Configuring an LDAP Namespace for IBM Directory Server

If you configure a new LDAP namespace for use with the IBM® Directory Server, you must modify the necessary settings and change the values for all properties of the IBM Directory objects.

1. Open IBM Cognos® Configuration.
2. In the Explorer window, under Security, right-click Authentication.
3. Click New resource > Namespace.
4. In the Name box, type a name for your authentication namespace.
5. In the Type list, click LDAP-General default values.
6. Click OK.
   The new authentication namespace resource appears in the Explorer window, under the Authentication component.
7. In the Properties window, for the Namespace ID property, specify a unique identifier for the namespace.
   Tip: Do not use colons (:) in the Namespace ID property.
   For Host and Port, specify <Hostname>:<port>.
   For example, localhost:389.
8. Specify the values for all other properties to ensure that IBM Cognos Analytics can locate and use your existing authentication namespace.
   • For Base Distinguished Name, specify the entry for a user search.
   • For User lookup, specify (uid=${userID}).
   • For Bind user DN and password, specify cn=root. For example, cn=root as a user name and secret as a password.
     Note: Specify the values if you want an LDAP authentication provider to bind to the directory server by using a specific bind user DN and password. If no values are specified, an LDAP authentication namespace binds as anonymous.
9. If you do not use external identity mapping, use bind credentials to search an LDAP directory server. Complete the following items.
   • Set Use external identity to False.
   • Set Use bind credentials for search to True.
   • Specify the user ID and password for Bind user DN and password.
10. To configure an LDAP advanced mapping properties, see the values that are specified in the following table.

    Table 1. LDAP advanced mapping values

    Mappings	LDAP property	LDAP value
    Folder	Object class	organizationalunit, organization, and container
    	Description	description
    	Name	ou, o, and cn
    Group	Object class	groupofnames
    	Description	description
    	Member	member
    	Name	cn
    Account	Object class	inetorgperson
    	Business phone	telephonenumber
    	Content locale	(leave blank)
    	Description	description
    	Email	mail
    	Fax/Phone	facsimiletelephonenumber
    	Given name	givenname
    	Home phone	homephone
    	Mobile phone	mobile
    	Name	cn
    	Pager phone	pager
    	Password	userPassword
    	Postal address	postaladdress
    	Product locale	(leave blank)
    	Surname	sn
    	Username	uid

    If the schema is modified, you must make extra mapping changes.
11. To prevent the anonymous access, complete the following steps:
    1. Go to Security > Authentication > Cognos.
    2. Set Allow anonymous access? to False.
12. From the File menu, click Save.