Enabling LDAP Authentication

By default, Team Studio manages users through the PostgreSQL database. However, it can be configured to authenticate against an external LDAP server.

The Team Studio collaboration framework uses the LDAPv3 server, including Active Directory support, to manage and authenticate users. For more information about the LDAP server, see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt.

LDAP provides the following benefits:

  • Adding users to Team Studio: When a user is added, Team Studio maintains a read-only copy of common user information, such as the user's name and department.
  • Authenticating users with LDAP.
  • Configuring LDAP
    Follow these steps to configure LDAP authentication.
  • LDAP Configuration Properties
    The following table lists configuration properties related to LDAP.
  • Adding LDAP Users
    The following procedures demonstrate how to add and remove LDAP users through Team Studio.
  • Removing LDAP Users
    Users removed from the authorized group on the LDAP server are not automatically removed from Team Studio. They can no longer log into Team Studio, but the user account still exists in the application. To remove the account, manually delete it from Team Studio.
  • Troubleshooting LDAP Configuration
    Here are solutions for some common issues you might encounter while enabling LDAP authentication.
  • LDAP Use Case Scenarios
    The following LDAP use case scenarios describe steps for authenticating users who have or do not have group memberships, and how to import users from an LDAP group to Team Studio.
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