Set up a Fluid Topics connector

Capabilities

Resource	Sync	Provision
Accounts
Roles

The Fluid Topics connector supports automatic account provisioning.

When a new account is created by C1, the account’s password will be sent to a vault.

This connector does not support account deprovisioning. You must deprovision accounts directly in Fluid Topics.

Gather Fluid Topics credentials

Each setup method requires you to pass in credentials generated in Fluid Topics. Gather these credentials before you move on.

A user with the Admin role in in Fluid Topics must perform this task.

Generate an API key

1. In Fluid Topics, navigate to Administration > Integration > API keys.

2. Create a new API key. Give the new key a name, such as “C1”, then click Create & Add.

3. The Edit API key drawer opens. Give the key the Admin role.

4. Click Ok.

5. Locate your newly created API key in the list of keys, and carefully copy and save the API key.

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

Configure the Fluid Topics connector

To complete this task, you’ll need:

• The Connector Administrator or Super Administrator role in C1
• Access to the set of Fluid Topics credentials generated by following the instructions above

Cloud-hosted

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

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

2. Search for Fluid Topics and click Add.

3. Choose where to add the connector: Create a new app, or Add to an existing app (then select the app).

   If you’re creating a new app, choose whether to link it to an application discovered from your identity provider: select Yes and pick the IdP application, or No to continue with just the connector.

4. Set the connector’s Name and, optionally, a Description.

5. Click the pencil icon next to Owners to choose who can configure and manage this connector.

6. Click Add. The connector is created and its configuration page opens.

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

8. Enter the base domain you use for the Fluid Topics API (such as doc.antidot.net) in the Base domain for API field.

9. Enter your token in the API token field.

10. Click Save.

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

Done. Your Fluid Topics connector is now pulling access data into C1.

Self-hosted

Follow these instructions to use the Fluid Topics 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

Contact C1’s support team to download the latest version of the connector.

Step 1: Configure the Fluid Topics connector

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

2. Search for Baton and click Add.

3. Choose where to add the connector: Create a new app, or Add to an existing app (then select the app).

   If you’re creating a new app, choose whether to link it to an application discovered from your identity provider: select Yes and pick the IdP application, or No to continue with just the connector.

4. Set the connector’s Name and, optionally, a Description.

5. Click the pencil icon next to Owners to choose who can configure and manage this connector.

6. Click Add. The connector is created and its configuration page opens.

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

8. 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 Fluid Topics connector deployment:

Secrets configuration

# baton-fluid-topics-secrets.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: baton-fluid-topics-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  # C1 credentials
  BATON_CLIENT_ID: <C1 client ID>
  BATON_CLIENT_SECRET: <C1 client secret>
  
  # Fluid Topics credentials
  BATON_BEARER_TOKEN: <Fluid Topics API token>
  BATON_DOMAIN: <Fluid Topics API base domain>

  # 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-fluid-topics.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: baton-fluid-topics
  labels:
    app: baton-fluid-topics
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: baton-fluid-topics
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: baton-fluid-topics
        baton: true
        baton-app: fluid-topics
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: baton-fluid-topics
        image: public.ecr.aws/conductorone/baton-fluid-topics:latest
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        env:
        - name: BATON_HOST_ID
          value: baton-fluid-topics
        envFrom:
        - secretRef:
            name: baton-fluid-topics-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 Fluid Topics connector to. Fluid Topics data should be found on the Entitlements and Accounts tabs.

Done. Your Fluid Topics connector is now pulling access data into C1.