Skillcast

Skillcast is a platform that offers compliance training and e-learning solutions.

The Skillcast adapter allows Axonius to fetch and catalog users, providing visibility into their compliance status and training assignments.

Types of Assets Fetched

• Users

Data Retrieved through the Adapter

• User Identity - User Name, Email, Employee ID, and internal User ID.
• Training and Compliance - Assignment titles, completion status, deadlines, and exemption details.

Before You Begin

Required Ports

• TCP port 443 (HTTPS)

Authentication Methods

• Token-based (default) - The adapter uses the credentials to retrieve a session (bearer) token for subsequent requests.
• Basic - The adapter sends the username and password encoded in the request headers.

APIs

Axonius uses the Skillcast API.

• Base URL - https://<Skillcast Domain>/skillcastapi/
• Primary Endpoints -
  • Fetch Users - /employees
  • Fetch Training - /employees/{userId}/assignments

Required Permissions

The adapter requires a dedicated Integration User account with the following permissions configured in the Skillcast Management Console:

• API and Integration Access - The account role must have the API access explicitly enabled.
• Read Access - The account requires Read-only access to user assignments.
• Read/Write Access - The account requires Read/Write access to employees.

Connection Parameters

To connect the adapter in Axonius, provide the following parameters.

Required Parameters

1. Skillcast Domain - Enter the domain of your Skillcast instance (for example: client-name.skillcast.io) .

2. User Name and Password - Enter the credentials for a user account that has permission to fetch assets.

Optional Parameters

1. Use Basic Authentication - Select this option to force HTTP basic authentication instead of generating a session token.

2. Verify SSL - Select (selected by default) whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

3. HTTPS Proxy - Enter an HTTPS proxy address to connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

To learn about additional optional/common adapter connection parameters and options, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Supported from Version

Supported from Axonius version 8.0.4.