Editing LDAP Servers

To edit an LDAP server profile:

  1. In the menu, click Administration > System .
  2. Click the LDAP Servers tab.
  3. Click the name of the LDAP server profile you want to edit. The Edit LDAP Server dialog box appears.
  4. Type a Name for the server and optionally a Description. You can define any name for the LDAP server; this field has no impact on the actual LDAP settings.
  5. Check the Active check box to activate the server for use with Performance Manager. If unchecked, the LDAP server's services are not available to Performance Manager.
  6. Type the Hostname or IP-address of the LDAP server and the Port used for the LDAP service. The default port is 389. When using SSL, the default LDAP port is 636.
  7. Check the Use SSL check box to connect to the server through SSL. This check box is closely related to the settings defined in the Port field. For additional information on setting up the communication with SSL, see Communicating with an External System Over SSL.
  8. For existing LDAP servers, the Domain cannot be changed.
  9. Type the Password of the user defined by Bind DN. This is not required when anonymous access is allowed.
  10. Type the Base DN root for LDAP queries. For example DC=yourcompany,DC=com.
  11. Type the Filter that is to be used for querying LDAP. Filters must contain a placeholder enclosed in braces.
    • Example 1: (sAMAccountName={%username})

      This example queries the LDAP server for the sAMAccountName with the value of the login name of the logged in Performance Manager user.

    • Example 2: (&(sAMAccountName={%username})(memberOf=CN=Development,CN=Users,DC=yourcompany,DC=com))

      This example queries the LDAP server for the sAMAccountName with the value of the login name of the logged in Performance Manager user, but only if the user is a member of the Development team. This may be useful for example if you enable the automatic account creation, but want Performance Manager to create accounts only for members of a certain LDAP group.

  12. Click Test to perform a test connection to the LDAP server. For more information, see Testing LDAP Servers.
  13. Click OK to save your settings.
Parent topic: LDAP Authentication