When using CSG Web GUI and CSG REST API with the external authentication user, register the external authentication server (LDAP server or Active Directory server) in this product in advance.
Setting Procedure
The procedure for registering an authentication server in this product is described below.
Create the following user role groups in the authentication server.
Role Name | Group Name |
|---|---|
Administrator | CsgAdmin |
Monitor | CsgMon |
In the authentication server, register the externally authenticated user in the user role group.
In CSG Web GUI, click [
] on the global pane.
The Settings dialog box is displayed.
Click Authentication > Authentication server on the left pane.
The Authentication server list screen is displayed.
Click Register in the Action on the right.
The Register authentication server screen is displayed.
After entering the required fields, click Done.
In the Authentication server list screen, confirm that the authentication server you registered appears.
Select a registered authentication server and run Test from the Action on the right.
If the test fails, please check whether the Input Items for the registered authentication server has been entered correctly.
Point
For authentication servers, up to 8 LDAP/AD authentication servers can be registered.
Input Items
Item | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
Type | Required | Select LDAP or AD. |
IP address | Required | Specify the IP address of the authentication server. |
Port | Required | Specify the port number of the authentication server. The default is 389. |
Domain | Required | Specify the domain name. |
User search base | Required | Specify the identification name to use for the user search. Exclude the domain portion for the identification name. (Example: cn=users) |
Group search base | Required | Specify the identification name to use for the group search. Exclude the domain portion for the identification name. (Example: cn=users) |
Administrator user | Required | Specify the user name for logging in to the authentication server. |
Administrator password | Required | Specify the password for logging in to the authentication server. |
SSL | Required | Select one of the following for the encryption communication method. The default is "None".
|
Priority | Optional | Specify the priority of the authentication servers. The smaller this number is, the higher the priority becomes. If the value already in use is specified, the priority of the registered servers all increase by one. If omitted, the lowest priority is assigned. |
Description | Optional | Enter a description. |
