Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
How to do it…
Proceed with the following steps to integrate JIRA with an LDAP server:
1. Navigate to
Administration
|
User Management
|
User Directories
.
2. Click on the
Add Directory
button and select either
Microsoft Active Directory
or
LDAP
for non-AD directories.
3. Enter the LDAP server, schema, and permission settings. Refer to the following
table for more details.
4. Click on the
Quick Test
button to validate JIRA's connectivity to LDAP.
5. Click on the
Save and Test
button if there are no issues connecting to LDAP.
6. Type in a username and password to run a quick test. While doing this, make sure
JIRA is able to connect to LDAP, find the user and retrieve the user's group in-
formation, and lastly, is able to authenticate against LDAP.
Server
Settings
Description
Name
This is an identifier for the LDAP server.
Directory
type
This selects the type of the LDAP server, for example, Microsoft Active Directory. JIRA will automatically fill in the
user and group schema details based on the type selected.
Hostname
This is the server where LDAP is hosted.
Port
This is the port LDAP server that is listening to incoming connections.
Use SSL
This checks whether SSL is being used on LDAP.
Username
This the user account that JIRA will use to access LDAP. This should be a dedicated account for JIRA.
Password
This is the password for the account.
LDAP Schema
Description
Base DN
This is the root node where JIRA will start the search for users and groups.
Additional User DN
This is the additional DN to further restrict a user search.
