When you initially set up your Novell Vibe site, your main consideration for LDAP synchronization is to add users and groups from your LDAP directory into your Vibe site. As time passes, deletion of obsolete users and groups from your Vibe site becomes a larger concern. Periodically review the LDAP synchronization options described in LDAP Synchronization Options
in Basic Installation
in the Kablink Vibe OnPrem 3 Installation Guide to ensure that obsolete users and groups are being managed properly.
By default, Vibe synchronizes the following attributes from the LDAP directory:
First name
Last name
Phone number
E-mail address
Description
This information displays on each user’s personal user profile.
To synchronize additional LDAP attributes, complete the following sections:
Before you can synchronize Vibe user profiles with additional attributes from your LDAP directory, you first need to ensure that there is a corresponding Vibe field for the LDAP attribute that you want to synchronize.
To view the existing fields in the user profile:
Navigate to a user profile and see if there is an existing field that corresponds to the LDAP attribute that you want to synchronize.
If the appropriate field already exists, continue with Copying the Data Name of the Vibe Field.
If the appropriate field doesn’t already exist, you must create it, as described in Section 3.2.4, Customizing the Default User Profile View.
Each field in Vibe has an internal data name, which is added when the field is created. When you create a field, using the Form and View Designers tool, Vibe requires that you enter a data name. This name is how Vibe identifies the field.
To map an LDAP attribute to a Vibe field, you must find the data name for the field.
The following procedure shows how to find the data name for a particular field in the user profile:
Click the
icon in the upper right corner of the page.In the
section, click .Expand
, then click .Expand
, expand , then locate the Vibe field that you want to synchronize with an LDAP attribute.Click the name of the field, then click
in the dialog box on the right side of the page.Copy the text in the Mapping the Vibe Field to the LDAP Attribute.
field, then continue withAfter you have copied the data name of the Vibe field that you want to synchronize with an LDAP attribute as described in Copying the Data Name of the Vibe Field, you can map the Vibe field to the LDAP attribute that you want to synchronize.
Click the
icon in the upper right corner of the page.The Administration page is displayed.
In the
section, click .The map box in the
section lists the LDAP attributes that are currently being synchronized.The items in the list have the following format:
vibe_field_name=ldap_attribute_name
Add a new line to the list, specifying the Vibe field name to the left of the equal sign (=) and the LDAP attribute name to the right of the equal sign.
The vibe_field_name is the data name that you copied in Copying the Data Name of the Vibe Field, and ldap_attribute_name is the name of the LDAP attribute in your LDAP directory.
Repeat Step 3 for each LDAP attribute that you want to add to the user profile.
Select
, then click .The status box shows the LDAP attribute information being added to Vibe users.