Importing users to internal LDAP

Describes the procedure to import users to internal LDAP

In the User Management screen, you can import users from an external LDAP to the internal LDAP. This option gives you the flexibility to add selected users from your LDAP to the ESA.

Ensure that Proxy Authentication is enabled before importing users from an external directory service.

For more information about working with Proxy Authentication, refer to here.

The username in local LDAP is case-sensitive and the username in Active Directory is case-insensitive. It is recommended not to import users from external LDAP where the username in the local LDAP and the username in the external LDAP are same.

The users imported are not local users of the internal LDAP. You cannot apply password policy to these users. To convert the imported user to a local user, navigate to Settings > Users > User Management, select the user, and then click Convert to Local user User Icon. When you convert a user to a local LDAP user, ESA creates the user in its local LDAP server.

Perform the following steps to import users to internal LDAP.

  1. In the Web UI, navigate to Settings> Users > User Management.

  2. Click Import Users to add an external LDAP user to the internal LDAP.
    The Import Users screen appears.

  3. Select Search by Username to search the users by username or select Search by custom filter to search the users using the LDAP filter.

  4. Type the required number of results to display in the Display Number of Results text box.

  5. If you want to overwrite existing user, click Overwrite Existing Users.

  6. Click Next.
    The users matching the search criteria appear on the screen.

  7. Select the required users and click Next.
    The screen to select the roles appears.

  8. Select the required roles for the selected users and click Next.

  9. The Enter your password prompt appears. Enter the password and click Ok. If the number of unsuccessful password attempts exceed the defined value in the password policy, the account gets locked.

    For more information about Password Policy, refer here.

The screen displaying the roles imported appears.

The users, along with the roles, are imported to the internal LDAP.

Last modified January 30, 2025