[CONNECTORS-1280] Unable to connect to LDAP server using ManifoldCF crawler

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: ManifoldCF 2.3
• Component/s: LDAP authority
• Labels: LDAP ManifoldCF newbie security

Environment

Open LDAP Server, Client OS: Windows Server 2008 R2, crawler accessing from http://localhost:8345/mcf-crawler-ui/login.jsp

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: srinivasa s
• Created: 22/Feb/16 05:17
• Updated: 22/Feb/16 07:34
• Resolved: 22/Feb/16 07:34

Description

I am using ManifoldCF crawler(using Authority Connection option) to connect Open LDAP server. Crawler throwing exception - "Communication error - IPAddress: 389.". Unable to find exact error anywhere in the log files? Even after that error there is no information log into log files. I try to use "SEVERE" as log level in "logging.ini" file. Still exact error/any exception is not logging. Can you please help me on where I can find exact error".

I am providing following information in crawler localhost

1. Create new List Authority Group
2. Create new user connection
3. Trying to Create new authority Connection with LDAP
i) Provide name and description
ii) Select connection type as LDAP and select authority group
iii) No Prerequisites
iv) Throttling - Max connection - 2
v) on LDAP tab provided following information
a). LDAP protocol: LDAP
b). LDAP server name: LDAP Sever IP address
c). LDAP server port:389
d). LDAP server base : dc=testing,dc=local
e). Bind to server as user (leave empty if not needed) : cn=someaccountname,dc=testing dc=local
f). Bind to server with password: xxxxx
g). User search base:ou=Users
h). User search filter: (&(objectClass=simpleSecurityObject)(uid=

{0}))
i). User name attribute:uid
j). Group search base:ou=Groups
k). Group search filter: (&(objectClass=organizationalUnit)(member={0}

))
l). Group name attribute:cn