Configure an LDAP endpoint

To configure an LDAP directory as an endpoint, you must specify the LDAP URL, login name with credentials, the search base, and root suffix.

Before you begin

Ensure that you create an endpoint and specify the type as LDAP. See Configure endpoints.

Procedure

1. On the LDAP endpoint configuration page, in the LDAP URL field, enter the LDAP URL of the LDAP directory that you want to access.

   The LDAP URL format is ldap://hostname:port or ldap://server_IP_address:port.

   For example: ldap://localhost:389

   Note: The default LDAP port number is 389. If you are using SSL, the default LDAP port number is 636.

2. In the User Login and Password fields, enter the distinguished name and credentials for authentication to the service.

   For example: cn=administrator,cn=users,dc=your_domain,dc=com

3. In the Include entries from the following container field, enter the search base in the LDAP directory that is polled for changes. Alternately, we can click Contexts and select from the LDAP Search Base list and then click OK.

   For example: dc=your_domain,dc=com

4. To verify the LDAP directory connection settings, click Test Connection. If the connection is successful, the attributes in the endpoint are displayed in a separate pane. You can use the Filter field to search the attributes.
5. Optional: We can also configure the following advanced parameters. Expand the Advanced section to view these parameters.

   Binary Attributes

   Specify a list of attributes that must be interpreted as binary values instead of strings. When you enter the attribute names in this field, enter one attribute per line and do not use any separators.

   Page Size

   Number of entries per page must be returned by the request. The default value is 500.

What to do next

After configuring the endpoint, we can create a flow to define the relationship between the endpoint and the target directory server.

Parent topic:

Configure endpoints