Page History

Configuring LDAP

To configure the LDAP catalog, do the followingTo connect to an LDAP catalog:

1. In the LDAP catalogs group, click Create....

   
   An LDAP 1 object is added in the system. On the right, a panel displays configuration settings for the LDAP 1 catalog.
2. Enter In the Name field, enter a name for the catalog in the appropriate field (1).
   Image Modified
   
3. Enter In the Server name or IP address field, enter the address of the LDAP catalog server (2) and port (3) the LDAP catalog Server.
4. In the Port field, enter the connection port of the LDAP catalog Server.

5. In the Base DN field, enter the Distinguished Name of the branch, from which to start search (4)the data search starts.

   Note
   title Attention!
   If LDAP users are located in multiple directories with a tree-like hierarchical structure, you cannot establish instant synchronization across synchronize all users at the same time. To synchronize each user group within a DN branch, you have to must specify the path to the corresponding directory. For example, LDAP contains a directory Employees including subdirectories and subdirectories Managers, Cashiers and Salesmen . : DN branches for synchronizing users within within Managers directory: ou=Managers,ou=Employees,dc=example,dc=com. DN branches for synchronizing users within within Cashiers directory: ou=Cashiers,ou=Employees,dc=example,dc=com. DN branches for synchronizing users within within Salesmen directory: ou=Salesmen,ou=Employees,dc=example,dc=com.

6. Enter In the User field, enter the name of a user who has write a read access to the base DN, in LDAP format LDAP (RDN + DN) with password (5). format.
7. In the Password field, enter user password.
8. Set the Use secure connection (SSL) checkbox if you want to use secure connection (SSL) when connecting to the LDAP catalogIf encryption (SSL) is required for connecting to the LDAP server, select the corresponding check box (6).

9. In the Search filter field, enter a string for filtering catalog entries (7).

   Note
   title Attention!
   To upload users by groups, not by directoriescatalogs, you should must use the Member Of MemberOf filter attribute. For example: (&(objectClass=user)(memberof=CN=YourGroup,OU=Users,DC=YourDomain,DC=com).

10. In the Username attribute field, enter the field attribute, from which the user's login username is obtained (8).

    Info
    title Note
    To search for users by the sAMAccountName attribute sAMAccountName, you must enter their names the attribute in small lowercase letters – —samaccountname.

11. In the DN attribute field, enter the field attribute, from which the user's DN is obtained (9).

    Info
    title Note
    To set a login and DN attribute, you You can use Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP LDAP templates in the LDAP templates. To use a template, click the relevant link (10). parameter to specify the username and DN attribute.

12. In the Role for automatic registration of user field, enter a role, to which new users of the LDAP catalog are automatically added. If you don't specify a role, automatic user creation for this catalog is disabledSpecify a default user role for users created via LDAP (11). If no role is specified, no automatic user creation will be possible for this catalog.
13. Сlick the Apply Image Added button.

The LDAP catalog is now added to the system.

To test the connection, click the Test connection button. If connection is successful, the form on in the lower part of the screen displays information about the catalog users. 

Image Added

Otherwise, an error message appears.

Copying the LDAP catalog

To copy a catalog with all settings, do the following:

1. Click the name of the catalog that you want to copy.
2. Click the Create button.

A new catalog with identical settings is created. The default name of the new catalog is LDAP 1, LDAP 2, and so on, depending on the number of previously created catalogs.

Removing the LDAP catalog

To remove a catalog, do the following:

1. Click the name of the catalog that you want to remove.
2. Click the Remove Image Added button.

The selected catalog is removed.Image Removed