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
- Access your Contenta Windows Server.
- Start the Windows Registry Editor and navigate to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XyEnterprise\Content@Server\3.0\.
- Change the value data of the string value named
XYE_PDM_AUTHENTICATION from
INTERNALtoLDAP. - Close the Registry Editor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Restart PcmPortal (the XyEnterprise Contenta Server service).