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LDAP Authentication

LDAP authentication options are accessed by clicking the "Authentication" sub-tab at the top of the Admin Settings page, then selecting "LDAP" from the "Authentication Options" module.

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  1. Configure the LDAP server using the 6connect LDAP provided LDAP Schema
  2. Create the LDAP user(s) in a 'LDIF' file ( testing the query using LDAP Search, if desired)
  3. Configure ProVision with the LDAP authentication settings by enabling LDAP then entering (at minimum) the following information: 
    1. LDAP Server Address
    2. Port
    3. LDAP Auth DN List
    4. LDAP Fetch DN
    5. LDAP Filter DN
    6. LDAP Group Attribute

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To configure the use of LDAP authentication with ProVision:

  1. Log into 6connect ProVision
  2. Go to Settings Tab → Admin Settings -> Authentication
  3. Select "LDAP" under "Authentication Options"
  4. Move the LDAP Enable selector to the "ON" position.
  5. Fill in the hostname or ip address, authentication port, LDAP Security, Auth DN List, and Fetch DN, and LDAP Group Attribute.

    1. Some example values in this case would be: 

      • LDAP Enable: (Checked)
      • LDAP Server Address:  IP or Domain, such as 1.2.3.4 or somelabserver.lab.com
      • LDAP Port:  389 ( or SSL/TLS port is 636)
      • LDAP Security:  None
      • LDAP Auth DN:  cn=%LOGIN%,dc=6connect,dc=com
      • LDAP Fetch DN:  cn=%LOGIN%
      • LDAP Filter DN: cn=%LOGIN%
      • LDAP Group Attribute List:  memberOf
      • LDAP Username / LDAP Password: Optionally, you may enter LDAP admin credentials to allow ProVision to import and sync LDAP contacts. See Contact Manager for details on LDAP contacts.
  6. Click "Save Changes".
    1. NOTE: If you experience authentication errors at this step, confirm the LDAP settings using an LDAP Search, as described in the previous section.

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Note
titleSetting default login authentication options

The default login is 'Local", but the default login method displayed may be updated by performing the following steps: 

  • In the ProVision directory, navigate

In the login screen, you would select the authentication method from the dropdown. If you like, you can set the default login option in the following way:

Go
  • to the /data/globals.php
and
  • open the file in vi (or other text editor)
.
  • Add in the following text as the last line of the file (before the closing ?>)
    Code Block
    define('DEFAULT_LOGIN_TYPE', 'ldap');
  • Acceptable values are "local", "radius", "ldap" and "saml". If this line is not present in globals.php, the default option is "local".
Note
titleUsing SSL encryption

To use SSL encryption with LDAP, the ldap.conf file must be correctly configured on the ProVision server.

Typically, the LDAP configuration file is kept at "/etc/ldap/ldap.conf".  Make sure the following line is present:

    TLS_REQCERT allow

and restart the webserver. 

 

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  • List of LDAP Servers: View / Add LDAP servers
  • LDAP Enable: Check the box to enable LDAP functionality.
  • LDAP Server Address: The IP address or domain of your LDAP server.
  • LDAP Port: 389 ( or SSL/TLS port is 636)
  • LDAP Security: Select the security method of your LDAP server - SSL, TLS or None
  • LDAP Auth DN List: A query string that will be used to authenticate the user against the LDAP server.   %LOGIN% is a variable string that will be replaced with the user name.  This may be in list format, and the auth system will try each to authenticate the user. (ex: cn=%LOGIN%,ou=people,dc=6connect,dc=com)
  • LDAP Fetch DN List: The LDAP query that will be used to pull the user object
  • LDAP Filter DN List: Used to construct the LDAP query.
  • LDAP Group Attributes List:The LDAP attribute that will hold the LDAP-GNI group links. If using an internal list of user groups instead of 6connect ProVision groups, enter the attribute name for the LDAP groups here. If a Group Attribute is set, it will be used first, otherwise the 6connect ProVision schema will be used.
  • LDAP Username / LDAP Password: Optionally, you may enter LDAP admin credentials to allow ProVision to import and sync LDAP contacts. See Contact Manager for details on LDAP contacts.
  • Use system user for login queries: Enable / Disable to use the system user for queries
  • Try socket connection first: Enable / Disable to attempt socket connection as the first method.

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  • NOTE: Mapping Permissions to 6connect ProVision schema: To integrate 6connect ProVision permissions with your existing directory structure then you will need the 6connect ProVision schema. It should snap in with any existing LDAP structure and allow you to assign 6connect ProVision permissions to your existing users. You can download a copy of the schema.

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