The information on this page refers to License Statistics 6.0 and newer, which introduced a new user interface (UI). If you are using a version previous to v6.0, see documentation for previous versions. |
If you have set up an LDAP connection, you may want to enable LDAP over SSL. By default, LDAP traffic is transmitted unsecured. You can, however, make LDAP traffic confidential by installing a valid certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA). The CA certificate, which contains a public key and the identity of the owner, is needed to enable encrypted communication between License Statistics and your LDAP server.
To connect over SSL:
If you want to verify that the LDAP server's certificate is properly signed:
If you do not want to verify that the LDAP server's certificate is properly signed:
Note: We recommend using the predefined settings and leaving the variable LDAP_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFY set to "demand" so you can perform the validation of the LDAP server's certificate using your CA file.