Google Apps Directory Sync Administration Guide - Manual (Page 23)

Chapter 3
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Getting Started
Chapter 3
Overview
This chapter discusses the steps you’ll take when you get started with Google Apps Directory Sync
(GADS). Your GADS configuration will be faster and smoother if you collect information about your
network, LDAP directory server, LDAP data, and synchronization plans before you begin. This chapter also
includes necessary steps for setting up your Google Apps account and your internal network before you
install GADS.
For a more successful synchronization, follow the steps detailed below.
Getting Started Steps
The following list describes typical steps for preparing, planning, and implementing GADS.
Note that these steps do not correspond precisely to the three-phase model described in the previous
chapter in “Directory Sync and Deployment” on page 15. In most cases, you will begin these steps during
the Planning or the Core IT phases of deployment, so that you will have synchronization ready during the
Early Adopter phase.
For details on system requirements and prerequisites, see “System Requirements” on page 19.
1. Install an LDAP browser. Download an LDAP browser to examine your current LDAP directory
server. For more information, see “Step One: Install LDAP Browser” on page 24.
2. Collect LDAP inventory. Identify your LDAP resources, including LDAP servers and expert
administrators. Collect required information about your LDAP server and your Google Apps domain.
For more information, see “Step Two: Collect LDAP Inventory” on page 25.
3. Decide what to synchronize. Decide what domains to synchronize. Plan which users, aliases, and
groups you want to synchronize with Google Apps. This can be a very significant step, and may
require a great deal of planning. For more information, see “Step Three: Decide What to Synchronize”
on page 28.
4. Prepare Google Apps for synchronization. Make any needed changes to Google Apps. For more
information, see “Step Four: Prepare Google Apps for Synchronization” on page 38.