Integrate openLDAP for simple authentication

Integrate openLDAP for simple authentication

Overview

Here i am integrating my Active Directory with following information. 
IP Address: 192.168.247.10
Domain of Active Directory: safesquid.net
Base Dn: dc=safesquid,dc=net
User Name: cn=admin,dc=safesquid,dc=net
See more about Integrate LDAP section, here we explained the working of each field in the Integrate LDAP section. 

Prerequisites

Make sure that all the values (LDAP server FQDN, LDAP server IP, Username, password, base dn, domain) in configuration are correct. If any value is wrong SafeSquid will fail to fetch the entries.

Access the SafeSquid User Interface

Go to configure Page

clicking on configure in safesquid interface

Go to Application Setup 

clicking on application setup

Go to Integrate LDAP

going to integrate LDAP in application setup section

Enable Integrate LDAP 

ensuring the LDAP section is enabled. by default it is set as false
clicking on the global edit
selecting true from the drop down menu
clicking on save policy

Go to LDAP servers

going to LAP servers tab

Add a new entry 

creating a new entry by clicking add new button
some default values are set to some options. leaving enabled as true and writing comment for future reference
leaving host name field blank
entering your LDAP server IP
clicking on encrypt password icon
entering admin password and confirming the password by entering in respective field
clicking on encrypt to encrypt the password
showing that the password is now encrypted
clicking on save policy
clicking on ldap entries tab to check for entries

Test User extraction 

showing all the users from LDAP server in ldap entries tab

Save Configuration 

clicking on save config to save it
When you click on Save config, it will give a prompt for asking the confirmation to store your configuration into the cloud. 
Select Yes only in below cases:
if you want to use this same configuration in other SafeSquid instances.
if your total configuration in all sections is completed and validated. 
Otherwise select No and click on submit.




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