LDAP Server

An LDAP server provides global directory services for sharing component information such as server names and connection properties.

LDAP directory services allow components to look up directory information in a network-based system. Any type of LDAP service or gateway is an LDAP server. An LDAP driver calls LDAP client libraries to establish connections to an LDAP server. The LDAP driver and client libraries define the communication protocol and content of messages exchanged between clients and servers. LDAP runs directly over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

When the LDAP driver connects to the LDAP server, the server establishes the connection based on one of two authentication models:

Anonymous access – which does not require any authentication information, and is used typically for read-only privileges, or
User name and password access – which is same as the user name and password used to access Replication Server.

Note: You can use an LDAP administrator account with a search filter for server lookup or authenticate a Replication Server user with an LDAP server.

Server Lookup
Replication Server uses the access information as an extension to the LDAP URL for server lookup.
LDAP User Authentication
Replication Server uses OpenLDAP client APIs to communicate with the LDAP server for user authentication.

Parent topic: Establish Replication Server Connections