LDAPSync concepts

Understand the key concepts and components of the LDAPsync solution.

Target directory

IBM® Security Verify Directory is the centralized target directory for LDAPSync.

Source endpoint

A configured source system that can provide input data in a flow.

The source endpoint types that are supported by LDAPSync are LDAP directories that support changelog, such as IBM Security Verify Directory, Sun Directory Server, and OpenLDAP.

LDAPSync also supports Active Directory. Even though Active Directory does not provide a change history, each entry in Active Directory holds special update sequence number (USN) that indicates when an object was created or modified.

Flow

A configuration that defines the relationship between the source endpoints and the target IBM Security Verify Directory.

Attribute maps

A map that converts the attribute from the source schema to the corresponding attribute in the target schema.