Obtain required information
Obtain the following information about the directory server with which you want to integrate.
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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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