Configure LDAP Simple Bind

1 Description

This instruction describes how to configure a password-based LDAP authentication for the Managed Element (ME) to control access to the LDAP directory. Such change can be triggered by the organization security policy.

2 Procedure

2.1 Configure LDAP Simple Bind

Prerequisites

This instruction references the following documents:
- Configure LDAP Basic Connection
- Configure TLS for LDAP
No tools are required.
The following conditions must apply:
- The user has the System Security Administrator role.
- The LDAP server is configured for the Managed Element (ME).
- The ME is configured to connect with remote LDAP server, refer to Configure LDAP Basic Connection and Configure TLS for LDAP.
- The new bind Distinguished Name (DN) is known.
- The new ME password for the LDAP account is known.
- An Ericsson Command-Line Interface (ECLI) session in Exec mode is in progress.

Steps

Navigate to the Ldap managed object, for example:
>dn ManagedElement=NODE06ST,SystemFunctions=1,SecM=1,UserManagement=1,LdapAuthenticationMethod=1,Ldap=1
Enter Config mode:
(Ldap=1)>configure
Set the bind DN to be used for user authentication to the LDAP target, for example:
(config-Ldap=1)>bindDn="cn=proxyaccount,dc=ericsson,dc=com"

The bind DN must be specified in an LDAP DN format.
Set the ME password for the LDAP account, for example:
(config-Ldap=1)>bindPassword=12345 cleartext
Commit the settings:
(config-Ldap=1)>commit

Verify the result:

(Ldap=1)>show

The following is an example output:

Ldap=1
   baseDn="dc=my-domain,dc=com"
   bindDn="cn=proxyaccount,dc=ericsson,dc=com"
   bindPassword="1:XUC+jE8QV05dG57Ouv7hWi1s/wa+uWi0"
   fallbackLdapIpAddress="192.0.2.11"
   ldapIpAddress="192.0.2.10"
   serverPort=1000
   useTls=false

LDAP password-based simple binds can now be performed with the new bind DN and password.