Integrating with LDAP for authentication only

In the previous recipe, we have looked at how to integrate JIRA with LDAP for authentication, users, and group management. Sometimes, you might need LDAP only for authentication, and to keep the group membership separate from LDAP for easy management.

In this recipe, we will look at how to integrate JIRA with LDAP only for authentication.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need to have an LDAP server up and running. You need to make sure that the JIRA server is able to access to the LDAP server. For more details, refer to the previous recipe, Integrating and importing users from LDAP.

How to do it...

Proceed with the following steps to integrate JIRA with an LDAP server exclusively for authentication:

1. Navigate to Administration | User management | User Directories.

2. Click on the Add Directory button, and select the Internal with LDAP Authentication option.

3. Enter the LDAP server and schema settings. Most of the parameters are identical to creating...