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Hubstaff
How to configure Hubstaff extension in ADManager Plus
Integrating Hubstaff with ADManager Plus brings identity-centric automation to your workforce time tracking and productivity workflows. Hubstaff delivers employee time tracking, activity monitoring, and project reporting which is critical for distributed teams and flexible work environments. When tied to Active Directory via ADManager Plus, user accounts in Hubstaff can be provisioned, updated, or deactivated automatically based on authoritative AD identity changes.
With this extension, onboarding is faster and cleaner: new hires receive Hubstaff access instantly with proper role and team alignment. Role transitions and team moves are reflected automatically, and offboarding is easier as access is removed the moment someone leaves, eliminating stale accounts. IT retains control and visibility over workforce tool access, aligning productivity data with corporate security and compliance policies.
Automate Hubstaff account life cycle
Provision, update, or disable Hubstaff accounts based on AD changes.
Align access with roles and teams
Ensure users receive the right permissions in Hubstaff tied to their AD identity state.
Reduce admin toil and risk
Cut out manual user management and eliminate stale or unauthorized accounts for tighter security.
How to configure Hubstaff extension in ADManager Plus
Prerequisites:
Hubstaff uses OAuth to authorize API requests. Provide the client_id and client_secret with permissions to retrieve desired information and perform tasks in Hubstaff. Refer to the Hubstaff 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 Hubstaff (outbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to perform the desired action.
Note: ADManager Plus comes with a preconfigured set of APIs that helps perform basic actions with the extension. If the action you require is not available, please gather the necessary API details from the Hubstaff API documentation to configure under the inbound/outbound webhooks to perform the required actions.Installing an extension in ADManager Plus
- Log in to ManageEngine Marketplace
- Under ADManager Plus, select Hubstaff.
- Click the Download button to download the extension Zip file.
- Log in to ADManager Plus and navigate to the Admin tab.
- In the left pane, under Marketplace, click Extensions.
- Navigate to the Install Extension tab in the top right.
- In the Install Extension dialog, click Browse.
- Select the downloaded .ext file from your local system.
- Click Continue to Install to proceed with the installation.
- Once the installation is complete, verify that the extension appears in the installed extensions list.
Authorization configuration
- Log in to ADManager Plus and navigate to Directory/Application Settings.
- Go to Application Integrations, then search and select Hubstaff.
- Toggle the Enable Hubstaff Integration button to On.
- In the Hubstaff Configuration page, click Authorization.
- Perform the steps to generate client_id and client_secret in Hubstaff and paste them in the respective value fields.
- Click Configure.
Inbound webhook configuration
Inbound webhook enables you to fetch user data from Hubstaff and transfer it to ADManager Plus. The attribute mapping configured in this section can be selected as the data source during automation configuration. To configure an inbound webhook for Hubstaff:
- Under Inbound Webhook, click Hubstaff Endpoint Configuration.
- In the Endpoint Configuration tab, an endpoint, Hubstaff Get Organizations ENDPOINT, comes preconfigured with an Endpoint URL, API Method, Headers, and Parameters fields to fetch user accounts from Hubstaff. If you would like to use this preconfigured endpoint, replace {OrgID} w ith the name of your Hubstaff instance in the Endpoint URL field. 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 as per Hubstaff's API references. Click here to learn how. Note:
- The API key value pair is preconfigured as a header for authenticating API requests as structured during Authorization Configuration.
- You can add macros to your endpoint configuration to dynamically change it as per your requirement using the macro chooser component.
- Refer to Hubstaff'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. After verifying if the requested parameters have been called to action, click Proceed. Note:
- Refer to Hubstaff's API references to know the Parameters that must be configured to fetch only specific parameters.
- You can configure multiple endpoints for Hubstaff 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 Hubstaff.
- 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 (for example, 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 attribute in Hubstaff.
- If you would like to create a new custom format for this, click Add New Format.
- Click Save.
Outbound webhook configuration
Outbound webhook enables you to update the changes made in AD using ADManager Plus to Hubstaff or fetch and forward required details from Hubstaff and synchronize them with AD. To configure an outbound webhook for Hubstaff:
- Under Outbound Webhook, click Hubstaff 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 Hubstaff'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.