Authentication - BlueCat Gateway - 26.1.0

Device Registration Portal Installation and User Manual

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en-US
Product name
BlueCat Gateway
Version
26.1.0

Primary

Select the preferred Type from the two options available in the drop-down list: OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory. Depending on this selection, different settings will be configurable in the following steps.

Setting Description Type/required
LDAP URL The URL of the LDAP server.
Note: Use ldaps for a secure connection. For example: ldaps://192.0.2.0.
Input/Required for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Bind DN User-specified value for the Bind DN to validate the principal user. For example: cn=Admin, cn=Users, dc=netreg, dc=bcn, dc=com. Input/Required for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Bind password Password used to access Bind. Input/Required for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Test Bind Option to validate Bind DN parameters. Button/Optional
Search base DN Enter the LDAP search base DN using the attribute for the environment. For example: ou=people,dc=bcn,dc=com Input/Required for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Search groups base DN   Input/Required for OpenLDAP
User prefix Enter the name of the LDAP attribute that is used to find users.
Note: Enter uid for OpenLDAP and sAMAccountName for ActiveDirectory.
Input/Required for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Search filter Set the LDAP search filter to specify the object class of user objects in your directory. Input/Required for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Test account username Enter ActiveDirectory/OpenLDAP username that should be validated if it is allowed to register. Input/Optional for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Test account password Enter ActiveDirectory/OpenLDAP password of a user that should be validated if it is allowed to register. Input/Optional for both OpenLDAP and ActiveDirectory
Validate test account Option to validate given ActiveDirectory/OpenLDAP account. Button/Optional

Sencodary server can be set in the same way to serve as a backup authenticator in case that connection to primary fails. If a Secondary server is added and the connection with the Primary fails, the system will try to connect to the Secondary in order to continue using DRP without interruptions.

Groups Settings

To define each of the LDAP groups, set the following parameters:

Setting Description Type/required
Group name Enter the Common Name (not Distinguished Name) of an LDAP group that corresponds to each DRP administrative group. The same group name must exist on the LDAP server. Input/Required for Admin, but optional for Junior Admin and Report group.
Restrict search (optional) Enter the search criteria that the group cannot use. For example:
  • empty/no value - recommended to leave empty
  • mac - prevents from searching for MAC addresses
  • uid - prevents from searching for usernames
Input/Optional
Read-only access Disabled by default, so members of this group are able to register new and make changes to existing devices in the pools. If enabled, members of this groups will not be able to register new devices or make changes to devices currently in the pools. Toggle/Optional
Allow DHCP Reservation When enabled, both dynamic and reserved registrations can be used by this LDAP group. If disabled, only dynamic registration will be used when Admins of this group are registering new devices. Toggle/Optional
Delete blocklist devices If enabled, members of this group are able to delete a blocklisted device. Disable it to prevent members of the group from deleting blocklisted devices and display an error message instead. Toggle/Optional
Tip:

Use the same settings to define a secondary authentication server and two additional user groups.