Creating an LDAP Container
Before resources can be mapped to groups or positions in an organization model, you must create an LDAP container from which the resources can be selected.
An LDAP container is a collection of one or more LDAP(1) sources.
An LDAP source represents a connection to an LDAP server, which holds information about potential (or "candidate") resources (users) who may need to use or participate in TIBCO applications.
An LDAP container consists of a primary LDAP source, and zero or more secondary LDAP sources. When creating an LDAP container and specifying its LDAP sources, you use one of the following source types to locate resources:
- LDAP Query Source - An LDAP query is used to identify the directory entries that will be candidate resources.
For an example of creating an LDAP container that uses an LDAP Query Source to locate candidate resources, see Creating an LDAP Container Using an LDAP Query Source.
- LDAP Group Source - A Group DN is used to identify the directory entry that is the group. When a Group DN is specified, a
member attribute is also specified, which holds the collection of member identifiers, that is, their DNs. This provides the list of candidate resources.
For an example of creating an LDAP container that uses an LDAP Group Source to locate candidate resources, see Creating an LDAP Container Using an LDAP Group Source.
For more information about primary and secondary LDAP sources, see the TIBCO Organization Browser User’s Guide.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, which is an application protocol for querying and modifying directory services.