Configuring Contenta for LDAP on a Contenta Server on Windows

Complete these steps to configure a Contenta Server on Windows to use LDAP authentication.

Procedure

  1. Access your Contenta Windows Server.
  2. Start the Windows Registry Editor and navigate to the key
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XyEnterprise\Content@Server\3.0\.
  3. Change the value data of the string value named
    XYE_PDM_AUTHENTICATION from INTERNAL to LDAP.
  4. Close the Registry Editor.
  5. From the distr\ActivDir subdirectory of your Contenta_home directory, copy the configuration file xyldap.cfg to the bin\ subdirectory of your Contenta_home directory.
  6. Configure LDAP for your environment and situation. See the following for more information:
    • Configuring your LDAP environment contains a set of configuration tasks you can perform.
    • The xyldap.cfg configuration file contains a self-documented sample file.
    • Settings, default, and description for the xyldap.cfg file for a reference of all the settings in the file.
  7. Do one of the following:
    • If you use Active Directory, copy xyauth.dll from distr\ActivDir\ to the System\ subdirectory of the Contenta_home directory, overwriting any existing file by that name.
    • If you do not use Active Directory, copy xyauth.dll from distr\standard\ to the System\ subdirectory of the Contenta_home directory, overwriting any existing file by that name.
  8. Restart PcmPortal (the XyEnterprise Contenta Server service).