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UserGuide for Cisco Dig ital Media Manager 5.2.x
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Chapter6 Authentication and Federated Identity
Reference
Related Topics
•Choose an Authentication Method, page 6-23
•Elements to Define, Validate, and Add LDAP Filters, page 6-33
•Elements to Use LDAP Bookmarks for Synchronization, page6-34
•Elements to Manage Attributes, page 6-36
Elements to Define, Validate, and Add LDAP Filters
Navigation Path
Administration > Security > Authentication > Define Filter
Password Enter the password that is associated with the Administrator DN.
This field is available to you only after you choose LDAP mode or federationmode and
uncheck the Anonymous check box.
Use SSL Encryption The check box to enable or disable encrypted sign-on. This check box is available to you only
when you use LDAP mode or federation mode.
Note Whenever you enable SSL, you must restart Web Services (Tomcat) from AAI. And if your DMM
server is one half of a failover pair, the Tomcat restart will trigger immediate failover.
•Check the check box to enable encryption.
•Uncheck it to disable encryption.
Enabling SSL causes the connections between your DMM appliance and your ActiveDirectory
server to use LDAPS. An LDAPS connection is suitable when you want to prevent untrusted
third parties from reading credentials that the servers exchange.
Active Directory
Certificate File
Helps you to upload the digital certificate that your ActiveDirectory server uses for LDAPS
communications. This field is available to you only while the Use SSL Encryption check box
is checked.
Command Buttons
Update Saves and applies your work on the Authentication Mode property sheet.
Cancel Discards your work on the Authentication Mode property sheet and resets all values to their
previous configuration.
Table 6-1 Elements for the Auth entication Mode (continued)
Element Description
Table 6-2 Elements for Filters
Element Description
Description Enter a human-readable description for the filter.
User Base DN Enter the distinguished name of the Active Directory user base that you will search.
User Filter Enter a user filter to limit the number of matching user accounts to import from the user base
that you specified.