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In order to use Active directory, records must exist on the following tables;
*P2K_HR_IDENTITIES
*p2K_HR_PERSONALS
*P2K_HR_EMPLOYMENTS
*P2K_HR_ASSIGNMENTS
*P2K_HR_ASSIGNMENT_DETAILS
*P2K_RE_CANDIDATES - If a candidate code is not found, the process will attempt to insert a new candidate record automatically when a user attempts to login.
SSL over LDAP - LDAPS is now supported: The application can now authenticate users against servers using the LDAPS protocol.
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IMST- Preferences:
*[SS LOGIN TYPE(System_Preference)|SS LOGIN TYPE(System_Preference)] - Must be set to “ACCESSOR”
*[LDAP AUTH ON|LDAP AUTH ON] - ‘Y’ or ‘N’ to enable or disable, respectively, LDAP authentication. Defaulted to ‘N’.
*[LDAP HOST|LDAP HOST] - Hostname for the external LDAP server. As an example, at HLC, our Active Directory hostname is ‘valasca.highlinecorp.com’. Defaulted to ‘’.
*[LDAP ENCRYPTION|LDAP ENRCYPTION] – Hash algorithm used to encrypt passwords on LDAP server. Defaulted to ‘DIGEST-MD5’.
The accessor information (access key & password) must be established for each Identity table ([IEID]). The password can be cleared out ONLY if the LDAP AUTH ON site preference is set to 'Y'.
IMST - Preferences:
*[SS LOGIN TYPE|SS LOGIN TYPE(System_Preference)] - Must be set to “ACCESS”
*[LDAP AUTH ON|LDAP AUTH ON(System_Preference)] - ‘Y’ or ‘N’ to enable or disable, respectively, LDAP authentication. Defaulted to ‘N’.
*[LDAP ENCRYPTION|LDAP ENCRYPTION(System_Preference)] – Hash algorithm used to encrypt passwords on LDAP server. Defaulted to ‘DIGEST-MD5’. This is currently the only supported value and doesn't need to be setup.
*[LDAP FACTORY|LDAP FACTORY(System Preference)|LDAP FACTORY(System_Preference)] - Site Preference that can now be configured by the client.
*[LDAP_UNAME_LCASE|LDAP_UNAME_LCASE(System Preference)|LDAP_UNAME_LCASE(System_Preference)] - Used to determine if user names must be converted to all lower case
IMLN - Setup Lexion X_LDAP_DOMAINS entries:
If you only have one domain you just need to create one entry. If you have an LDAP forest or multiple forests you need to create an entry for each domain and the user selects the domain they are to be validated against. The Displayed field will be what is shown to the user and the Meaning field must contain the domain name (you cannot use an IP address). The saved value can be anything but cannot be duplicated within the Lexicon.
As an example, at HLC, our Active Directory hostname is ‘valasca.highlinecorp.com’ so we might set up the Lexicon with:
* Saved Value: 02
* Displayed: High Line Corp.
* Meaning: valasca.highlinecorp.com
The accessor information (access key & password) must be established for each Identity record([IEID]). The password can be cleared out ONLY if the LDAP AUTH ON site preference is set to 'Y'.
To enable the feature - SSL over LDAP / LDAPS, open the IMLN screen, navigate to the 'X_LDAP_DOMAINS' record, and add the text ‘ldaps://’ to start of any server URL (Lexicon Value 'Meaning') that is configured to use LDAPS. For example, if the LDAP server at 'valasca.highlinecorp.com' is configured to use LDAPS, the Lexicon Value Meaning should be set to 'ldaps://valasca.highlinecorp.com'. If the LDAP server is not configured for SSL (i.e. just the ldap protocol), then adding a prefix to the URL is not necessary and not recommended: In this example 'valasca.highlinecorp.com' is sufficient.
Site preference LDAP_UNAME_LCASE can be used to indicate whether an username should be converted to lowercase before sending credentials to LDAP server for authentication. If this value is not added to Site Preferences, or value is 'N', then usernames will be passed to LDAP server, exactly as they are entered by the user. Default value for this preference is 'No'.
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*The “PIN” field will be displayed empty and the PIN will be entered by the user.
*The Password field will be displayed empty and will be entered by the user.
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**If Active Directory authentication fails, before displaying a failed login message, authenticate using standard ePersonality methods. IF the password is NULL in ePersonality the user is ONLY allowed to log in via the Active Directory authentication.
**If Active Directory authentication fails, before displaying a failed login message, authenticate using standard Personality methods. IF the password is NULL in Personality the user is ONLY allowed to log in via the Active Directory authentication.
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!!Firewall Configuration
Since the LDAP authentication is performed by the WebLogic Server, it must be able to communicate to with the LDAP server through the standard ports. There are 2 ports used for LDAP communication: port 389 for LDAP; and 636 for LDAPS using SSL/TLS encryption.\\
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!!LDAP Trouble Shooting
Since the LDAP authentication is handled by a limited number of Java classes, we're able to turn on tracing with the TraceModes.xml file. Adding the following lines, forcing a reload of the file from IMST and setting tracing to 'Finest' can help with trouble shooting:\\
*<traceRule className="com.highlinecorp.schema.UserContext"/>
*<traceRule className="com.highlinecorp.view.common.legacy.WebUserContext"/>
*<traceRule className="com.highlinecorp.business.am.Accessors"/>\\
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LDAPS presents additional difficulties with authentication. Since LDAPS connects to the remote serve via an SSL connection, it must first successfully complete the SSL handshake with the server. If the server is using a self-signed certificate, the certificate will need to be added to Java's 'cacerts' file. Without this, the SSL handshake with the server will fail every time.\\
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If the server certificate is a domain wide, or wild card certificate, the SSL options within the managed server will need to be altered. The default host name verification handler does not support wild card certificates. Oracle provides an alternate handler that will need to be configured as outlined in the WebLogic Server documentation: [Configuring the Wildcarded Host Name Verifier|https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1213/wls/SECMG/hostname_verifier.htm#SECMG574]\\
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Java provides additional options for tracing SSL authentication issues. Adding the following options to the Server Startup Arguments:\\
* -Djavax.net.debug=ssl
* -Dssl.debug=true
* -Dweblogic.StdoutDebugEnabled=true
* -Dweblogic.security.SSL.verbose=true
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