# SSO or straight up LDAP user source? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition79\ **Created:** [December 19, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sso-or-straight-up-ldap-user-source/21511 "2018-12-19T18:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sso-or-straight-up-ldap-user-source/21511/6 "2018-12-20T16:37:19Z")
I guess it depends on how much of the heavy lifting you want to do. You seemed to indicate that you were using Active Directory so perhaps that was a poor assumption on my part. That said it is possible to tailor the Active Directory User source to connect to other LDAP servers, so long as you understand that it was intended to work with AD. Here are a couple of links where other people have been successful doing such things, they are a little dated. > [@Role Search filter for LDAP Authentification](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/role-search-filter-for-ldap-authentification/5705): > > I try to configure Ignition to use LDAP Authentification. Ignition v7.5.5 The LDAP is openDS version 2.2 Users and Roles are configured as follows : in openDS : in Ignition : Username Prefix : uid= Username Suffix : ,ou=utilisateurs,dc=itinisere,dc=fr User Search Base : dc=itinisere,dc=fr ser Search Filter : (&(objectClass=utilisateur)(uid={0})) User Name Attribute : uid User Name Attribute : Role Name Attribute : cn Role Search Base : Role Search Filter : (&(objectClass=groupOf… > [@LDAP Integration](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ldap-integration/7086): > > Hi All We’re running the 389 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/389\_Directory\_Server](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/389_Directory_Server)) LDAP server on Linux and I’m trying to set up a LDAP connection for Ignition. Has anybody managed to do it? There seem to be a couple of issues using the “Active Directory” LDAP setup when trying to connect to a 389/Redhat LDAP server: The Ignition setup seems to expect a property on the users that links them to roles (User Role Attribute). In our setup the property is on the group using the memberUid (using t… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sso-or-straight-up-ldap-user-source/21511)._