What does the Role / User attribute mean in the LDAP configuration? (4299228)

What is Role attribute ID?

What is User alias attribute ID?

Role Attribute ID

• Is the type of query you want to use for the service account.
• DN, CN, or NAME
• LDAP queries use this attribute to authentication users

User Alias Attribute ID

• Refer to user login id for LDAP server. Default value is sAMAccountName; other LDAP servers may use different attributes like uid, objectGUID, cn, or UserPrincipalName etc.
• If LDAP failed to find a valid user ID attribute,a message 'A matching username was not found. Verify that your LDAP settings are properly configured' will be prompted.

Example - If sAMAccountName is chosen, what would the user log into Foglight with?

AD account name : John Smith
sAMAccountName login:jsmith1

User will use jsmith1 to login to Foglight.

When configuring LDAP configuration, the Foglight admin should use a program like ADexplorer and use the same settings.