Adding a LDAP server connection

This functionality is available only if the user has the Edit settings permission.

You can add a connection to one or several LDAP servers.

To add a LDAP server connection:

1. In the application web interface window, select the Settings → External services → LDAP server connections section.
2. Click Add.

   This opens the Add connection window.

3. In the Name field, enter the name that you want to be displayed in the program web interface.

   The program does not use this name for interacting with the LDAP server.

4. Click the Upload button to upload a previously created keytab file.

   The file selection window opens.

5. Select the keytab file and click Open.

   The keytab file must contain only one entry with credentials of a Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway user that has access to the domain being added.

6. In the Search base (Base DN) field, type the DN (Distinguished Name) of the directory object beginning with which Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway will start searching directory records.
7. Enter the directory suffix in the following format: ou=<department name>(if required),dc=<domain name>,dc=<parent domain name>.

   For example, you can enter ou=people,dc=example,dc=com.

   Here people is the directory level from which Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway starts searching for records (the search is run at the people level and lower levels. Objects located above this level are excluded from the search scope); example is the domain name of the directory in which Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway searches for records; com is the name of the parent domain in which the directory is located.

8. Click Add.

The LDAP server connection is added.

See also Integration with an external directory service Creating a keytab file Deleting a LDAP server connection Modifying LDAP server connection settings Manually starting synchronization with the Active Directory domain controller

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