Software Secure Workload
Activity Configure

Configure Identity Connector with OpenLDAP

Create an Identity Connector for LDAP in Secure Workload to establish communication with OpenLDAP.

Procedure

1

From the navigation pane, choose Manage > Workloads > Connectors.

2

Click Identity Connector and select Configure your new connector here.

3

On the New Connection page, enter the following details:

Fields

Description

Connector Name

Enter a name for the connector.

Description

Enter a description.

Domain Name

Enter a domain name. The domain name must be unique in the selected scope, for example, csw.com.

Base DN

Enter the Base DN, or Distinguished Name that serves as the starting point for searches within the directory tree. For example, dc=csw, dc=com.

User Filter

Enter a filter to define the criteria for identifying entries that contain certain kinds of information.

Example 1: To identify users, you candistinguish them by having two objectClass attributes—one set to 'person' and another to 'user.' The matching criteria can be (&(objectClass=person)(objectClass=user))

Example 2: To retrieve all the entries that have the objectClass=user and the cn attribute containing the word Marketing, the search filter can be(&(objectClass=user)(cn=*Marketing*))

Username and Password

Enter the credentials to connect to the OpenLDAP server.

CA Certificate

Upload the CA certificate and enter the SSL server name that Secure Workload uses to authenticate. If not, Disable SSL.

Server IP/FQDN and Port

Enter the server IP address and port number.

Secure Connector

Enable if a Secure Connector is used to tunnel connections from Secure Workload to OpenLDAP.

Before you can enable this option, you should have deployed a Secure Connector.

For more information, see Secure Connector.

4

Click Create.

Figure 1: Configure a New Connector

A new Identity Connector is created and the communication is established between Secure Workload and OpenLDAP.