5.1.3 Add a Repository

In Advanced Authentication, add Active Directory of Reltic Data, Inc. as a repository from where the user details are fetched for validation.

Perform the following steps to add Active Directory of Reltic Data, Inc. to Advanced Authentication:

  1. Click Repositories on the Advanced Authentication Administration portal.

  2. Click Add LDAP repo.

  3. Select AD (Active Directory Domain Services) from the LDAP type list.

  4. Specify a container for the users in Base DN. When you select the Subtree option, Advanced Authentication performs a search for the users in each child node. You can change the search scope by selecting the Search one level only option.

  5. Specify a user account in User and specify the password of the user in Password.

    Ensure that the user's password has no expiry.

  6. You can specify a container for the groups in Group DN (optional). When you select the Subtree option, Advanced Authentication performs a search for the groups in each child node. You can change the search scope by selecting the Search one level only option.

  7. Select DNS discovery to find LDAP servers automatically. Specify DNS zone and Site name (optional) and click Perform DNS Discovery.

    When the DNS discovery is done, the DNS servers list is updated every three hours.

  8. Click Save.

    NOTE:If an LDAP server is unavailable for 2.5 seconds, Advanced Authentication excludes it from the LDAP requests for a period of 3 minutes.