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# Cloud Apps Prerequisites
##  Overview
This article outlines the required prerequisites and preparatory steps for setting up and using Flosum Cloud Apps. It includes user permission requirements, domain allowlisting, API considerations, and SSO setup.
## Prerequisites and Setup Requirements
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### Salesforce User Requirements
* Use a **Salesforce Standard License** (not a Community/Platform user).
* Use a **dedicated Salesforce user** for registration instead of a personal admin's login. This approach ensures that deactivating a regular user won't disrupt integration or scheduled jobs.
* See the following article for specific user permission requirements.
* [Creating a Dedicated Salesforce User](/global-settings/environment/organizations/creating-a-dedicated-salesforce-user.md)
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### Allowlist Required Domains
If your organization uses Zscaler or similar tools to block traffic, allowlist the following domain URLs:
Region: United States
space.vars.login_url
space.vars.devops_url_us
space.vars.backup_url_us
space.vars.data_migrator_url_us
space.vars.global_url_us
Region: Germany
space.vars.login_url
space.vars.devops_url_de
space.vars.backup_url_de
space.vars.data_migrator_url_de
space.vars.global_url_de
Region: Japan
space.vars.login_url
space.vars.devops_url_jp
space.vars.backup_url_jp
space.vars.data_migrator_url_jp
space.vars.global_url_jp
Region: Australia
space.vars.login_url
space.vars.devops_url_au
space.vars.backup_url_au
space.vars.data_migrator_url_au
space.vars.global_url_au
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### Security & Risk Approval
Submit any required documentation to your **Security, Compliance, or Risk team** for approval before connecting Flosum Cloud Apps to your Salesforce org.
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### Prepare Sample Data for Trial or PoC
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This step only applies to the **Backup & Archive** app.
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For a trial environment:
* Use a **Salesforce Sandbox** org.
* Prepare up to **100 GB** of combined data across:
* Accounts, Contacts, Cases, Custom Objects
* Mask or obfuscate sensitive fields before uploading.
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A full org backup occurs only during the first composite backup. Future backups pull only delta changes.
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### Optional: Relax Salesforce API Limits
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This step only applies to the **Backup & Archive** app.
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Composite backups rely on Salesforce API calls.
* Initial backups may consume a significant amount of your API quota in **large orgs**.
* Flosum throttles usage to **80%** of the daily API limit by default.
* To avoid throttling delays, you can request **temporary API limit increases** from Salesforce Support.
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### Allowlist Flosum Email Domains
Ensure that Flosum system notifications are not blocked or marked as spam.
Allowlist these domains on your corporate email server:
* **@flosum.app**
* **@flosum.com**
* **@flosum.tech**
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### Using Single Sign-On (SSO)
Flosum Cloud Apps supports SSO via OAuth token-based identity providers.
See the following guides to configure your IDP:
* [Adding an Identity Provider (SSO)](/global-settings/security/identity-providers-sso/adding-an-identity-provider-sso.md)
* [Auth0 - OIDC - Configuration](/global-settings/security/identity-providers-sso/oidc-identity-providers/auth0-oidc-configuration.md)
* [AWS Cognito - OIDC - Configuration](/global-settings/security/identity-providers-sso/oidc-identity-providers/aws-cognito-oidc-configuration.md)
* [Microsoft Entra ID - OIDC - Configuration](/global-settings/security/identity-providers-sso/oidc-identity-providers/microsoft-entra-id-oidc-configuration.md)
* [Google IDP - OIDC - Configuration](/global-settings/security/identity-providers-sso/oidc-identity-providers/google-idp-oidc-configuration.md)
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