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Identity

Active Directory (LDAP)

Read-only, scheduled directory sync of users and groups from your own on-prem Active Directory or OpenLDAP over LDAP/LDAPS. Coexists with SCIM; never writes back to the directory.

InboundData residency: EU
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What it does

  • Inbound-only in v1: no write-back to AD, no destructive actions
  • inetOrgPerson entries → platform users (joined on email, with a userPrincipalName fallback for AD's often-unreliable mail attribute)
  • groupOfNames / groupOfUniqueNames entries → platform groups, joined on name
  • Account-disabled state read from userAccountControl (AD) or a lock-timestamp attribute (OpenLDAP)
  • Attribute names are fully overridable for non-AD LDAP estates
  • Coexists with SCIM per tenant for hybrid identity setups

Data residency

AD/LDAP is the tenant's own on-prem directory — its data is wherever the tenant already runs it. No third-party sub-processor is involved, so there's no non-EU acknowledgement to make.

Event mappings

External eventMaps toWhat happens
inetOrgPersonuserLDAP user entry → platform user (joined on email, userPrincipalName fallback)
groupOfNamesgroupLDAP group entry → platform group (joined on name)

What you configure

  • LDAP/LDAPS URL
  • TLS required (default on)
  • Bind DN — the service account (its password is stored as a secret)
  • User base DN + filter (default: (objectClass=inetOrgPerson))
  • Group base DN + filter (default: groupOfNames / groupOfUniqueNames)
  • Attribute-name overrides for non-AD LDAP estates
  • Page size (default 500, max 5000)

Setup overview

Bind with a read-only service account (the password is stored as a secret, never in config). Default sync cadence is hourly. Authenticates via LDAP simple bind, not OAuth.

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