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How to modify AD/LDAP Connector settings in the console, Profile Mapper, or config file.
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Modify the AD/LDAP Connector Settings

AD/LDAP Connector Admin Console

The Connector Admin screen can be launched by bringing up a browser on the AD/LDAP connector server and connecting to: http://localhost:8357.

Modify Configuration Settings

Once you have launched the Connector Admin Console, you can modify the LDAP settings:

Click Save when you are done modifying the LDAP configuration.

Connector Test

Once you submit the above information, the connector will perform a series of tests:

Make sure that all tests are green.

::: note For an explanation of each test, see the Troubleshooting section of the AD/LDAP installation instructions. :::

Your AD/LDAP Connector will start using the new directory parameters after all changes pass all the tests. If any test fails, the changes will not be saved.

Profile Mapper

To modify the mapping of profile attributes from AD/LDAP attributes to attributes in the Auth0 user profile, launch the Connector Admin Console as described above and click on Profile Mapper.

Profile Mapper displays a code editor screen with a short description at the top. The body of the editor screen shows a javascript function which maps attributes from a source directory service (represented by the raw_data variable) into a variable that gets returned to populate the Auth0 User Profile.

The first part of the function instantiates a variable called profile and has a mapping for the core portion of the Auth0 User Profile. Additional attributes can be set below that using syntax in the form:

profile['department'] = raw_data['companydept'];

In this example, department is the name of the attribute in the Auth0 User Profile and companydept is the name of the attribute in the source directory service (such as AD).

Import / Export

The Import/Export feature of the Connector Admin Console can be used to export the configuration of the AD/LDAP Connector or import a previously exported configuration. This is useful for deployments with more than one node of the AD/LDAP connector deployed for high availability. The configuration can be set up and tested on one node, then exported from there, and imported into all subsequent nodes.

Troubleshooting

The Troubleshooting feature of the Connector Admin Console can be used to detect issues with the environment that may prevent the AD/LDAP connector from working properly. It will check for common problems like network connectivity, clock skew, connectivity to LDAP, and so on.

This feature also displays the contents of the AD/LDAP connector log file.

Search

The Search feature is designed to allow the testing of search queries used by the AD/LDAP connector against the target AD/LDAP directory. This can be an aid in debugging search filters used in the AD/LDAP connector configuration file, config.json.

Update

The Update feature provides a convenient way to update the AD/LDAP connector to a more recent version. Updates are fully automated.

::: note Internet connectivity is required for an update to work. :::

Configuration file

The config.json file is the AD/LDAP Connector's main configuration file. You can this to make advanced changes that are not available via the AD/LDAP Connector Admin Console. The file is located in the install directory for the AD/LDAP Connector, which (for Windows) is usually found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Auth0\AD LDAP Connector. The following settings are supported in this file:

