B Appendix: Configuring Ldap Servers; Microsoft Active Directory - TANDBERG Gatekeeper User Manual

B Appendix: Configuring LDAP Servers
B.1 Microsoft Active Directory
B.1.1 Prerequisites
These comprehensive step by step instructions assume that Active Directory is installed. For
details on installing Active Directory please consult your Windows documentation. The following
instructions are for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, if you are not using this version of
Windows, your instructions may vary.
The following ITU specifications describe the schemas which are required to be installed on the
Active Directory server:
H.350 Directory services architecture for multimedia conferencing - An LDAP schema to repre-
sent endpoints on the network.
H.350.1 Directory services architecture for H.323 - An LDAP schema to represent H.323 end-
points.
H.350.2 Directory services architecture for H.235 - An LDAP schema to represent H.235 ele-
ments.
The schemas can be downloaded in ldif format from the web interface on the Gatekeeper. To
do this, navigate to the Gatekeeper Configuration
schemas. Copy the downloaded schemas to the Active Directory server.
Open a command prompt and for each file execute the following command:
ldifde -i -c DC=X <ldap base> -f filename.ldf
Where <ldap base> is the base DN for your Active Directory server.
B.1.2 Adding H.350 objects
Create the organizational hierarchy
Open up the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in. Under your base DN right
click and select New
NOTE It is good practice to keep the H.350 directory in its own organizational unit to separate
out H.350 objects from other types of objects. This allows access controls to be setup which only
allow the Gatekeeper read access to the BaseDN and therefore limit access to other sections of
the directory.
Add the H.350 objects
Create an ldif file with the following contents:
# MeetingRoom1 endpoint
dn: commUniqueId=comm1,ou=h350,dc=my-domain,dc=com
objectClass: commObject
Organizational Unit. Create an Organizational unit called h350.
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