Active Directory Integration

Active Directory Integration

Use this function to configure authorization through the Microsoft Active Directory service of your organization.


Creating the authorization server

In the admin panel, find the LDAP_USERS section. Click on the Servers subsection name or use the Change link.

 

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To create a new authorization server, click ADD SERVER.

 

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This opens the edit page where we can set the parameters for the new authorization server. 

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Author — Information about the user who created the entry. The field is automatically filled in when you create a content type. (Required)
Editor — 
Information about the user who edited the entry. Filled in automatically when creating and/or changing the content type.
 Modified — 
Information about the date the record was created and edited. Filled in automatically when creating and/or changing the content type.(Mandatory field) 
Is Active — Shows that this authorization method is active
Url — AD address to which the connection will be made. Saved as ldap://ad.example-server.com
Active Directory — Required for AD activation (mandatory field for the current AD)
Active Directory Principal — determines the login type
Active directory domain — address in the form ad.example-server.com
Connection username — 
Username through which AD and Picvario users will communicate. When activating Active Directory Principal looks like username@Active directory domain
Connection password — User password through which AD and Picvario users will communicate.
Connect timeout — 
The parameter that determines the amount of time allocated for connecting to the AD. Set in seconds.
Receive timeout — 
the parameter that defines the amount of time allocated to receiving a response from AD. Set in seconds.
User object class / Group object class — 
Classes to which users and groups on the server belong. For Active Directory, these are the user and group classes.
User search base / Group search base — 
Databases where classes are searched for. Saved in the following format: test-ad.smartex-it.com 

DC=test-ad, DC=smartex-it, DC=com


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