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Set up an Expensify connector

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

Capabilities

ResourceSyncProvision
Accounts
Policies

Available hosting methods

Choose the hosting method that best suits your needs:

MethodAvailabilityNotes
Cloud hostedA built-in, no-code connector hosted by ConductorOne.
Self-hostedThe Expensify connector, hosted and run in your own environment.

Gather Expensify credentials

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

A user with access to the Expensify Integration Server must perform this task.

  1. Log into Expensify and navigate to Integrations or click www.expensify.com/tools/integrations.

  2. On the Integration Server Access page, copy and save your partnerUserID and partnerUserSecret.

That’s it! Next, move on to the instructions for your chosen setup method.

Set up an Expensify cloud-hosted connector

To complete this task, you’ll need:

  • The Connector Administrator or Super Administrator role in ConductorOne
  • Access to the set of Expensify credentials generated by following the instructions above
  1. In ConductorOne, click Connectors > Add connector.

  2. Search for Expensify and click Add.

  3. Choose how to set up the new Expensify 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 ConductorOne)

    • 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 ConductorOne users. Setting multiple owners is allowed.

    If you choose someone else, ConductorOne 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. Paste the partnerUserID into the User ID field.

  8. Paste the partnerUserSecret into the User secret field.

  9. Click Save.

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

That’s it! Your Expensify connector is now pulling access data into ConductorOne.

Set up an Expensify cloud-hosted connector using Terraform

As an alternative to the cloud-hosted integration process described above, you can use Terraform to configure the integration between Expensify and ConductorOne.

See the ConductorOne Expensify integration resource page in the ConductorOne Terraform registry for example usage and the full list of required and optional parameters.

Set up an Expensify self-hosted connector

To complete this task, you’ll need:

  • The Connector Administrator or Super Administrator role in ConductorOne
  • Access to the set of Expensify credentials generated by following the instructions above

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

Why use Kubernetes? Kubernetes provides automated deployment, scaling, and management of your connectors. It ensures high availability and reliable operation of your connector services.

Step 1: Configure the Expensify connector

  1. In ConductorOne, navigate to Connectors > Add connector.

  2. Search for Baton and click Add.

  3. Choose how to set up the new Expensify 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 ConductorOne)

    • 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 ConductorOne users. Setting multiple owners is allowed.

    If you choose someone else, ConductorOne 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 Expensify connector deployment:

Secrets configuration

# baton-expensify-secrets.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: baton-expensify-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  # ConductorOne credentials
  BATON_CLIENT_ID: <ConductorOne client ID>
  BATON_CLIENT_SECRET: <ConductorOne client secret>
  
  # Expensify credentials
  BATON_PARTNER_USER_ID: <Expensify partner user ID>
  BATON_PARTNER_USER_SECRET: <Expensify partner user secret>

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

Deployment configuration

# baton-expensify.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: baton-expensify
  labels:
    app: baton-expensify
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: baton-expensify
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: baton-expensify
        baton: true
        baton-app: expensify
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: baton-expensify
        image: ghcr.io/conductorone/baton-expensify:latest
        args: ["service"]
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        envFrom:
        - secretRef:
            name: baton-expensify-secrets

Step 3: Deploy the connector

  1. Create a namespace in which to run ConductorOne connectors (if desired):

    kubectl create namespace baton-expensify
    
  2. Apply the secret configuration:

    kubectl -n baton-expensify apply -f baton-expensify-secrets.yaml
    
  3. Apply the deployment:

    kubectl -n baton-expensify apply -f baton-expensify.yaml
    

Step 4: Verify the deployment

  1. Check that the deployment is running:

    kubectl -n c1 get pods
    
  2. View the connector logs:

    kubectl -n c1 logs -l app=baton-${baton-expensify}
    
  3. Check that the connector data uploaded correctly. In ConductorOne, click Applications. On the Managed apps tab, locate and click the name of the application you added the Expensify connector to. Expensify data should be found on the Entitlements and Accounts tabs.

That’s it! Your Expensify connector is now pulling access data into ConductorOne.