LDAP Connection

The LDAP Connection shared resource creates a connection to an LDAP server.

See Creating an LDAP Connection for more details about how to create an LDAP connection.

General

In the General panel, you can specify the package that stores the LDAP Connection shared resource, the shared resource name, and so on.

The following table lists the configuration in the General panel:

Field Module Property? Visual Diff? Description
Package No No The name of the package where the new shared resource is added.
Name No No The name to be displayed as the label for the shared resource.
Description No Yes A short description for the shared resource.

LDAP Connection Configuration

In the LDAP Connection Configuration panel, you can provide the information of the LDAP server that the plug-in connects to.

The following table lists the configuration in the LDAP Connection Configuration panel:

Field Module Property? Visual Diff? Description
Server Type No Yes The type of the LDAP server that the plug-in connects to.
Server Name Yes Yes The host name or IP address of the machine where the LDAP server is running.
LDAP Port Yes Yes The port number to communicate with the LDAP server.
Authentication Mode No Yes The authentication mode to authenticate the client. The following authentication modes are supported:
  • Simple: the user name and password used to access an LDAP server are required.
  • Anonymous: no user credential is required.
  • External: this option is available only when you select the Use TLS check box. When you select the external authentication mode, two-way TLS authentication is enabled.
Authentication No Yes The user credential used to log in to the LDAP server, which is specified in the Identity Provider shared resource. See Creating an Identity Provider Resource for more details.

Note: This option is automatically selected when you select the simple authentication mode.
Note: Visual Diff is not supported for Identity Provider field.
Use TLS No Yes If the LDAP server that the plug-in connects to is encrypted by TLS, select the Use TLS check box.

See Configuring TLS for more details about how to configure TLS.

Note: Visual Diff is not supported for SSL Client Configuration field.

LDAP Reconnection for Runtime Configuration

In the LDAP Reconnection for Runtime Configuration panel, you can specify the reconnection related settings.

The following table lists the configuration in the LDAP Reconnection for Runtime Configuration panel:

Field Module Property? Visual Diff? Description
Reconnection Times Yes Yes The number of attempts that the plug-in makes to connect to the LDAP server when the connection is broken. The default value is 3.
Reconnection Interval(ms) Yes Yes The time interval (in milliseconds) between the connection that failed and a new connection. The default value is 3000.
Connection Timeout(ms) Yes Yes

The Connection would be in open state for configured time. The timeout (in milliseconds).

The default value is 30000.

Note: If High CPU Utilization occurred in application, then try to set the ConnectionTimeout value greater than 50 sec.