Viewing status of the external LDAP server

If you are running Integrated Analytics System Version 1.0.8 or later, you can view the current status of the external LDAP server and the LDAP server attributes that are used in platform user authentication.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the appliance as apuser or any equivalent that is a member of ibmapadmin OS group.
  2. Use the ap_external_ldap.pl 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.pl status

Results

Running the ap_external_ldap.pl utility with status option shows one of the following statuses along with current configuration details:
  • LDAP Host not reachable
  • LDAP service not reachable on LDAP Host
  • LDAP service not reachable on LDAP Host via Proxy
  • LDAP service connected on LDAP Host

Example

The output is produced in the following format:
  • External LDAP server not enabled:
    ap_external_ldap.pl status
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|                               EXTERNAL LDAP STATUS                              
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LDAP Server: Local
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  • LDAP service on LDAP Host connected:
    
ap_external_ldap.pl  status 

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|                               EXTERNAL LDAP STATUS                               |
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LDAP Server: External
Connection Status: 
  LDAP service connected on LDAP Host
Configuration:
               LDAP Type: openldap
               LDAP Host:Port: ldaphost.ibm.com:389
               SSL Type: ldaps
               SEARCH BASE: dc=ibm,dc=com
               SEARCH DN: cn=Manager,dc=ibm,dc=com
               CA CERT: /tmp/cacert.pem
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