Configure LDAP

Perform the following steps to configure LDAP with FTA Security:
  1. Navigate to the LDAP Settings page, define the following parameters:
    • Edit Mode:
       Select any of the following options from the drop-down list to import the LDAP user:
      • UNSYNCED - User will be imported to FTASecurity, but changes made to the user will not be synced back to LDAP.
      • WRITABLE - User will be imported to FTASecurity and changes made to the user will be synced back to LDAP.
        NOTE:
        In WRITABLE mode, if the User is deleted in FTA Security, then the user is deleted in LDAP also.
      LDAP - Settings
    • Connection URL:
      Enter Connection URL to the LDAP server (
      ldap://<ldap_ip_address>:389
      ).
      • Click [Test Connection] to ensure that the connection is successful.
    • Users DN:
      CN=Users,DC=eig12,DC=sjt
    • Bind DN:
       CN=FTAAdmin,CN=Users,DC=eig12,DC=sjt
      NOTE:
      The FTAAdmin is the LDAP admin user which will be used by FTA Security to access LDAP.
    • Bind Credential:
       Password of FTAAdmin.
      • Click [Test Authentication].
    • Custom User LDAP Filter:
(|(memberOf=cn=DataFlowML-Admin,ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt)(memberOf=cn=DataFlowML-Users,ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt)(memberOf=cn=DataView-Admin,ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt)(memberOf=cn=DataView-Users,ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt)(memberOf=cn=Edge-Admin,ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt)(memberOf=cn=Edge-Users,ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt))
  1. Accept the default settings and click [Save].
    LDAP - Settings (Continued)
  2. Go to the [Mappers] tab and click [Create].
  3. Define the following parameters:
    • Name:
      fta-group-ldap-mapper
    • Mapper Type:
      group-ldap-mapper.
    • LDAP Groups DN:
       ou=Domain Controllers,dc=eig12,dc=sjt
  4. Accept the default settings and click [Save].
    LDAP - Mappers Tab
  5. Go to the [Settings] tab and click [Synchronize all users].
    NOTE:
    The users in the FTASecurity User groups are only imported.
    Synchronize All Users
    NOTE:
    The DataView Admin user must login to DataView application and manually import the DataView Users created in FTASecurity into the DataView database to enable access to the DataView application.
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