# Configuring LDAP Settings

LDAP is the common name for accessing the content of directory servers such as Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, and Lotus Domino. **Solar Archive** uses LDAP in three ways:

* To assist when validating a User Login \[if ‘translate user’ option is used]; and/or.
* To expand email addresses in non-enveloped emails.
* To provide User Account lists for selection purposes under User Directory, Mailbox Reader, and Folder Replication.

Administrators can configure one or more connections to their organization’s LDAP server.

1. Navigate to **Basic Configuration** > **LDAP Servers**.
2. Click the **Create New Server** button.
3. Enter / Select the required values in the fields. Refer to the table below for field names and descriptions.
4. Click **Fetch Base DN**.
5. Continue to enter/select values in the remainder of the form.
6. The next step is to test the connection. Click **Test Connection**.
7. A confirmation message will be displayed.
   1. There are generally 3 outcomes:
      1. The connection is successful and the credentials are correct.
      2. Credentials are incorrect.
      3. Sometimes after a long wait, the Connection to the LDAP server fails or is blocked in some way.
8. Click **Save Details**.

The LDAP server will be integrated.

| Field                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **LDAP Services**                    | Type of LDAP service(s) you want to use.                                                                                                                                           |
| **LDAP directory user**              | User of the LDAP directory, who has read-only permission to search the LDAP directory.                                                                                             |
| **LDAP directory password**          | Password of the LDAP directory.                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Confirm password**                 | Password of the LDAP directory.                                                                                                                                                    |
| **LDAP user DN**                     | Root of search for the user in the LDAP directory.                                                                                                                                 |
| **LDAP append base DN**              | Base DN text which will be appended to the user DN before being used in a LDAP bind to login to the account.                                                                       |
| **LDAP translate users**             | Specifies whether the login user should be searched in each search DN path or combines the login ID with the user DN to create LDAP bind user.                                     |
| **LDAP search DNs**                  | LDAP path(s) where users and distribution groups can be found.                                                                                                                     |
| **LDAP unique user id attribute**    | LDAP unique user ID attribute which is required only when **Solar Archive** uses the restriction mode of GUID.                                                                     |
| **Associate all email domains**      | Specifies whether all the email domains, registered in the company settings, should be associated with the LDAP server.                                                            |
| **Email Domains**                    | Domain name(s) which determine if an email is inbound, outbound, or internal.                                                                                                      |
| **LDAP Type**                        | Type of LDAP connection being created.                                                                                                                                             |
| **LDAP primary field name**          | User's primary SMTP email address.                                                                                                                                                 |
| **LDAP primary field pattern**       | Regular expression that specifies how to extract of the email address.                                                                                                             |
| **LDAP secondary field name**        | User's alternative (alias) email address(es).                                                                                                                                      |
| **LDAP secondary field pattern**     | Regular expression that specifies how to extract of the alternate email address.                                                                                                   |
| **LDAP display field name**          | Full name of the user that will be displayed.                                                                                                                                      |
| **LDAP translation key**             | LDAP attribute name.                                                                                                                                                               |
| **LDAP creation date field**         | Date on which the LDAP account is created.                                                                                                                                         |
| **LDAP Attribute for IMAP Username** | Username that will be used to login to the iMAP server when restoring mails to the inbox.                                                                                          |
| **Public Folder Identifier Field**   | Unique identifier that is used to read a public folder LDAP account. This identifier allows users to switch identity to an account to which they have access to the public folder. |
| **LDAP secondary field format**      | Format of the secondary field that will be used as a LDAP search term.                                                                                                             |
| **LDAP member field name**           | LDAP field name that has the distribution group members.                                                                                                                           |
| **Use display name in search**       | Specifies whether or not the LDAP user’s display name is used in search.                                                                                                           |