Configure Domain Controller

Configure Domain Controller


Role Required: SDAdmin

AssetExplorers allows you to use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to import users from a user directory through the domain controller.

To import users, you must initially configure the domain controller for the imported domains.

Go to Admin > Organizational Details >  LDAP, click Add New Domain under the Domain Controllers block.

Use the following pointers to configure the domain controller:
Field Name
Description
Domain Controller*
Specify the domain controller of the domain from which the users have to be imported. The domain controller responds to all security-related authentication requests within the related domain.
  1. The URL syntax is as follows: ldap://<server name>:<port number> where the default port is 389.
  2. To connect LDAP in secured mode, use the following URL: ldaps://hostname:636 where the default port is 636.
User Name
Enter the Distinguished Name of your user account.
Password
Specify the password used to log in to the Active Directory.
Base DN*
The Base DN represents the distinguished base name. Example: CN = Users, DC = domain name, DC = com.
Search Filter*
Specify the criteria to apply to the domain controller in the Search Filter field. For ex: mail=* will import users from the parameter mail in the specified domain controller.
LDAP Server Type*
Specify the Server type as either Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, or OpenLDAP.
Login/Mail/Distinguished Name Attribute Label*
Specify the Login Attribute Label, Mail Attribute Label, and the Distinguished Name Attributed Label (similar to the Base DN) in the respective fields.
* Mandatory fields

Click Save or Save and Import. You can also import users from the existing domain by clicking Import Now on the corresponding Domain Controllers. The existing data will be overwritten on importing the users from the same domain.

After importing users, you can configure authentication and schedule import from the LDAP configurations.



You can also edit/delete a domain controller from the Domain Controllers block under Admin > Organizational Details > LDAP.
  1. Click a domain controller's name to edit it.
  2. Select the domain controllers from the table and click the icon. Note that users imported from a deleted domain controller will not be able to log in to the application further using LDAP credentials.