This page last changed on Feb 27, 2007 by justen.stepka@atlassian.com.

Adding a Directory Server

Adding a directory server is a very straight forward process. You will need to click the 'Add Directory' option when browsing or editing an integrated directory server.

The first step involved is selecting the type of directory server to be added. Crowd provides support for three types of directory servers:

Directory Type Description
Internal Internal directories store authentication and authorization information internal to the Crowd database.
Connector Crowd support several LDAP connectors such as Active Directory, SunONE and Open Direcotry.
Custom Custom directories allow developers to implement an interface t connect customer users stores such as an existing database or legacy system.

Regardless of the directory server type, all directories share a set of generic values that can configured per directory server. The following are the generic directory configuration parameters:

Attribute Description
Name The name of the directory is used to categorize the directory instance. This is useful when there are multiple directories configured, i.e. Chicago Employees or Web Customers.
Description Details about this specific directory.
Active If the directory server mapping is active or not.
Add Group Allow groups to be added to the directory.
Add Principal Allow principals to be added in the directory.
Add Role Allow roles to be added in the directory.
Modify Group Allow groups to be modified in the directory.
Modify Principal Allow principal to be modified to the directory.
Modify Role Allow roles to be modified to the directory.
Remove Group Allow groups to be removed from the directory.
Remove Principal Allow principals to be removed from the directory.
Remove Role Allow roles to be removed from the directory.

Directory permissions serve a special purpose by restricting the way directories can be used. Often, administrators may want to limit application clients to only being able to read directory server entity data. through the permissions setting, these enforcements are possible.

Directory Specific Configuration Options

For more information about configuring a specific directory type, see one of the sections listed below:


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