SugarCRM install package for Lotus Foundations – LDAP integration

Here we explain how to integrate LDAP between SugarCRM  Lotus Foundations so that Lotus Foundations user account can login to SugarCRM without creating the new account into SugarCRM manually.

If you haven’t done to install SugarCRM on Lotus Foundations,

please go to here to download the install package

And, please check here for SugarCRM installation guide on Lotus Foundations server

also,  here for SugarCRM install package for Lotus Foundations ? SugarCRM Setup Wizard.

1. Check your Louts Foundations LDAP Base DN. The LDAP Base DN supposes to be like below
   ou=users, dc=domain, dc=com

   For example, if your server name is lfs.mydomain.net,
   then Base DN is ou=users, dc= mydomain,dc=net

   If you want to test LDAP connection by using LDAP Client such as JXplorer(Open Source LDAP Client), the configuration will become like below

   Host:  server ip address
   Port: 389
   Protocol:LDAP v2
   Base DN: ou=users,dc=mydomain,dc=net
   Level: User + Password
   User DN: uid=root,ou=users,dc=mydomain,dc=net
   Password: root password

   

   Example for LDAP Client

2. Log-in to SugarCRM as administrator
3. Click [Admin] link from top-right corner
   

   Admin Link of SugarCRM

4. Click [Password Management] link from Admin Page
   

   Password Management Link of SugarCRM

5. Check [LDAP Support] checkbox
6. Configure like below
   Enable LDAP Authentication: YES
   Server:  IP_ADDRESS
   Port Number: 389
   User DN: ou=users,dc=caicorp,dc=com
   User Filter:
   Bind Attribute: dn
   Login Attribute: uid
   Group Membership:
   Authentication:
   Auto Create Users: YES
   Encryption Key:
   

   LDAP configuration on SugarCRM

7. Click [Save] button

That’s all.

Please test if you can log-in as Lotus Foundations user.