Testing your LDAP connection

About this task

The first step is to test that you can successfully connect to your LDAP server. This section of the utility must be completed and verified before you can continue. To test your LDAP connection, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Enter the connection information.
    Connection URL
    Defines the URL used to connect to your LDAP server.
    Connection Name
    This must be set to the user ID that is defined for authenticating a read-only LDAP connection with the LDAP server. The user name must contain all the necessary rights to read all the required information from the directory tree.
    Connection Password
    This must be set to the password defined for authenticating a read-only LDAP connection with the LDAP server. You can enter a plain text or an encrypted password.
    If you enter a plain text password, you can encrypt it by clicking Encrypt Password.
    Note: When you click Encrypt Password , Connection Password Encrypted is automatically selected.

    If you enter an encrypted password, you must also select Connection Password Encrypted.

    Connection Password Encrypted
    Determines whether the password is treated as encrypted or not. If you select Connection Password Encrypted the password is treated as encrypted if you do not select it, the password is treated as plain text.
    Note:
    1. This option is automatically selected when you click Encrypt Password.
    2. If you enter an encrypted password in the Connection Password field and deselect Connection Password Encrypted, the password is not decrypted. The password remains encrypted for security reasons.
    Alternate URL
    Defines a secondary LDAP server name. If the primary LDAP server is down, you can use the alternative LDAP server for authentication.
    Security Authentication
    Select the security authentication. Specifies the security level to use. If you are using SSL, select Simple. If you are using SASL, select DIGEST-MD5.
  2. Click Test Connection.

Results

If a successful connection is made to the LDAP server, Connection OK is displayed. If a connection is not possible, Connection Error is displayed. Click the question mark for more details of what is causing the error.

When you have a successful connection to your LDAP server, you can then configure and test group and user search parameters.