Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
External user directories
So far we have learned how to get users into our Confluence installation. This is very
useful but what if your company has its own LDAP server or is already using some
other Atlassian products, such as JIRA or Crowd?
Within Confluence we can configure one or more external user directories. A
user
directory
is a place where you store information about users and groups, including
some other user information. This information can be the person's full name, e-mail
address, or department. When an external user directory is configured, Confluence
will also use the directory to authenticate a user.
Confluence has support for the following external directories:
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Various LDAP directory servers including OpenLDAP, Apache Directory
Server, and Novell eDirectory
• Atlassian Crowd
• Atlassian JIRA
You can add as many external directories as you need. Note that you can change the
order of the directories, determining which directory will search first.
