HCL Marketing Platform | Security | Login method details | LDAP

Properties in this category are used to configure LDAP integration.

LDAP server host name

Description

Specifies the name or IP address of the LDAP server. Set the value to the machine name or IP address of the LDAP server. For example: machineName.companyDomain.com

If you are integrating with Windows™ Active Directory, use the server name instead of the DNS name.

Default value

Undefined

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

LDAP server port

Description

Specifies the port on which the LDAP server listens. Set the value to the appropriate port number. Typically, the port number is 389 (636 if SSL is used).

Default value

389

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

User search filter

Description

Specifies the filter to use to search for users. Valid values are any valid LDAP search filter (see RFC 2254). Note that you must XML-escape any XML characters in this value.

Typically, the value for the user login attribute is uid for LDAP servers and sAMAccountName for Windows Active Directory servers. You should verify this on your LDAP or Active Directory server. If your LDAP server is Windows Active Directory, you should change the default value of this property to use sAMAccountName rather than uid. For example:

(&(|(objectClass=user)(objectClass=person))(sAMAccountName={0}))

Default value

(&(|(objectClass=user)(objectClass=person))(uid={0}))

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

Use credentials stored in HCL® Marketing Platform

Description

Specifies whether the Marketing Platform uses credentials from the Marketing Platform database when searching the LDAP or Windows Active Directory server during user authentication (at login time).

If this value is true, the Marketing Platform uses credentials from the Marketing Platform database, and you must set the appropriate values for the HCL Marketing Platform user for LDAP credentials and Data source for LDAP credentials properties in this category.

If your LDAP or Windows Active Directory server does not allow anonymous access, set this value to true.

If this value is false, the Marketing Platform connects with the LDAP or Windows Active Directory server anonymously. You may set this value to false if your LDAP or Windows Active Directory server allows anonymous access.

Default value

false

Valid Values

true | false

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

HCL Marketing Platform user for LDAP credentials

Description

Specifies the name of the HCL® Marketing Software user that has been given LDAP administrator login credentials. Set this value if you set the Use credentials stored in UHCL Marketing Platform property in this category to true.

Set the value of this property to the user name you created for the HCL Marketing Software user when you configured LDAP integration. This property works in conjunction with the Data source for LDAP credentials property in this category.

Default value

asm_admin

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

Data source for LDAP credentials

Description

Specifies the Marketing Platform data source for LDAP administrator credentials. Set this value if you set the Use credentials stored in HCL Marketing Platform property in this category to true.

Set the value of this property to the data source name you created for the HCL Marketing Software user when you configured LDAP integration. This property works in conjunction with the HCL Marketing Platform user for LDAP credentials property in this category.

Default value

Undefined

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

Base DN

Description

Specifies the base distinguishing name (DN) pointing to the root of the LDAP directory structure.

Default value

[CHANGE ME]

Valid Values

Any valid DN (see RFC 1779, RFC 2253)

Availability

This property is used only when the Marketing Platform is configured to integrate with a Windows Active Directory or other LDAP server.

Require SSL for LDAP connection

Path

HCL Marketing Platform | Security | LDAP

Description

Specifies whether the Marketing Platform uses SSL when it connects to the LDAP server to authenticate users. If you set the value to true , the connection is secured using SSL.

Default value

false

Valid Values

true | false