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title: "Associating Authentication Profiles with Servers"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/BloxOneCloud/35365761/Associating%20Authentication%20Profiles%20with%20Servers"
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After you enable the access authentication service on a host, you need to associate an authentication profile with the host in order to synchronize user groups. You can create multiple authentication profiles, but you can only enable one authentication profile for each host.

To configure authentication profiles for a host, complete the following:

1. From the Infoblox Portal, click **Configure** > **Service Deployment **> **Protocol** **Services**.
2. Select **Create Services** > **Access Authentication**.
3. In the **Create Access Authentication** wizard >** Access Authentication** step, click **Add** and choose an available authentication profile from the list. Only an enabled profile can be associated with the host you selected. Note that you can add multiple profiles only if they are of different protocol types. For information, see [*Configuring Authentication Profiles*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneCloud/pages/35462918).
4. Click **Next** to view the summary of your configuration.
5. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Save & Close</span>**<span style="color: #000000">.</span>