LDAP

The LDAP settings configure credentials that are required by users to access contacts on a device.

LDAP configuration settings

The following table describes the settings that you can configure for LDAP on an iOS device:
Policy setting Description Supported devices
Hostname The address of the LDAP server. iOS 8.0+
Description A description of the LDAP account. iOS 8.0+
Enable SSL The device uses SSL to communicate with the LDAP server. iOS 8.0+
Username The user name of the LDAP account.

You can use a fixed user name if you are using a generic credential, or you can pull the %username% variable from the corporate directory.

iOS 8.0+
Password The password for the LDAP account.

You can use a fixed password if you are using the same account for all users, or pull the %password% from enrollment if you are using corporate directory authentication from the Cloud Extender.

 iOS 8.0+

LDAP search configuration settings

The following table describes the settings that you can configure for LDAP search on an iOS device:

Policy setting Description Supported devices
Description Optional: A description of the LDAP search path. iOS 8.0+
Scope The defined scope of the LDAP search:
  • Base: The immediate defined node for the search.
  • One level: The defined node and its immediate child nodes.
  • Subtree: The defined node and all child nodes.
 iOS 8.0+
Base The root location in the corporate directory where all users are searched. iOS 8.0+