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LDAP settings

In the LDAP synchronization module, you can implement settings for connecting to and importing data from LDAP.

You can access the LDAP synchronization module using the Configuration button in the octoplant hub user interface.

Figure: LDAP settings module

  • Server address: Name, IP address or domain of the LDAP server.
  • Port: Port of the LDAP server.
  • SSL encrypted: Activates/deactivates the encrypted connection to the LDAP server.
  • Username: User name for accessing the LDAP server.
  • Domain: Domain name or user attribute from LDAP.
  • DC:: DNS name of the domain.
  • DN (All Users): Distinguished Name (= DN) of the LDAP group within which to search for users (and other groups) to be imported.
  • Filter for DN (All Users): Here you can set a filter for the DN. You can find more details here: https://ldap.com/the-ldap-search-operation/. The pre-entered default value is (objectClass=*).
  • DN (Administrators): Distinguished Name (= DN) of the LDAP group whose users are to be imported into the octoplant group administrators.
  • Filter for DN (administrators): Here you can set a filter for the DN. You can find more information on this at here: https://ldap.com/the-ldap-search-operation/.

Attribute assignment

The user attributes from LDAP can be entered here:

  • Username
  • E-mail address
  • First name
  • Surname

Info

First name and surname are not used individually in the AdminClient but as the Full name. Therefore, the two attributes cannot be imported automatically from the octoplant server.

If you select the Import configuration from octoplant server button, the LDAP configuration settings of the octoplant server selected by you will be adopted.

Importing users/groups from LDAP

You can import users and groups from LDAP either automatically or manually:

  • To enable automatic nightly import at a specified time, select the Enable daily auto import checkbox.
  • To import users and groups manually, select the Execute manual import button.

Select the Enable LDAP authentication checkbox to allow imported LDAP users to log in to the octoplant hub with their LDAP credentials.
If this checkbox is not selected, the user data is still imported, but those users cannot log in.

Info

Although users can be imported from LDAP, the number of users who can access the octoplant hub is limited by your license.
You can view the licensed user count in the octoplant hub’s licensing section.

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