ldap create

--urls URI_LIST

Sets the URIs of the remote LDAP server's domain controllers (DCs) and their priority order.

Specify URI_LIST as a comma separated list of URIs in the format <scheme>://<address>. The order of listing defines the priority order. The DC with highest priority that has a good health status is used.

Examples:

--port PORT

Sets the port of the remote LDAP server. Typical value: 389.

--bindpw BINDPW

Sets the password used with the Bind DN to authenticate to the LDAP server.

Required if method is set to simple.

--method simple|anonymous

The authentication method the LDAP server uses to authenticate VAST Cluster as a client querying the LDAP database. Set the method according to how the LDAP server is configured to authenticate clients. The following options are available:

--binddn BINDDN

Sets the bind DN for authenticating to the LDAP server. The bind DN specifies the user with which VAST Cluster authenticates to the LDAP directory.

The format is a comma separated list of components. Each component is an attribute=value pair defining an object in the directory tree. The first component is a cn attribute component specifying the user object, the next component is its container and so on up the tree, with the last component representing the top level domain.

The following attributes can be specified:

For example, cn=admin,ou=users,dc=mydomain,dc=local specifies user 'admin' located in the 'users' container under the domain 'mydomain.local'.

--basedn BASE_DN

Specifies the entry in the LDAP directory tree to use as a starting point for user queries.

To maximize the speed of authentication queries, start the search in the lowest branch of the tree under which all users can be found. For example, if the entire directory must be queried, the search base must specify the root of the tree. However, if the search can be restricted to a specific organizational unit (OU), queries may be faster.

Specify BASE_DN as a comma separated list of components. Each component is an attribute=value pair defining an object in the directory tree. The first component defines the object at the lowest part of the tree that you want to use as the starting point of the search, the next component is its container and so on up the tree, with the last component representing the top level domain.

The following attributes can be specified:

For example, supposing your user accounts are all located in a container called 'users' under a domain 'mydomain.local'. If you want to set the users container as the starting point for search queries, you would enter: --basedn ou=users,dc=mydomain,dc=local

--group-searchbase GROUP_BASE_DN

(From VAST Cluster 3.0.1) Sets the entry in the LDAP directory tree to use as a starting point for group queries. See Base DN.

--gid-number ATTRIBUTE_NAME

--uid ATTRIBUTE_NAME

--uid-number ATTRIBUTE_NAME

--uid-member ATTRIBUTE_NAME

--posix-account ATTRIBUTE_NAME

--posix-group ATTRIBUTE_NAME

(From VAST Cluster 1.2.4) If your LDAP server uses attributes that differ from the default RFC2307-compliant attribute set that is used to query the LDAP server, these options map those attributes to the attribute names used on the server you are connecting the cluster to. This is typically needed for Active Directory.

Example: uid=cn --posix-account user --posix-group group

use-tls

(From VAST Cluster 2.2.0) Enables TLS to secure communication between VAST Cluster and the LDAP server.

no-tls

(From VAST Cluster 2.2.0) Disables TLS secure communication between VAST Cluster and the LDAP server.