Chapter 4: Configuring External Authentication Services; Configuring An Ldap Authentication Server - Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

b. Work with the authentication server's administrator to synchronize the time and date
between the MergePoint SP manager and the server.
3. Click the Users tab.
4. In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
5. Select Kerberos from the Authentication Method drop-down menu. The Kerberos
configuration fields display.
6. In the Kerberos Realm Domain Name field, type the domain name of the Kerberos.
7. In the Kerberos Server field, type the IP address of the Kerberos server.
8. Click Apply.

Configuring an LDAP authentication server

You need to configure a LDAP authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is
configured to use the LDAP authentication method or any of its variations (Local/LDAP, LDAP/
Local or LDAP Down Local). See Configuring group authorization for LDAP authentication on
page 92 for how to manually configure group authorizations with LDAP authentication.
To configure an LDAP authentication server:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
3. Select LDAP from the Authentication Method drop-down menu. The LDAP form displays
with LDAP Server and LDAP Base fields filled in from the current values in the /etc/
ldap.conf file.
4. In the LDAP Server field, type the IP address of the LDAP server.
5. In the LDAP Base field, change the definition if the LDAP authentication server uses a
different distinguished name for the search base than the one displayed.
NOTE: The default distinguished name is dc, as in dc=value,dc=value. For example, if the distinguished name
on the LDAP server is o, then replace dc in the base field with o, as in o=value,o=value.
6. From the Secure LDAP drop-down menu, select either Off, On and Start TLS.
7. In the LDAP User Name field, type an optional username.
8. In the LDAP Password field, type an optional password.
9. In the LDAP Login Attribute field, type an optional login attribute.
10. Click Apply. The changes are stored in /etc/ldap.conf on the MergePoint SP manager.

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