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AD LDAP connector

gordonhuworkato — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:49:07 GMT

Hi Pros,

I haven’t used LDAP connector extensively in the past. Just began to learn and was overwhelmed by how many fields there were.

I was trying to do two simple things - list users in an OU, list users in a group. But I couldn’t achieve that within mins. I think the ease of Okta connector has spoiled me in the past 🤣.

Any pros can share some tips when using LDAP? Do you find that you have to type all the CN, DN, etc cumbersome?

Thank you for your tips! Happy Friday.

Gordon

Re: AD LDAP connector

mroldanvega — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:18:02 GMT

Totally not as easy as Okta.

We find that yes, we always have to enter the full CN. We had some issues also at the beginning setting up the connection.

We currently have an open case with Support beecause we are not able to get data pills for all the properties. Eg. in the users we have a property for mobilePhone, and one custom one called exchLocation. When we query the users, we can see the data in the log in both fields, but we cannot get data pills for them when reading data, and don't see input fields when trying to update users.

I am with you, it is a lot more painful and cumbersome.

Re: AD LDAP connector

gordonhuworkato — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:39:11 GMT

I am looking at a tool named Adaxes. It looks like a “workato” tool specifically for AD.

Pros: it is “morel GUI based like workato. UI is old. But at least, I don’t have to write a lot of code.

Cons: it is not serverless.

Feature request for workato: if Workato can combine the pros of Adaxes and its serverless recipe config in the cloud, that would be super ❤️

Re: AD LDAP connector

mroldanvega — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 02:12:22 GMT

Tridivesh Sarangi hoping you guys have some good plans for this one.

Re: AD LDAP connector

tridivesh — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:40:38 GMT

Manuel Roldan-Vega Gordon Hu - thanks for sharing. Will check our AD roadmap and respond.

Re: AD LDAP connector

cheekeong-leow — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 08:28:48 GMT

I have similar use case. My approach to it is that i created a web api as a connector between workato and my company LDAP. The webapi function as enabler for staff to reset his/her AD password. We can strike a conversation on the design if you are interested

Re: AD LDAP connector

eeshan — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:45:07 GMT

Manuel Roldan-Vega Gordon Hu Chee Keong thank you for the feedback. We are working on some connector enhancements to improve the experience. In particular, we want to simplify the "Sample entry DN" step. It is indeed a friction point.

The suggestion is a good one. LDAP tools make use of a folder-like interface that makes it easy to explore entries in the directory, especially when the user is not an AD admin with perfect knowledge of the full directory. We intend to incorporate these elements into the upcoming enhancements.

Re: AD LDAP connector

gordonhuworkato — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:40:11 GMT

Thank you ❤️

Re: AD LDAP connector

gordonhuworkato — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:58:45 GMT

Anyone actually “successfully” listed users in an OU? I don’t think the connector can do that. It’s returning nothing, or weird things