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General LDAP

Learn how to log in to Hanzo KMS with LDAP.

LDAP is a paid feature. If you're using Hanzo KMS Cloud, then it is available under the Enterprise Tier. If you're self-hosting Hanzo KMS, then you it.

You can configure your organization in Hanzo KMS to have members authenticate with the platform via LDAP

Prerequisites:

  • You must have an email address to use LDAP, regardless of whether or not you use that email address to sign in.

In Hanzo KMS, head to the Single Sign-On (SSO) page and select the General tab. Select Connect for LDAP.

LDAP SSO Connect

Next, input your LDAP server settings.

LDAP configuration

Here's some guidance for each field:

  • URL: The LDAP server to connect to such as ldap://ldap.your-org.com, ldaps://ldap.myorg.com:636 (for connection over SSL/TLS), etc.
  • Bind DN: The distinguished name of object to bind when performing the user search such as cn=kms,ou=Users,dc=acme,dc=com.
  • Bind Pass: The password to use along with Bind DN when performing the user search.
  • User Search Base / User DN: Base DN under which to perform user search such as ou=Users,dc=acme,dc=com.
  • Unique User Attribute: The attribute to use as the unique identifier of LDAP users such as sAMAccountName, cn, uid, objectGUID ... If left blank, defaults to uidNumber
  • User Search Filter (optional): Template used to construct the LDAP user search filter such as (uid={{username}}); use literal {{username}} to have the given username used in the search. The default is (uid={{username}}) which is compatible with several common directory schemas.
  • Group Search Base / Group DN (optional): LDAP search base to use for group membership search such as ou=Groups,dc=acme,dc=com.
  • Group Filter (optional): Template used when constructing the group membership query such as (&(objectClass=posixGroup)(memberUid={{.Username}})). The template can access the following context variables: [UserDN, UserName]. The default is (|(memberUid={{.Username}})(member={{.UserDN}})(uniqueMember={{.UserDN}})) which is compatible with several common directory schemas.
  • CA Certificate: The CA certificate to use when verifying the LDAP server certificate.

The Group Search Base / Group DN and Group Filter fields are both required if you wish to sync LDAP groups to Hanzo KMS.

Once you've filled out the LDAP configuration, you can test that part of the configuration is correct by pressing the Test Connection button.

Hanzo KMS will attempt to bind to the LDAP server using the provided URL, Bind DN, and Bind Pass. If the operation is successful, then Hanzo KMS will display a success message; if not, then Hanzo KMS will display an error message and provide a fuller error in the server logs.

LDAP test connection

In order to sync LDAP groups to Hanzo KMS, head to the LDAP Group Mappings section to define mappings from LDAP groups to groups in Hanzo KMS.

LDAP group mappings section

Group mappings ensure that users who log into Hanzo KMS via LDAP are added to or removed from the Hanzo KMS group(s) that corresponds to the LDAP group(s) they are a member of.

LDAP group mappings table

Each group mapping consists of two parts:

  • LDAP Group CN: The common name of the LDAP group to map.
  • Hanzo KMS Group: The Hanzo KMS group to map the LDAP group to.

For example, suppose you want to automatically add a user who is part of the LDAP group with CN Engineers to the Hanzo KMS group Engineers when the user sets up their account with Hanzo KMS.

In this case, you would specify a mapping from the LDAP group with CN Engineers to the Hanzo KMS group Engineers. Now when the user logs into Hanzo KMS via LDAP, Hanzo KMS will check the LDAP groups that the user is a part of whilst referencing the group mappings you created earlier. Since the user is a member of the LDAP group with CN Engineers, they will be added to the Hanzo KMS group Engineers. In the future, if the user is no longer part of the LDAP group with CN Engineers, they will be removed from the Hanzo KMS group Engineers upon their next login.

Prior to defining any group mappings, ensure that you've created the Hanzo KMS groups that you want to map the LDAP groups to. You can read more about creating (user) groups in Hanzo KMS here.

Enabling LDAP allows members in your organization to log into Hanzo KMS via LDAP. LDAP toggle

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