Question
How do I configure FTK Central to use Active Directory authentication?
Answer
- Log in to FTK Central and click the wrench in the upper-right to go to Administration
- Click System Management in the upper-right
- Click Active Directory on the left
- Complete the values as defined below:
Server: Name or IP of the Domain Controller (this can also be just the domain name itself to automatically choose which domain controller to use)
Port: LDAP port
Global Catalog: Whether or not to use Global Catalog
Base DN: Distinguished Name of the base OU
User DN: Username of a user with Domain Read Object privileges
- Check the box under Active Directory Authentication
- Click Test Configuration and make sure it returns Valid
- Click Save and Next in the lower-right
- Map the fields as shown below, the click Save and Next
- Click User Management in the upper-right
- On the Users page, click Import fromAD
- Import at least one User from Active Directory, and associate them to either the Application Administrator Role or Group
- Use the FTK Central Configuration Tool to set the Authentication Method to one of the following:
- Forms (Active Directory and Internal authentication) - Presents a login screen for users to provide their Active Directory credentials.
Note: Active Directory username should be in the format "domain\user". - IWA (Active Directory authentication only) - Passes the credentials that the browser is running with (typically the credentials used to log into the machine).
Note: Users may need to add your FTK Central base URL to the Local Intranet Zone on their machines to allow their browser to pass through their credentials.
- Forms (Active Directory and Internal authentication) - Presents a login screen for users to provide their Active Directory credentials.
- Restart the AccessData Exterro Self Host Service service