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Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS) Part 3: LDAP Configuration

17 June 2013 by Karl Rivers 3 Comments

This series covers the installation and configuration of Google Apps Directory Sync. This, the third part of the series, covers the LDAP Configuration options of Google Apps Directory Sync.

LDAP Configuration

The LDAP Configuration tab allows you to enter the details of your local LDAP server. In this example we are using Active Directory, but the GADS tool also supports others.

Server Type

This is the type of directory service you are connecting to. In this case we are going to use MS Active Directory, Microsoft’s directory services, but GADS also supports OpenLDAP and Lotus Domino among others

Connection Type

Select either standard LDAP or LDAP+SLL for a secure connection. Depending on the configuration of your Active Directory server you many need to make some additional configuration changes to support SSL.

Port

The standard LDAP port is 389, for SSL use 636.

Authentication Type

If your LDAP servers supports anonymous queries select Anonymous, otherwise choose Simple and enter the login details of an account with permission to connect to query the LDAP server.

Base DN

The Base DN (Distinguished Name) is the top level of your Active Directory server data that you wish GADS to access. For example, if your local domain is “School.com” and you only want GADS to synchronise user accounts in an Organisational Unit called “Teachers” within an Organisational Unit called “Users” use the following syntax:

OU=Teachers,OU=Users,dc=school,dc=com

You can test your configuration by clicking the “Test connection” button at the bottom of the page.

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About Karl Rivers

Karl Rivers is a Director of IT who has worked in education for more than twenty years. He won the Naace Impact Award for Supporting School Services.

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  1. Mars says

    05/20/2015 at 5:01 pm

    This was the beginning of a great series! But it ended before it was done. Still, very helpful start. I was hoping to learn how to use GAPS also to sync passwords, and hoping that all our users wouldn’t have to CHANGE their passwords to have them sync.

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    • Karl Rivers says

      05/20/2015 at 5:27 pm

      Hi!

      Sorry I’ll get back to it son and update it for the latest version of GADS!

      Karl

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  2. aasassimosAlberto says

    05/29/2015 at 3:09 pm

    I agree with Mars and I’m still waiting for the rest of the series.

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