LDAP / Active Directory

This importer is capable of connecting to a generic LDAP server or to an Active Directory instance using an LDAP / AD data source. Typical asset types are users (using a user importer), client devices (from AD) or organizational units.

The main concept of both importers (LDAP and AD) is an LDAP query, which is understood by the LDAP server on the other end. A very simple example could look like this:

objectClass=inetOrgPerson

This query searches for any LDAP objects where the value of the property objectClass corresponds to inetOrgPerson (i.e. this query searches for persons tracked within the directory). The importer offers a couple of configuration options:

Note that in this example, a filter was set on the attributes, resulting in only a single column in the preview besides the unique identifier. While this example displays an LDAP importer, the Active Directory importer is essentially a preconfigured LDAP importer that strips away some of the complexity of formulating LDAP queries for Active Directory.