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Securing LDAP using SSL

Secure your directory integrations by enabling SSL/LDAPS for LDAP communication. This guide shows you how to encrypt and trust connections between Nodinite LDAP products and your LDAP Catalog Service, so you achieve compliance and peace of mind.

✅ Encrypt all LDAP traffic for maximum security
✅ Follow proven certificate management best practices
✅ Achieve compliance with enterprise and regulatory requirements
✅ Use with both BizTalk LDAP Adapter and LDAP Web API

This user guide applies to both Nodinite LDAP products: BizTalk LDAP Adapter and LDAP Web API. It explains how to secure communication between the Nodinite LDAP products and your LDAP Catalog Service.

This guide summarizes the essentials from the Microsoft Technet article:
LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) Certificate

To secure your LDAP environment:

  1. Create a new self-signed certificate, or install an existing certificate, on each Active Directory Domain Controller that your clients target.
    • Set the Server Authentication extended property on the certificate
    • Install the certificate in the Active Directory Domain Services Personal Account (NTDS\Personal) certificate store
    • Restart the NTDS Service or reboot the server if needed
  2. Install the certificate on the server running the BizTalk LDAP Adapter and/or the LDAP Web API.
    • Install the certificate in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities for the local machine
      • You can use intermediate certificates. Review this article for more information. Install the root certificate in Trusted Root Certification Authorities and the intermediate in Intermediate Certification Authorities.

    Ensure the Server Authentication extended property remains on the imported certificate

    • Reboot the server if required

Important

Always use certificates to secure communication. Replace certificates before they expire or become obsolete.

Next Step

Monitoring Certificates:

Nodinite Monitoring Agents