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# Provisioning Methods

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### Provisioning Methods

Serval offers multiple provisioning methods to fit the needs of each team and application.

**Configure how access is granted:**

**Linked Groups**

Access granted by adding the user to a group in your Identity Provider (Okta, Google, Rippling, Entra) mapped to the role through SCIM.

<Tip>
  *Example: Add the user to the appropriate Okta group. When access expires, the user is automatically removed.*
</Tip>

**Custom Workflow**

Access granted through a custom process, like using an API to send an email invite or opening a GitHub PR for a Terraform change. \[Link to custom workflow process]

<Tip>
  *Simple: Add or remove users from a GitHub team that controls repository access*

  *Multi-Step: Open a GitHub PR for Terraform group membership, create a Linear task to purchase a license, auto-merge the PR when the task is complete*
</Tip>

**Direct**

Pre-built API provisioning for common applications.

<Tip>
  *Example: Automatically import Ramp roles and provision access via API.*
</Tip>

**Manual provisioning**

Access granted through a task assigned to the application owner (via ticket or Slack).

<Tip>
  *Example: Jeff requests editor access to Linear. The assignee adds Jeff as an editor. For 12-hour temporary access, Serval creates a ticket to grant access and another to remove it 12 hours later.*
</Tip>

Depending on the way the role is imported, you will have different options for configuring access in order to maximize how effective your tool is:

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