Chapter 25. Integration with OpenLDAP and Active Directory

Table of Contents

25.1. Creating a User Group in a Directory Service
25.1.1. Creating a User Group in OpenLDAP
25.2. Creating a User Group in Active Directory using ADUC
25.3. Creating a User Group in Active Directory Using PowerShell
25.4. Configuring Integration with a Directory Service
25.5. Configuring Authorization in PPEM
25.6. Checking Authentication and Authorization in PPEM
25.7. Troubleshooting Authentication

PPEM supports authentication using the directory services OpenLDAP and Active Directory. Within the integration, roles are assigned to LDAP users in the web application using directory service user groups.

For more information about authentication and authorization, refer to Section 7.5.

The integration process includes the following steps:

  1. Create a user group in a directory service.

  2. Configure integration with a directory service.

  3. Configure authorization in PPEM.

  4. Check authentication and authorization in PPEM and troubleshoot authentication if required.