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User authentication is by default performed in Image RemovedMediationZone. As an alternative, you can connect Image Removed to connect to an external LDAP directory for delegated authentication. This facilitates automation of administrative tasks such as creation of users and assigning access groups.

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  1. The cn attribute of group entries must match an access group defined in Image Removedthe system.
     

    Note
    titleNote!

    Image Removed performs The platform performs case sensitive comparisons of the cn attributes and access groups. 


  2.  For each user in a group entry, the memberUid attribute must be set.
  3.  All group entries must belong to the object class posixGroup.

  4.  All user entries must belong to the objectclass posixAccount. 

  5. The username must be unique. It cannot duplicate a username that already exists in Image Removedthe system.

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titleNote!

If a user requires administration rights, they must be added to the Administrator access group, which is a default access group in Image Modified, and you must create a group named Administrator in the LDAP directory.

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  1. All user entries must belong to the objectclass user .

  2. User's groups have to be provided via memberOf attribute.

  3. User's login has to be provided via samaccountname attribute.

  4. The username must be unique. It cannot duplicate a username that already exists in Image Removedthe system.

LDAP Configuration

Select LDAP in Authentication Method dropdown list in the Access Controller Advanced tab.

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Access Controller - Advanced tab with LDAP Authentication example

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SettingDescription
Authentication Method

Select the authentication method to be used. The following settings are available:

  • Default
  • LDAP

The default setting is authentication performed by Image Removedby MediationZone.

The selected authentication method becomes effective when the configuration is saved.

Note
titleNote!

Authentication for the user mzadmin is always performed by Image Removed regardless MediationZone regardless of the selected authentication method. 


URL

Enter the URL for the external authentication server. The default ports, 389 for LDAP and 686 for LDAPS, are used unless other ports are specified in the URL.

Info
titleExample of LDAP URL
ldap://ldap.example.com:389


Info
titleExample of LDAPS URL
ldaps://ldap.example.com:636


Test Connection

Click this button to test the connection to the authentication server. LDAP attributes and other settings than the URL are not used when testing the connection.

User Base DN

Enter the LDAP attributes for user lookups in the external authentication server. The substring %s in this value will be replaced with the username entered at login to produce an identifier that is passed to the LDAP server.

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titleExample of User Base DN
uid=%s,ou=users,dc=digitalroute,dc=com


Group Base DN

Enter the LDAP attributes for group lookups in the external authentication server.

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titleExample of Group Base DN
ou=groups,dc=digitalroute,dc=com


Info

Note: The name of the groups created in LDAP Server must be identical to the names configured in Access Controller Access Groups tab.


Use TLS

Select this check box to enable Transport Layer Security.

Note
titleNote!

The following must be considered when using TLS:

  • LDAPS and TLS is not a valid combination.

  • The URL must contain a fully qualified DNS name or the authentication will fail.

  • The default LDAP port, 389, should be used.


Use Active Directory  NamingSelect this check box if you want to use Active directory specific naming.
Enable Group Search Bind Credentials

Select this check box if you want to enable group search. You must also populate the Bind DN and Password fields. If you want to run an anonymous lookup, leave this check box empty.

Bind DN

If you want to use a specific Bind DN to search for the group, enter the Bind DN.

Password

If you want to use a specific Bind DN to search for the group, enter the password to connect LDAP Server.

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