Overview of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) connector

The LDAP connector enables a two-way communication between Cast Iron® and LDAP Servers . LDAP Server comprises of LDAP entries such as a user, systems, network, services etc. allowing sharing of information over internet. LDAP connector provides bidirectional connectivity to work with LDAP Entries present in LDAP Server.

You can perform the following activities using the LDAP connector:

Outbound Activities :
  1. Create Entry
  2. Retrieve Entry
  3. Search Entry
  4. Delete Entry

Creating or Editing Endpoint for LDAP

Endpoints provide the configuration information that Studio and the Integration Appliance use to connect to a LDAP server.

Selecting or editing a LDAP endpoint :

  1. In the Create Endpoint or Edit Endpoint pane, configure the LDAP server as described in the following table.

    1. In addition to these fields, the endpoint pane contains Connection pool options and Remote Endpoint Configuration.

Note: Changing the configuration properties of an endpoint affects all orchestrations that use that endpoint in the project. The edits are global, not local.

2 .Click Test Connection to confirm that the connection details are valid and you are able to connect to the LDAP server successfully.

3 .Click OK.

LDAP Network Parameters Description

Host

Specifies the host name or IP address of the machine on which LDAP server is running

Port

Specifies the LDAP Sever port. The default value is 389.
Protocol version

LDAP Protocol version, LDAP Connector supports only Protocol v3

Base Dn

Point from where connector (LDAP browser) display LDAP tree (Directory Information Tree)

Connection Pool options

Description

Minimum Connections

Specifies the lowest number of LADP server connections that the Integration Appliance keeps open in the connection pool. Entering 0 (zero) is supported. The default value is 5

Maximum Connections

Specifies the maximum number of LADP server connections that the Integration Appliance can keep open in the connection pool. Entering 0 (zero) means the maximum number of connections is unbounded. The default value is 25

Maximum Idle Time

Specifies the amount of time in minutes that a LADP server connection can be open in an idle state before being closed by the Integration Appliance. Entering 0 (zero) means that the connections are closed when they are returned to the pool —no idle time. The default value is 120 minutes

Maximum Wait

Specifies the amount of time in seconds that the Integration Appliance waits for a connection when all the connections in the pool are exhausted. If no connection is obtained after the wait time, an exception is thrown. The default value is 300 seconds

Reclaim Connections

Specifies the interval at which the connector checks for idle connections. Idle connections are reclaimed until the minimum number of connections is reached, as specified in the Minimum Connections parameter. The default value is 5 minutes

Remote Endpoint Configuratons

Description

Endpoint Runs Behind Firewall

SEnables the secure connector name property so that secure connector can be used if the LADP server is running behind a firewall

Secure Connector Name

Specifies the maximum number of LADP server connections that the Integration Appliance can keep open in the connection pool. Entering 0 (zero) means the maximum number of connections is unbounded. The default value is 25




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