Required information
Obtain the required information about the directory server with which you want to integrate. You use this information during the configuration process, to store directory server credentials and set configuration property values.
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Obtain the server host name and port.
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Identify a user who has search permissions on the directory server, and gather the following information about the user.
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login name
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password
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Distinguished Name (DN). For additional information , see About Distinguished Names.
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Obtain the following for the directory server.
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Fully qualified host name or IP address
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The port on which server listens
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Determine the string that your directory server uses for the user attribute in the Group object. Typically, this value is uniquemember in LDAP servers and member in Windows™ Active Directory servers. You should verify this on your directory server.
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Obtain the following required user attributes.
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Determine the string that your directory server uses for the user login attribute. This string is always required. Typically, this value is uid in LDAP servers and sAMAccountName in Windows™ Active Directory servers. Verify this string on your directory server.
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Determine the string that your directory server uses for the alternate login attribute, which is required only when Campaign is installed in a UNIX™ environment.
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If you are using attribute based synchronization, obtain the strings used for the attributes (one or more) that you want to use for this purpose.
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If you want the Marketing Platform to import additional (optional) user attributes stored in your directory server, determine the strings that your directory server uses for the following.
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First name
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Last name
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User title
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Department
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Company
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Country
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User email
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Address 1
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Work phone
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Mobile phone
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Home phone
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