How To: Create User Authentication using AD LDAP

Question

How can I authenticate users using LDAP?

Reasoning

AD LDAP is a robust and flexible authentication mechanism that offers centralized user management, enhanced security, scalability, and interoperability, which is why it is the preferred solution for authentication in many enterprise environments.

Pre-Requisite

Titan SFTP

Windows Server Active Directory

Answer

These are the steps on how to do it:

Steps

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Navigate the server, click user Auth then click Add.

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Choose ‘Standard LDAP User Authentication’ on the dropdown options then Next.

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Fill up the following information (Domain Name, Server Name, Administrative Username, and Password) then Next.

Edit if needed. For default, click next.

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Edit if needed. For default, click Next.

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Edit if needed. For default, click Next.

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Edit if needed. For default, click Next

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Fill the ‘Friendly Description’ then Test.

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Note: It should show this message:

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Go to Groups, click LDAP Section, then click Add.

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Click Search Group, select the group, then click Add.

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Here is the example of the user that will be add.

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Note: It should show the LDAP Users in the LDAP Group

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How To: Create User Authentication using AD LDAP

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