Tip
If you don’t use Azure Kubernetes Service, you can still automate provisioning in another deployment environment.
Step 1: Add provisioning to your 1Password account
Before you can deploy the 1Password SCIM bridge, you’ll need to add the provisioning integration and get credentials for it. Click Get Started, sign in to your 1Password account, and follow the onscreen instructions.
If you see the details for an existing provisioning integration, you’ll need to deactivate it first. Click More Actions and choose Deactivate Provisioning.
After you complete the setup process, you’ll get a scimsession
file and bearer token. Save them both in 1Password. You’ll need them to deploy the SCIM bridge and connect your identity provider.
Important
The bearer token and scimsession
file you receive during setup can be used together to access information from your 1Password account. You’ll need to share the bearer token with your identity provider, but it’s important to never share it with anyone else. And never share your scimsession
file with anyone at all.
Step 2: Prepare your local system
2.1: Get the Kubernetes command-line tools
Before you can deploy the SCIM bridge on Azure Kubernetes Service, you’ll need to install Docker Desktop to get the Kubernetes command-line tools.
2.2: Install the Azure CLI
To manage your cluster on your local system, install the Azure CLIÂ .
2.3: Clone the scim-examples repository
All the configuration files you need to deploy the SCIM bridge are available in the scim-examples repository on GitHub.
To clone the repository, open your terminal app, switch to the directory where you want to clone the repository, and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/1Password/scim-examples.git
Step 3: Deploy the SCIM bridge
If you don’t already have a Microsoft account , create one. Then follow these steps.
3.1: Start creating a Kubernetes cluster
The SCIM bridge must be deployed to a cluster. To create a cluster:
- Sign in to your account on the Microsoft Azure portal. Â
- Click “Create a resource” and choose “Kubernetes service”.
3.2: Configure your cluster
Configure your cluster using the following options. For all other options, you can use the provided defaults or choose your preferred options.
Project details:
- Resource group
Choose one, or click “Create new” and enter “1Password”.
Cluster details:
- Kubernetes cluster name
Enter “SCIM”.
Primary node pool:
- Node size
The SCIM bridge only requires a “Standard B2s” VM size. - Node count
The SCIM bridge only requires 1 node.

After you’ve configured your cluster, click “Review + create”. It may take a moment. When you see “Validation passed”, click “Create”.
When you see “Your deployment is complete”, continue to the next step.
3.3: Configure kubectl to connect to your Kubernetes cluster
Sign in to your Azure account:
az login
Then, using the resource group and cluster name you set in the previous step, get the credentials for kubectl to use:
az aks get-credentials --resource-group=<resource_group> --name=<cluster_name>
3.4: Set up Let’s Encrypt
The SCIM bridge uses an SSL certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt to secure communication with 1Password and your identity provider. Edit op-scim-config.yaml
to set the domain name for the certificate.
Enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) you plan to use for your SCIM bridge (for example: scim.example.com
) as the value for OP_LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN
.
Save the file, then apply it to your Kubernetes cluster:
kubectl apply -f op-scim-config.yaml
3.5: Create a Kubernetes secret
To create a Kubernetes secret containing your scimsession
file, include the path to it in the following command. For example, if your scimsession
file is in the current directory:
kubectl create secret generic scimsession --from-file=./scimsession
3.6: Deploy Redis
The SCIM bridge uses a Redis instance to store and cache your Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. To deploy Redis to your new cluster:
kubectl apply -f redis-deployment.yaml
kubectl apply -f redis-service.yaml
3.7: Deploy the SCIM bridge and load balancer
To deploy the SCIM bridge and load balancer:
kubectl apply -f op-scim-deployment.yaml
kubectl apply -f op-scim-service.yaml
If you use Azure Firewall, open ports 80 and 443 for your Azure Kubernetes cluster. The Let’s Encrypt service uses port 80 to renew the SSL certificate every 60 days. All other SCIM bridge traffic uses port 443.
3.8: Create the DNS record
To get the external IP address of the load balancer:
kubectl describe service/op-scim-bridge | grep "LoadBalancer Ingress"
If you don’t see the IP address, wait a few minutes and try again.
Add an A record to the DNS entry for your domain that points to the IP address for the load balancer.
Step 4: Test the SCIM bridge
Important
Before you connect the SCIM bridge to your identity provider, make sure that you can connect to the SCIM bridge:
- over a secured (HTTPS) connection
- with a valid TLS certificate
To check that the DNS has propagated and the SCIM bridge is deployed successfully, visit the domain you configured in the previous step in your browser. You’ll see a 1Password SCIM bridge status page. Enter your OAuth bearer token to verify it’s correct.
Use your bearer token and domain (for example: scim.example.com
) to test the connection to 1Password:
curl --header "Authorization: Bearer <bearer_token>" https://<domain>/scim/Users
If you see a list of the users in your 1Password account, your SCIM bridge is deployed correctly.
Step 5: Connect your identity provider to the SCIM bridge
Important
If you’ve already been using 1Password Business, make sure the email addresses and group names in your 1Password account are identical to those in your identity provider.
- If anyone is using a different email address in 1Password, ask them to change it.
- If you have existing groups in 1Password that you want to sync with groups in your identity provider, adjust the group names in 1Password.
Because the 1Password SCIM bridge provides a SCIM 2.0-compatible web service that accepts OAuth bearer tokens for authorization, you can use it with a variety of identity providers.
User Guide
Learn how to connect your identity provider:
Get help
Get help with the SCIM bridge, like if you lose your bearer token or session file.
For more information about the SCIM bridge, contact your 1Password Business representative. To get help and share feedback, join the discussion with the 1Password Support Community.