Set up a Dropbox connector

C1 provides identity governance and just-in-time provisioning for Dropbox. Integrate your Dropbox HCM instance with C1 to run user access reviews (UARs) and enable just-in-time access requests.

Capabilities

Resource	Sync	Provision
Accounts
Roles
Groups

The Dropbox connector supports automatic account provisioning and deprovisioning.

Connector actions

Connector actions are custom capabilities that extend C1 automations with app-specific operations. You can use connector actions in the Perform connector action automation step.

Action name	Additional fields	Description
enable_user	user_id (string, required)	Enables a user’s access to Dropbox Team (unsuspends the account)
disable_user	user_id (string, required)	Disables a user’s access to Dropbox Team (suspends the account)

Disabling a Dropbox account will wipe the account’s data on linked devices. Ensure this behavior is acceptable before running the action.

Gather Dropbox credentials

Configuring the connector requires you to pass in credentials for Dropbox. Gather these credentials before you move on.

A user with the Team Admin role in Dropbox must perform this task.

Create a Dropbox app

1. In Dropbox, navigate to the Dropbox App Console.

2. Click Create app.

3. Select Scoped access.

4. Choose the Full Dropbox access type.

5. Select Team as the access type.

6. Give the new app a name, such as “C1”.

7. Click Create app.

Save app credentials and set permissions

1. Navigate to the app’s Settings tab.

2. Carefully copy and save the app key and app secret.

3. Give the app the relevant set of permissions:

   For syncing (read-only) operations:

   • team_data.member - Read user information and profiles
   • team_data.governance - Read role definitions and assignments
   • team_info.read - Read team structure and groups

   For provisioning (read-write) operations:

   • team_data.member - Read user information and profiles
   • team_data.governance - Read role definitions and assignments
   • team_info.read - Read team structure and groups
   • members.write - Create new team members and suspend/unsuspend accounts
   • members.delete - Remove team members from the organization
   • groups.write - Add/remove users from groups
4. Click Submit to save the permissions.

Self-hosted only: Get a Dropbox refresh token

This section is only required if you’re setting up a self-hosted Dropbox connector.

1. First, run the following to get a short-lived access code for the Dropbox API, pasting in your app’s key:

   https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<APP_KEY>&token_access_type=offline&response_type=code
   
2. Then, run the following, pasting in the access code along with your app’s key and secret, to generate a refresh token:

   curl --location --request POST 'https://api.dropboxapi.com/oauth2/token' \
   -u '<APP_KEY>:<APP_SECRET>'
   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
   --data-urlencode 'code=<ACCESS_CODE>' \
   --data-urlencode 'grant_type=authorization_code'
   
3. Carefully copy and save the refresh token.

Done. Next, move on to the connector configuration instructions.

Configure the Dropbox connector

To complete this task, you’ll need:

• The Connector Administrator or Super Administrator role in C1
• The Admin role in Dropbox

Cloud-hosted

Follow these instructions to use a built-in, no-code connector hosted by C1.

1. In C1, navigate to Integrations > Connectors and click Add connector.

2. Search for Dropbox and click Add.

3. Choose how to set up the new Dropbox connector:

   • Add the connector to a currently unmanaged app (select from the list of apps that were discovered in your identity, SSO, or federation provider that aren’t yet managed with C1)
   • Add the connector to a managed app (select from the list of existing managed apps)
   • Create a new managed app
4. Set the owner for this connector. You can manage the connector yourself, or choose someone else from the list of C1 users. Setting multiple owners is allowed.

   If you choose someone else, C1 will notify the new connector owner by email that their help is needed to complete the setup process.

5. Click Next.

6. Find the Settings area of the page and click Edit.

7. Enter the app key and app secret into their respective fields.

8. Click Save.

9. Click Login with OAuth.

10. Log in and authorize C1 with your Dropbox instance.

11. After authorizing, you’ll be redirected back to the C1 integrations page, where an “Authorized as” message is now printed.

12. The connector’s label changes to Syncing, followed by Connected. You can view the logs to ensure that information is syncing.

Done. Your Dropbox connector is now pulling access data into C1.

Self-hosted

Follow these instructions to use the Dropbox connector, hosted and run in your own environment.

When running in service mode on Kubernetes, a self-hosted connector maintains an ongoing connection with C1, automatically syncing and uploading data at regular intervals. This data is immediately available in the C1 UI for access reviews and access requests.

Resources

• Official download center: For stable binaries (Windows/Linux/macOS) and container images.

• GitHub repository: Access the source code, report issues, or contribute to the project.

Step 1: Set up a new Dropbox connector

1. In C1, navigate to Integrations > Connectors > Add connector.

2. Search for Baton and click Add.

3. Choose how to set up the new Dropbox connector:

   • Add the connector to a currently unmanaged app (select from the list of apps that were discovered in your identity, SSO, or federation provider that aren’t yet managed with C1)
   • Add the connector to a managed app (select from the list of existing managed apps)
   • Create a new managed app
4. Set the owner for this connector. You can manage the connector yourself, or choose someone else from the list of C1 users. Setting multiple owners is allowed.

   If you choose someone else, C1 will notify the new connector owner by email that their help is needed to complete the setup process.

5. Click Next.

6. In the Settings area of the page, click Edit.

7. Click Rotate to generate a new Client ID and Secret.

   Carefully copy and save these credentials. We’ll use them in Step 2.

Step 2: Create Kubernetes configuration files

Create two Kubernetes manifest files for your Dropbox connector deployment:

Secrets configuration

# baton-dropbox-secrets.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: baton-dropbox-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  # C1 credentials
  BATON_CLIENT_ID: <C1 client ID>
  BATON_CLIENT_SECRET: <C1 client secret>
  
  # Dropbox credentials
  BATON_APP_KEY: <Dropbox app key>
  BATON_APP_SECRET: <Dropbox app secret>
  BATON_REFRESH_TOKEN: <Dropbox refresh token>

  # Optional: include if you want C1 to provision access using this connector
  BATON_PROVISIONING: true

See the connector’s README or run --help to see all available configuration flags and environment variables.

Deployment configuration

# baton-dropbox.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: baton-dropbox
  labels:
    app: baton-dropbox
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: baton-dropbox
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: baton-dropbox
        baton: true
        baton-app: dropbox
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: baton-dropbox
        image: ghcr.io/conductorone/baton-dropbox:latest
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        env:
        - name: BATON_HOST_ID
          value: baton-dropbox
        envFrom:
        - secretRef:
            name: baton-dropbox-secrets

Step 3: Deploy the connector

1. Create a namespace in which to run C1 connectors (if desired), then apply the secret config and deployment config files.

2. Check that the connector data uploaded correctly. In C1, click Apps. On the Managed apps tab, locate and click the name of the application you added the Dropbox connector to. Dropbox data should be found on the Entitlements and Accounts tabs.

Done. Your Dropbox connector is now pulling access data into C1.