Setting Description Default
AD_HUB The Auth0 endpoint to which the connector will connect. This value is maintained by the connector.
CA_CERT An authority certificate or array of authority certificates to check the remote host against.
CLIENT_CERT_AUTH Specifies if Client Certificate Authentication is enabled or not. This value is configured in Auth0 and maintained by the connector.
CONNECTION The name of the connection in Auth0 which is linked to this instance of the connector. This value is maintained by the connector.
CONNECTIONS_API_V2_KEY A Management APIv2 token used to call the Get a connection endpoint. Set this when you need to troubleshoot the connector. This compares the local certificate to the one configured in Auth0 and detects a possible mismatch.
FIREWALL_RULE_CREATED Set to true once the Firewall rule has been created for the Kerberos Server (only when Kerberos is enabled).
GROUPS Include the user's groups when enriching the profile. true
GROUP_PROPERTY The attribute of the group object used when adding the groups to a user. cn
GROUPS_CACHE_SECONDS Total time in seconds to cache a user's groups. 600 seconds.
GROUPS_TIMEOUT_SECONDS The timeout in seconds for searching all groups a user belongs to. 20 seconds
HTTP_PROXY The proxy server URL if one is required to connect from the AD/LDAP Connector to Auth0.
KERBEROS_AUTH Set if Kerberos Authentication is enabled or not. This value is configured in Auth0 and maintained by the connector.
LAST_SENT_THUMBPRINT Thumbprint of the last certificate which was sent to Auth0.
LDAP_BASE Defines the location in the directory where the LDAP search begins. For example: DC=fabrikam,DC=local.
LDAP_BASE_GROUPS Defines the location in the directory where the LDAP groups search begins.
LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD The password of the LDAP user. This setting is automatically removed after the connector initializes.
LDAP_BIND_CREDENTIALS The encrypted password of the LDAP user. This setting is automatically added after the connector initializes.
LDAP_BIND_USER The user for binding a connection to LDAP.
LDAP_HEARTBEAT_SECONDS Time in seconds to keep the LDAP connection open.
LDAP_SEARCH_ALL_QUERY The LDAP query used to list all users in the LDAP store. (objectCategory=person)
LDAP_SEARCH_GROUPS The LDAP query used to find groups in the LDAP store. For example: (&(objectCategory=group)(member={0})) (member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:={0})
LDAP_SEARCH_QUERY The LDAP query used to find users in the LDAP store. (&(objectCategory=person)(anr={0}))
LDAP_USER_BY_NAME The LDAP query used to find the user during authentication. This setting lets you specify which attribute is considered the user's username. For example, like the common name: the sAMAccountName, UPN, et cetera. This setting also supports multiple values for an OR search, for example: `( (sAMAccountName={0})(userPrincipalName={0}))`
LDAP_URL The LDAP connection string. For example: ldap://fabrikam-dc.fabrikam.local.
PORT The port the server runs on when Kerberos or Client Certificate Authentication is enabled.
PROVISIONING_TICKET The Auth0 provisioning ticket used to communicate with Auth0.
REALM The Auth0 realm, for example: urn:auth0:fabrikam. This value is maintained by the connector.
SERVER_URL The default connector URL will be server-name:port, but this setting allows you to overwrite this. For example: connector.mycompany.com.
SESSION_SECRET The session secret used to encrypt the session cookie.
SITE_NAME When Client Certificate Authentication is enabled, but not possible the AD Connector will show a fallback login page. This setting allows you to specify the title that will show on top of the page. Name of the AD connection.
SSL_CA_PATH Absolute path to the base directory where the CA certificate file(s) are located.
SSL_KEY_PASSWORD The password for the SSL certificate.
SSL_PFX Base64 encoded certificate to use for SSL.
TENANT_SIGNING_KEY Your Auth0 tenant used to verify JWTs.
WSFED_ISSUER The issuer being set in the WS-Federation responses. If a connection is configured with email domains, the first email domain configured in Auth0 will be used as issuer. urn:auth0

This file can be used to determine which tenants are using a particular connector.

For more information on LDAP queries, check out Active Directory: LDAP Syntax Filters.

Point an AD/LDAP Connector to a new connection

Sometimes you will need to point your AD/LDAP Connector instance to a new connection in Auth0. For instance: If you have migrated to a new Auth0 tenant, or if you changed the name of the Auth0 connection.

Since you cannot rename connections in Auth0, the only option is to create a new Active Directory / LDAP connection and point your existing Connector instances to it. Here's how:

  1. Create the new Active Directory / LDAP connection in the Auth0 dashboard and copy the resulting TICKET URL. If you are using the custom-domains feature, you will need to replace the ${account.namespace} part of the TICKET URL with your custom domain, such as identity.fabrikam.com.
  2. On the AD/LDAP Connector host in the Connector Admin app, perform an export of the existing settings via the Import/Export tab. This is just a precaution in case something were to happen in the following steps that would accidentally overwrite your custom settings. If you are running the Connector on a host that does not have a web browser to access to the Connector Admin website, simply make a copy of your config.json file.
  3. On the AD/LDAP Connector host, edit the config.json file and change the value of the PROVISIONING_TICKET property to the TICKET URL you copied in Step 1.
  4. If you moved from one Auth0 tenant to another, remove the property in the config.json file that has the name urn:auth0:OLD_AUTH0_TENANT_NAME. If this is not removed, the Connector will still function but this old configuration data is not needed.
  5. Restart the AD/LDAP Connector service (the Auth0 ADLDAP service in Windows).
  6. Take a look at the Connector logs (Troubleshooting tab in the Connector Admin tool or tail the logs.log file) and make sure there is a recent entry that looks something like:

2016-03-10T22:47:32.970Z - debug: [2016-03-10 22:47:32] Loading settings from ticket: YOUR_TICKET_URL/info

  1. Make sure the new Active Directory / LDAP connection in the Auth0 dashboard is now showing as connected (the dot to the left of the new connection is green and not red). If not, refer to the Troubleshooting page.
  2. Perform a test authentication through your new connection and make sure you see activity in your Connector logs as well.

If you have multiple AD/LDAP Connector instances that you need to point at the new Auth0 connection, follow the steps in the High Availability page to update the remaining instances.