topic Re: Connecting Open LDAP from Linux to Qlik in Integration, Extension & APIs

Connecting Open LDAP from Linux to Qlik

santho_ak — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:25:26 GMT

Hi,

I am new to Qliksense. Need some help in deployment. I need to connect open LDAP which is sitting inside LINUX. I need to extract user details from LDAP to Qlik server which is in different domain. Can anyone suggest me the ways it can be done.

Thanks.

Re: Connecting Open LDAP from Linux to Qlik

Vincenzo_Esposito — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 06:40:49 GMT

Getting user attributes from a generic LDAP (wherever it is) is not a big problem. You need to configure a generic LDAP UDC. Follow the instructions here: http://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/September2017/Subsystems/ManagementConsole/Content/user-directory-connectors-generic-LDAP-properties.htm

Authenticate those users against they LDAP is a different kind of job. You need to define a new virtual proxy and define a new custom authentication, because you can't use a standard windows authentication.

There is an extension on branch which can help

http://branch.qlik.com/#!/project/5804e2daad551ced3d42b952

Re: Connecting Open LDAP from Linux to Qlik

sergiorey — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:06:21 GMT

Hi Santhosh,

Were you able to connect to the OpenLdap?

I am trying to connect to one but not being able to bring users into Qlik Sense.

Thanks.

Regards,

Sergio.

Re: Connecting Open LDAP from Linux to Qlik

YannickSchmetz — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:25:12 GMT

Even if this is an old topic, we had the exact same problem a couple of weeks ago. Like already mentioned by Vincenzo, the problem is the authentication part, when the LDAP server doesn't support windows auth.

Therefore, we have implemented a configurable service, which provides a custom authentication form. It is now available on GitHub: https://github.com/InformDataLab/QlikLdapLogin