Manual Chapter :
Creating an LDAP Authentication
Applies To:
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BIG-IP APM
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0
Creating an LDAP Authentication
You create an LDAP Authentication when
authentication or authorization data is stored on a remote LDAP server or a Microsoft
Windows Active Directory server. You can configure it for LDAP or LDAPS.
- On the Main tab, click .
- ClickCreate.
- ForName, type a name for the LDAP Authentication Configuration.
- ForServer Connection, leave the defaultUse Pool.selected.
- ForServer Pool Name, type a name for the server pool.
- ForServer Addresses, type the IP addresses of each server pool member and clickAdd.Set the priority for each pool member by using theUpandDownbuttons.
- Configure LDAP or LDAPS:
- For LDAP: LeaveModeset toLDAP, andService Portset to389.
- For LDAPS: SetModetoLDAPS, andService Portset to636.
- ForBase Search DN, type the base distinguished name from which to search.
- ForAdmin DN, type the distinguished name (DN) of the user with administrator rights.
- ForAdmin Password, type the admin password for the LDAP server.
- ForVerify Admin Password, verify the password again.
- ForGroup Cache Lifetime, specify the lifetime (in days) of a group cache. The default lifetime is 30 days.
- If using LDAPS, for SSL Profile (Server), select the profile such as apm-default-serverssl.
- ClickFinished.
The LDAP Authentication is created.
