Viewing status of the external LDAP server

View the current status of the LDAP server and the attributes that are used in system user authentication.

Procedure

Log in to the head node as apadmin or any equivalent that is a member of ibmapsysadmins OS group.
Use the ap_external_ldap status option to list the current status of the external LDAP Server and LDAP server attributes that are used in platform user authentication.
```
ap_external_ldap status
```

Example

The output is produced in the following format:

External LDAP server not enabled:


ap_external_ldap status
+----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|       CPDS EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION FOR SYSTEM USERS                                  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|LDAP Server: Local                                                                     |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

LDAP service on LDAP Host connected:


[ap_external_ldap status
+----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|       CPDS EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION FOR SYSTEM USERS                                  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|LDAP Server         :ad                                                                |
|LDAP Server Status  :CONNECTED TO LDAP SERVER                                          |
|LDAP Host           :ldap://Db2WH-AD-WS161.fyre.ibm.com                                |
|LDAP Port           :389                                                               |
|Search User         :CN=prasad,CN=Users,DC=fyre,DC=ibm,DC=com                          |
|Search Password     :*********                                                         |
|Search Base         :DC=fyre,DC=ibm,DC=com                                             |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+