Provisioning - LDAP servers

The first step of provisioning users and space templates is to connect the Meeting Server cluster to one or more LDAP servers that you want the Meeting Servers to import users from.

On the Provisioning page, LDAP servers tab, you can enter the details that the cluster will use to connect to the LDAP servers.

How to add an LDAP server

To connect the cluster to LDAP servers:

  1. In Meeting Management, go to the Servers page and click Set up provisioning.
  2. On the LDAP servers tab, click Add LDAP server.

  3. Optional: Enter a server name that makes sense to you and other Meeting Management administrators.

  4. Choose protocol.

    LDAP is for unencrypted TCP connections, LDAPS is for secure connections, optionally using the certificate trust store for authentication.

  5. Enter server address and port number for the LDAP server.

    Default port numbers:

    • LDAP: 389
    • LDAPS: 636

    Note: You cannot upload a certificate via Meeting Management. To make an LDAPS connection fully secure, you must enable certificate verification on the Meeting Server and upload a certificate to its trust store. For instructions, see How do I enable LDAP server certificate verification?.

  6. Enter Bind DN and Password for the LDAP server.

    These are credentials for the user account that will bind (authenticate) the Meeting Server cluster to your LDAP server.

  1. Choose Use LDAP paged results control if you want the Meeting Server to receive search results in chunks, corresponding to pages in the LDAP library, rather than going through the whole database in one single operation.

    We recommend that you use paged results, unless you are using Oracle Internet Directory.

    Note: Paged results are not supported by Oracle Internet Directory.

Note: Your changes will not be applied before you have committed them. After you have committed the changes, template settings will take effect immediately. Changes to LDAP server details and any changes that affect users will take effect next time the Meeting Server is synchronized with the LDAP servers.

Note: All changes to provisioning settings that you have entered in Meeting Management will be lost if you restart Meeting Management before the changes have been committed.