Active Directory Authentication (Simple)

This article covers the authentication of users over Active Directory. This is a special case of LDAP Authentication.

Step 1: Choose an authentication type

When creating a new authentication method, choose Microsoft Active Directory from the dropdown list. In doing so, all special settings are adjusted to Active Directory LDAP.

Step 2: Setup

If your Active Directory servers are reachable by the GLaDOS server and your Active Directory Domain Name can be looked up via DNS, you can provide the Active Directory Domain Name in the Domain field and specify a group mapping and you’re done!

If you did not change any default settings on your AD, then your users are now able to login to GLaDOS in the same way as they are able to login to a domain joined Windows machine using their sAMAccountName.

For the group mapping, you can optionally query for AD groups by pressing Query for LDAP groups and providing a username and password. The dropdown lists will then be populated with the query result.

Troubleshooting

Please refer to the advanced setup if you have trouble configuring Active Directory.