop-up window will then display a list of AD users and groups on which to test the configured API call. Select the desired user or group on which this API request has to be tested and click OK. This will make a real-time call to the endpoint URL, and the selected objects will be modified according to the configuration.
- The webhook response and request details will then be displayed. Verify them for the expected API behavior and click Save.