Downloading and configuring the LDAP sync agent

To be able to run the sync, you first download the LDAP sync agent and configure the application.properties file.

The application.properties file contains configuration details such as information for connecting to the LDAP server and sync configuration options such as objects to be synced, sync schedule, search filters, object mapping, and so on.

Important

BMC Helix Portal supports LDAP and LDAPS to sync the users and groups.

To download and configure the LDAP sync agent

  1. From the Configure menu, select LDAP sync agent.
  2. Download and save the bmc_helix_identity_sync_agent.zip agent file into a temporary directory.
  3. Extract and open the bmc_helix_identity_sync_agent.zip file.
  4. Go to the config folder and edit the application.properties file.

  5. Provide the following values for the configuration parameters and save the file.

Where to go from here

Run the LDAP sync agent commands to start the sync. For more information, see Running-the-LDAP-sync-agent. 

 

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