Required Settings to Connect to an LDAP Server Using SSL/TLS

Article Number:01056

In Garoon version 3.1.0 and later, you can use SSL/TLS to connect to an LDAP server. When the server accesses the SSL/TLS-enabled server, Garoon refers to files that are saved in a specific directory.
When you use SSL/TLS to connect to an LDAP server, you must change the configuration file to accept server certificates that are not authenticated.

For Windows

  1. Create the following directory.

    C:\OpenLDAP\sysconf
  2. Create a "ldap.conf" file in the directory that you have created in Step 1.

  3. In the file created in Step 2, describe the following.

    TLS_REQCERT never

For Linux

In Garoon version 4.2 and later, use OpenSSL installed on the OS.
Follow the following steps to edit the "ldap.conf" file.

  1. Open the ldap.conf file.
    The ldap.conf file is normally saved in the following directory:

    /etc/openldap
  2. Add the following to the ldap.conf file:

    TLS_REQCERT never