Chapter 26. Integration with OpenLDAP and Active Directory

Table of Contents

26.1. Creating a User Group in a Directory Service
26.1.1. Creating a User Group in OpenLDAP
26.2. Creating a User Group in Active Directory using ADUC
26.3. Creating a User Group in Active Directory Using PowerShell
26.4. Configuring Integration with a Directory Service
26.5. Configuring Authorization in PPEM
26.6. Checking Authentication and Authorization in PPEM
26.7. 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.