Administrator Guide

a fFor the Extended Schema eld, select Enabled.
9 To use LDAP over TLS to encrypt all communications with the LDAP server:
a For the LDAP over TLS eld, select Enabled.
10 To install an LDAP certicate:
a For the Install LDAP Certicate eld, select Enabled.
b In the LDAP certicate eld, specify a certicate.
c Click Upload Certicate.
11 To use non-anonymous LDAP bind:
a For the Non-Anonymous LDAP bind eld, select Enabled.
b In the Bind DN and Bind Password elds, type the appropriate information.
12 Click OK.
Enable LDAP Authentication
Congure the FluidFS cluster to communicate with the LDAP directory service. Adding multiple LDAP servers ensures continued
authentication of users in the event of an LDAP server failure. If the FluidFS cluster cannot establish contact with the preferred server, it
will attempt to connect to the remaining servers in order.
1 In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2 Click the File System tab.
3 In the File System view, select Client Accessibility.
4 Click the Directory Services tab.
5 Click Edit Settings in the NFS User Repository section. The Edit External User Database dialog box opens.
6 Select LDAP.
7 In the Base DN eld, type an LDAP base distinguished name to represent where in the directory to begin searching for users. The
name is usually in this format: dc=domain, dc=com.
8 In the LDAP Servers text eld, type the host name or IP address of an LDAP server and click Add. Repeat this step for any additional
LDAP servers.
9 (Optional) Congure the remaining LDAP attributes as needed. These options are described in the online help.
• To indicate that Active Directory provides the LDAP database, select the Extended Schema checkbox.
• To authenticate the connection from the FluidFS cluster to the LDAP server, select the Non-Anonymous LDAP bind checkbox.
Then, type the LDAP bind distinguished name used to authenticate the connection in the Bind DN eld and type the LDAP bind
password in the Bind Password eld.
• To encrypt the connection from the FluidFS cluster to the LDAP server using TLS, select the LDAP over TLS checkbox.
• To validate the certicate used by the LDAP server, select the Install LDAP Certicate checkbox. Then, click Upload Certicate
and select the LDAP SSL certicate to upload to the FluidFS cluster.
10 Click OK.
Change the LDAP Base DN
The LDAP base distinguished name represents where in the directory to begin searching for users.
1 In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2 Click the File System tab.
3 In the File System view, select Client Accessibility.
4 Click the Directory Services tab.
5 Click Edit Settings in the NFS User Repository section. The Edit External User Database dialog box opens.
6 In the Base DN eld, type an LDAP base distinguished name. The name is usually in this format: dc=domain, dc=com.
7 Click OK.
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