The User Administration module facilitates user authentication and integration with LDAP servers. In this section:
Accessing User Directories
Choose Security Configuration from the settings menu (gear icon) and click the Browser User Administration on <host> link. Depending on your Parasoft deployment and infrastructure, this link points to either the LDAP module in Parasoft DTP or the LDAP module with your Parasoft License Server (pstsec.war).
Existing directory configurations are listed in the table.
You can perform the following actions:
- Click Create User Directory and configure the directory settings to add a new user directory configuration (see Configuring Directory Settings).
- Click on an existing directory name or URL to edit the directory configuration (see Configuring Directory Settings).
- Click the import button to add users associated with the directory to CTP (see Importing Users).
- Click the trash button to delete the user directory configuration.
- Click and drag directories into the preferred order. When using the search function in the Users and Groups tabs, CTP checks directories in the order specified in the User Directories tab.
Configuring Directory Settings
Click on a directory to configure existing settings or click Create User Directory to set up a new directory. You can configure the following settings.
General Settings
New directories are enabled by default, but you can prevent the directory from syncing with your LDAP server by disabling the Enable option.
A name for the directory is required.
Server Settings
These settings specify CTP's connection to the LDAP server. Click Test Connection after you've configured the settings to verify that CTP can communicate with your LDAP server.
| Hostname | The LDAP server hostname. |
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| Port | The LDAP server port. |
| Use SSL | Enable this option to connect to the LDAP server over SSL. |
| Credentials | |
| Username | If the LDAP server requires credentials, specify the username in this field. |
| Password | If the LDAP server requires credentials, specify the password in this field. |
User Import Settings
Click Test User Import Settings after configuration to verify that they are correct before saving.
| Base DN | The base DN is the context DN (distinguished name) where the directory objects reside. If empty, CTP will use the root DN of the directory tree. Organizational units (ou) and domain components (dc) are used to define directory tree structures. The following example shows how an organization could structure its directory:
In this example, you would enter the following base DNs to scan users from Europe and Asia only.
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| Filter | Enter an expression in the Filter field to search on specific parameters. Searches are performed on the base DN(s) and specified scope. The following examples describe some of the ways filters can be used: Simple filter for users under provided base DN:
Find "devel1" and "devel2" users only:
Find users that are members of group "Managers":
About Filter Settings in Previous Versions of CTP In versions of CTP prior to 3.1.2, the LDAP filter configuration included an extra attribute and template: |
| Restrict To Groups | Enable this option to import only the users that belong to a group specified in the Group Import Settings. Users that do not belong to a group configured in Group Import Settings will not be imported. |
Attribute Mappings The attributes mapping section defines how Parasoft User Administration object attributes map to the connected directory object attributes. You can use the defaults mappings or configure the attributes to meet your specific needs. | |
| Username | Default is uid. |
| First Name | Default is givenName. |
| Last Name | Default is sn. |
| Email Address | Default is mail. |
| Member Of | Default is memberOf. See Advanced Settings for additional information. |
Group Import Settings
Click Test Group Import Settings after configuring the settings to verify that they are correct before saving.
| Enable group import | If you want to import groups set in your LDAP, enabled the Enable Group Import option. |
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| Base DN | See the Base DN setting under User Import Settings. |
| Filter | See the Filter setting under User Import Settings. About Group Filter Settings in Previous Versions of CTP In versions of CTP prior to 3.1.2, the LDAP filter configuration included an extra attribute and template: |
| Enable nested groups | If groups contain other groups in your directory, you can enable this setting to retain your LDAP server's hierarchical structure. |
Attribute Mappings The attributes mapping section defines how Parasoft User Administration object attributes map to the connected directory object attributes. You can use the defaults mappings or configure the attributes to meet your specific needs. | |
| Name | Default is cn. |
| Description | Default is cn. |
| Member | Default is member. See Advanced Settings for additional information. |
Advanced Settings
You can specify the scope of user and group queries User Administration performs in your LDAP.
| User search scope | Choose one of the following options from the drop-menu to set the user search scope:
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| Group search scope | Choose one of the following options from the drop-menu to set the group search scope:
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| Referral | Choose Follow from the drop-down menu to enable JNDI lookup. Choose this option for Active Directory servers configured without a DNS. Choose Ignore from the drop-down menu to ignore communication errors when Active Directory returns domain names for referrals other than the name specified in the server. |
| Page size | This setting specifies the number of record requests per page. Setting a page size allows the server to send the data in pages as the pages are being built. Default is 1000. |
| Membership strategy | This setting specifies how group membership is correlated when importing users from LDAP. CTP can correlate users based on their
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| Sync group membership | Enable this option to update user attributes and permissions based on group membership from LDAP. If enabled, CTP will refer to LDAP as the system of record for user membership. Any user/group associations made in CTP that differ from the membership associations in LDAP will be removed or overwritten by the associations stored in LDAP. CTP applies directory configurations in reverse sequence as they appear in the User Directories page. As a result, the directory at the top of the list takes precedence and should be the directory with Sync Group Membership enabled. Default is disabled. |
| Use DNs for membership | Enable this setting if CTP should expect distinguished names (DN) from your LDAP server to set user and group associations. Disable this setting to associate users and groups based on usernames and/or group attributes. Default is enabled. |
| User primary groups | Enable this settings to determine user group membership information using basic and Primary Groups defined in Active Directory. Default is disabled. |
| Read timeout (ms) | Specify how long CTP should wait when attempting to read data from the LDAP server before timing out. Default is |
| Connection timeout (ms) | Specify how long CTP should wait when attempting to connect to the LDAP server before timing out. Default is |
Importing Users
You can import users from your user directories after configuring your LDAP connection.
- Open Choose User Administration from the settings menu and click the User Directories tab.
- Click the import button for the directory you want to import.
Review the users to be imported and click Next to proceed or Cancel to exit without importing.
Attributes associated with existing users will be overwritten with data from the LDAP server.
- Review the user groups to be imported. Click on the disclosure triangle to view the users within a group.
- Click Next to review the import settings.
- Click Import to begin importing users.
A summary of the results will appear after the import completes.
User Administration REST API
The User Administration module includes a dedicated API that you can use to automate user administration tasks. Choose API Documentation from the help menu on the User Administration page. The documentation describes the available endpoints. The API is only accessible from the User Administration page in CTP.
Automating LDAP Synchronization
The simplest method for automating LDAP synchronization is to set up a nightly job using an automation tool, such as Jenkins. You can trigger LDAP synchronization by using a cURL command, for example, to call the User Administration REST API (/pstsec/api) endpoint:
curl -u username:password -X POST "https://hostname:port/pstsec/api/v1.0/ldap/import/configurationName" -H "accept: application/json"
In this example, replace username, password, hostname, port, and configurationName with your specific information.
