LDAP/AD Authentication

Overview

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Your HyperCloud^TM Platform (HCP) can accept Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication if your organization had implemented remote authentication. The HCP portal can be configured to accept remote authentication providers like:

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or LDAP 

• Microsoft Azure Active Directory

Whenever a user attempts to log in to your HCP portal, the portal authenticates the user against their LDAP or Microsoft Azure Active Directory. If authentication is:

• Successful: the user is logged into the HCP portal.

• Unsuccessful: HCP portal will verify the credentials against the database.

When to use remote authentication providers?

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Info

The process for configuring Microsoft Azure Active Directory account to support LDAP is beyond the scope of this document. Refer to the Microsoft Support Documentation, to know more about the process. 

You can use remote authentication providers to:

• Set up specific configurations for Individual Users or User Groups within your HCP portal.

• Verify the HCP user credentials against your corporate LDAP directory.

• Prevent performance issues that arise out of downloading large groups-related information from your LDAP directory.

Enable LDAP

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To enable LDAP on your HCP portal:

1. Login to your HCP portal.

2. Navigate to Administration>Users>Identity Provider>New>LDAP/AD.

3. Click on LDAP/AD. You'll be redirected to the LDAP/AD Authentication Provider Details page. 

4. Complete the fields with information specific to your LDAP or Microsoft Azure Active Directory account. Refer to the field description table below: 

Field Name	Connection Details
URL	Provide your organization's LDAP/AD URL.
Name	Provide a name for your connection to help you identify the directory.
LDAP Bind User DN	Provide an LDAP Bind User DN. This is the User Name a user needs to provide at the time of logging into the HCP portal. By default, the User Bind DN lets you authenticate the login and password change operations.
LDAP Bind Password	Provide the LDAP Bind Password. This is the user's login password.
Base Details
Filter	Provide filter, if any.
Base DN	Provide the value for the root distinguished name (DN) that needs to be used while running queries against the directory server. Examples o=example,c=com cn=users,dc=ad,dc=example,dc=com For Microsoft Active Directory, specify the base DN in the following format:  dc=domain1,dc=local. You will need to replace domain1 and local with your environment-specific configuration. Microsoft Server has a "ldp.exe" tool that lets you find and configure your LDAP server structure.
ADFS Details
ADFS Login URL	Enter the URL and Partner URL for your Identity Provider. Providing the Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Login URL, lets you log in to your Identity Provider using a single sign-on (SSO.)
Relying Party ID	Enter the details of the Relying Party ID.

5. Click on Save Changes. You can now import users from your remote authentication provider account.

6. Click on Test Connection. If the details you entered are correct, you'll get a Connection Successful and Base DN Verified status message to the right.