Configuring LDAP Authentication

 

You can also import users from the LDAP server through the domain controller. On enabling LDAP authentication, users can login using their LDAP credentials. By default, the LDAP authentication is disabled.

 

Note: Ensure that before you start configuring LDAP authentication the users are already imported from the domain. The LDAP authentication supports both linux and windows users. On enabling LDAP authentication for windows users, the AD authentication gets disabled automatically.

 

 

To import users from a New Domain,

  1. Click the Admin tab in the header pane.

  2. In the Users block, click the LDAP Authentication icon . By default, Enable LDAP Authentication check box is disabled.

  3. Click Add New Domain button under Domain Controllers block. The Add New Domain Controller form opens as shown below,

  1. Specify the Domain Controller from where the users need to be imported in the Domain Controller text field. For ex: ldap://<server name>:<port number>. The default port is 389.

  2. Enter the User Name along with the Organizational Unit (OU) in the given field. For ex, CN:john, CN=Users, DC=domain name, DC=com.

  3. Specify the Password in the respective field.  

  4. Specify the Base DN which represents the distinguished base name such as, CN = Users, DC = domain name, DC = com.

  5. Specify the criteria which you wish to apply on that particular domain controller in the search filter text field. For ex: mail=* will import users from the parameter mail in the specified domain controller.

  6. Select the type of LDAP Server from LDAP Server Type combo box. For ex. OpenLDAP, Microsoft Active Directory.

Note: If you have chosen the Server type as default LDAP such as, Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory and OpenLDAP then the Login Attributes Label, Mail Attribute Label and Distinguished Name Attributed Label will appear in a non editable text.  

 

  1. If the LDAP Server Type is Others then, specify the Login Attribute Label and Mail Attribute Label in the respective fields.

  2. The Distinguished Name Attributed Label is similar to the Base DN.

  3. Click Save to save the domain controller. If you wish to save and import the users, click Save and Import.  

You can also import users from the existing domains on clicking Import Now beside the corresponding Domain Controllers. The existing data will be over written on importing the users from the same domain. Once the users are imported, Enable LDAP Authentication by selecting the check box.

Click Save. Users can login to the application using their LDAP credentials.

 

Edit Domain Controller

  1. Click domain controller name which you wish to edit. The Add new domain controller form opens.

  2. Modify the changes and click Save. To save and import the users from the domain controller, click Save and Import.

Delete Domain Controller

  1. From the domain controller list view page, enable the check box adjacent to the domain controller which you wish to delete.

  2. Click Delete button. A pop up window confirming the delete operation appears. Click Ok to continue. The domain controller gets deleted from the list.

On deleting a domain controller, the users imported from that domain controller will be unable to login to the application using LDAP credentials.

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