Store directory server credentials in the Marketing Platform

If your directory server does not allow anonymous access, you must configure an IBM® EMM user account to hold a directory user name and password, as described in the following procedure.

1.	Log in to IBM® EMM as a user with Admin access.

2.	Select or create an IBM® EMM user account to hold the directory server credentials of an LDAP user with read access over all of the user and group information in the LDAP server. Follow these guidelines.

In a later step, you will set the value of the IBM Marketing Platform user for LDAP credentials configuration property to the user name for this IBM® EMM user account. The default value of this property is asm_admin, a user that exists in every new Marketing Platform installation. You can use the asm_adminaccount to hold the directory server credentials.

The user name of this IBM® EMM user account must not match the user name of any directory server user.

3.	Add a data source for this IBM® EMM user account, following these guidelines.

Field	Guideline
Data Source Name	You can enter any name, but note that in a later step, the value of the Data source for LDAP credentials property must match this data source name. Name your data source LDAPServer to match this default value.
Data Source Login	Enter the Distinguished Name (DN) of the administrative user with read access over all of the directory server user and group information that will be synchronized with IBM® EMM. The DN resembles the following: uidcn=user1,ou=someGroup,dc=systemName,dc=com
Data Source Password	Enter the password of the administrative user with search permission on the directory server.