You can configure access to your LDAP server to import LDAP user information when you
create users in IBM
OpenPages® with Watson™.
Before you begin
To configure LDAP access for user provisioning, you must be a member of the OPAdministrators user
group and have the following application permission; .
If you are using LDAP over SSL/TLS, complete the preconfiguration task first.
Procedure
- Click
.
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Click New.
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Type a name for the LDAP configuration.
You can configure multiple LDAP servers. When you use multiple servers, the Create
User page shows the search results from all LDAP servers. The maximum number of search
results displayed on the page is the sum total of the maximum results configured for each LDAP
server.
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In the Provider URL field, type the LDAP service provider that you want
to use.
The value must be a URL string, such as ldap://<hostname>:389.
Or, if you are using SSL/TLS:
ldaps://<hostname>:636Note: If you are
using LDAP over SSL/TLS, you need to do some additional
preconfiguration steps.
- Enter the values for your LDAP server. For information about a field, click the
field.
Required fields have a red
* next to the field name.
In the
First name attribute,
Middle name attribute, and
Last name attribute fields, type the attribute names that you want to map to
the
OpenPages user's given name, middle name, and
surname.
Note: The middle name is not displayed in
OpenPages by default. You might want to display it so
that you can differentiate users who have the same given name and surname. To display the middle
name in the search results of the
Create User page, add the following code to
:
%MN. For more information, see
Modifying how the names of users are displayed. The middle name is not stored in
OpenPages.
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Click Validate.
If a required field is missing or contains an incorrect value, a message is displayed.
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After you successfully validate the information, click Save.
> Users and Security > User LDAP
Configuration.