LDAP service configuration

Properties used for connecting to the LDAP server.

You must configure these properties before using the operations of the LDAP service. (See Editing service configurations).

Initial Context Factory

A string value that represents the Java class to use as the context factory. This class is used to create a connection to the LDAP server. The default is com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory, which is appropriate for most LDAP servers.

Provider URL

A string value that represents the URL to use to connect to the LDAP service. The format of the value is ldap://server name:port

  • server name is the name of the computer that hosts the LDAP server

  • port is the communications port that the LDAP service uses. The default is 389, which is the standard port used for LDAP connections.

User Name

A string value that represents the user name of the user account to use to log in to the LDAP server. The user account must have permission to connect to the server and read the information in the LDAP directory.

Depending on the LDAP server, the user name could be a simple user name such as “myname” or a DN. For example, “CN=myname,CN=users,DC=myorg”.

Password

A string value that represents the password that corresponds with the user name provided for the Username property.

Other Properties

A string value that represents other properties and their corresponding values that you can provide to the LDAP server. The value is in the following format:

property=value;property=value;...

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