View LDAP Settings page field descriptions

Last Updated : Dec 11, 2013 |
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Use this page to view the LDAP settings enabling access to a corporate directory.
Field
Description
Enable
The options are:
  • Yes: The connection between Avaya Experience Portal and your corporate directory using LDAP is enabled.
  • No: The connection between Avaya Experience Portal and your corporate directory using LDAP is disabled.
Connection Settings section
URL
The fully-qualified address of the LDAP server which includes the following:
  • IP address of the host
  • LDAP schema
  • Port name
For example: ldap://<ip-address>:389 or ldap://ldapserver.company.com:389.
User Name
The user name that is authorized to access the corporate directory through the LDAP server. To use an anonymous connection, this field is blank.
Password
The password for the specified user name.
Note:
To use an anonymous connection, leave this field blank.
Mutual Certificate Authentication
Mutual certificate authentication is used for validating the LDAP server certificate against the PrimaryEPM certificate.
Referrals
The referral, or reference, sent back by the LDAP server to another LDAP server when communicating with an LDAP server over LDAP protocol. The supported values are Ignore and Follow.
User Entry Settings section
User DN Pattern
A pattern specifying the Distinguished Name (DN) to use when verifying the user name and password with the LDAP server.
Search Filter
The LDAP search filter to use when verifying the user name and password with the LDAP server.
Base DN
The DN where the Search Filter will be applied.
Search Subtree
If enabled, all subtrees of the base DN will be recursively searched.
Password Verification Settings section
Bind
Option selected to verify the user's password using a“simple” LDAP bind operation.
Attribute
Option selected to verify the user's password by a direct comparison with a specific attribute in the user's record.
Role Assignment Settings section
User Entry Attribute
The LDAP attribute Avaya Experience Portal should use to determine the group names assigned to the user.
Group Search Filter
The LDAP search filter Avaya Experience Portal should use to match a user in a group record.
Group Entry Attribute
The attribute of the group record that specifies the name of the group.
Group Search Base DN
The DN where the Group Search Filter will be applied.
Search Subtree
If enabled, all subtrees of the base DN will be recursively searched.
Group Map Name
The group name to associate with a given set of Avaya Experience Portal user roles.
This column displays the names of any previously-defined group maps as well as a text field that lets you specify a new group map name.
Organization
The organization roles that are associated with LDAP groups.
Assigned Roles
Display the roles associated with the existing group maps. You can also use the check boxes to select one or more user roles to associate with a new group map name.
  • One or more of the Experience Portal user roles. This indicates a locally-defined EPM user account or LDAP or Linux OS user.
    Note:
    For LDAP and Linux OS users, this field shows the roles that were assigned last time successfully.
  • One or more of the Experience Portal Portal features. This indicates a System Manager user Single Sign-On to EPM.