Configuring LDAP clients

You must set up your LDAP client before you can configure it.

Before you begin

Ensure that all cluster nodes are up and reachable.

About this task

To configure an LDAP client, complete the following steps.

Procedure

From the command line enter, smitty sysmirror.
In SMIT, select System Management (C-SPOC) > LDAP > LDAP client configuration > Configure LDAP client, and press Enter.

Complete the following fields:

Table 1. Fields for configuring LDAP client
Fields	Value
LDAP servers	Press F4 to select the LDAP servers that are configured in your environment.
Bind DN	Displays the bind DN. You cannot edit this field.
Bind password	Enter the bind DN password.
Authentication type	Press F4 to select the authentication type. The default value is ldap_auth.
Suffix/Base DN	Enter the base DN, which is the root for all other DNs that store information in the LDAP directory for the cluster.
Server port number	Enter the server port number.
SSL key path	Enter the SSL key path to store the client key.
SSL password	Enter the SSL key password for the client.

Verify that all fields are correct, and press Enter. The configuration process can take a long time to complete.

Note: The permissions of the root user and user groups are preserved. The execute permission for all PowerHA® SystemMirror® commands on all nodes in the cluster is removed for other users.