LDAP Connection
An LDAP Connection resource template represents a connection to an LDAP server. Used by component implementations to look up names in an LDAP directory server.
General
Property | Required? | Editable? | Accepts SVars? | Description |
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Connection Factory | Y | Y | Y | The factory object that provides the starting point for resolution of names within the LDAP server.
Default: com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory. |
Provider URL | Y | Y | Y | The URL that provides the host and port number on which the LDAP server is listening for connections. It can also include a Base DN, the DN of an entry in the directory.
The Base DN:
If the Base DN is not specified, all searches begin at the root DN. Any unsafe characters in the URL must be represented by a special sequence of characters called escaping. For example, a space must be represented as
Default: ldap://localhost:389. |
Connection Timeout (ms) | N | Y | Y | The time to wait for a response from the LDAP directory server.
Default: 0. |
Login Credentials
Property | Required? | Editable? | Accepts SVars? | Description |
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Login Credentials | Y | Y | N | Indicate how the credentials required to authenticate to a server are provided:
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Identity Provider | N | Y | N | Name of the Identity Provider resource used to authenticate the user. |
Username | N | Y | N | Username used to authenticate connections to the server. |
Password | N | Y | N |
User's password used to authenticate connections to the server. (Administrator only) For superusers, passwords display encrypted. For nonsuperusers, the password doesn't display even if it was set when it was created. If you have permission to edit the password, you can specify a new value and save. If you edit other fields, the old value for the password field is retained. If you want to set an empty value as password, click the link Set Blank Password. |
Advanced
Property | Required? | Editable? | Accept SVars? | Description |
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Pool Size | N | Y | Y | The preferred number of connections per connection identity that should be maintained concurrently.
Default: 10. |
Pool Maximum | N | Y | Y | The maximum number of connections per connection identity that can be maintained concurrently.
Default: 15. |
Pool Initial | N | Y | Y | The number of connections per connection identity to create when initially creating a connection for the identity.
Default: 5. |
Pool Timeout (ms) | N | Y | Y | The length of time that an idle connection may remain in the pool without being closed and removed from the pool.
Default: 300000. |
Follow Referrals | N | N | Y | Indicate whether an LDAP server should return a reference (a referral) to another LDAP server which may contain further information instead of returning a result.
Default: Unchecked. |
SSL
Property | Required? | Editable? | Accepts SVars? | Description |
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Enable SSL | Y | Y | N |
Enable SSL connections. When checked, the SSL properties display. Default: Unchecked. |
SSL Client Provider | Y | Y | Y | The name of an SSL Client Provider resource. |