Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
5 In the Server Type area, select Active Directory to enable Active Directory domain
credentials. The Logon Domain box is activated.
6 Enter the Active Directory Logon Domain from which you want to access and import
AD groups.
7 Click Test to open the Test dialog. The Test dialog allows you to verify that your
credentials are configured correctly. For more information, see Test LDAP credentials (on
page 850).
8 Click Browse to open the Browse Active Directory dialog. The Browse Active Directory
dialog allows you to select the AD groups you would like to map to map to existing
WhatsUp Gold user groups. For more information, see Browse Active Directory (on page
850).
9 In the Active Directory group list, select the WhatsUp Gold group you want to map to
each AD group.
Note: Before you can map AD groups to WhatsUp Gold groups, you must create the
WhatsUp Gold groups using the Add User Group (on page 858) dialog. When you have
added the WhatsUp Gold user groups you can then select the AD groups you want to map
to WhatsUp Gold groups using the Browse Active Directory (on page 850) dialog.
Note: When a member of an AD group logs into WhatsUp Gold using their Windows Domain
credentials, they will be added as a member of the WhatsUp Gold group mapped to that AD
group.
10 Click OK. WhatsUp Gold saves the Active Directory credentials and the LDAP
Credentials dialog closes.
To configure WhatsUp Gold to use an LDAP server for authentication:
1 Navigate to the LDAP Credentials dialog (Admin > LDAP Credentials).
2 Type the LDAP server IP address or hostname in Domain Controller or LDAP server.
3 Type the port the LDAP server uses to listen for connections in Server port (Default:
389).
4 Select Secure if you want Active Directory domain or LDAP queries to be encrypted
using SSH (Default port:636).
5 In the In the Server Type area, select Standard LDAP to enable Active Directory domain
credentials. The Authorize DN box is activated.
6 Type the path to the container which holds the users you want to access the WhatsUp
Gold web interface in Authorize DN.
Note: The following is an example of how a specific LDAP server might CN=%s, OU=Users,
o=yourdomain.net where %s is replaced by the username and password of the user.
Note: If you are not sure about the LDAP attributes to use or the path to specify, contact
your LDAP administrator or LDAP vendor.
7 Click Test to open the Test dialog. The Test dialog allows you to verify that your
credentials are configured correctly.
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