Configuring LDAP Settings

How to configure your archive's LDAP settings.

LDAP is the common name for accessing the content of directory servers such as Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, and Lotus Domino. Cryoserver uses LDAP in three ways:

  • To assist when validating a User Login [if ‘translate user’ option is used]; and/or.

  • To expand email addresses in non-enveloped emails.

  • To provide User Account lists for selection purposes under User Directory, Mailbox Reader, and Folder Replication.

Administrators can configure one or more connections to their organization’s LDAP server.

  1. Navigate to Basic Configuration > LDAP Servers.

  2. Click the Create New Server button.

  3. Enter / Select the required values in the fields. Refer to the table below for field names and descriptions.

  4. Click Fetch Base DN.

  5. Continue to enter/select values in the remainder of the form.

  6. The next step is to test the connection. Click Test Connection.

  7. A confirmation message will be displayed.

    1. There are generally 3 outcomes:

      1. The connection is successful and the credentials are correct.

      2. Credentials are incorrect.

      3. Sometimes after a long wait, the Connection to the LDAP server fails or is blocked in some way.

  8. Click Save Details.

The LDAP server will be integrated.

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