{"id":16266,"date":"2026-04-09T17:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/?p=16266"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:59:01","slug":"custom-ldap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/how-to-articles\/custom-ldap\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up a Custom LDAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Overview<\/h2>

Connect to any LDAP-compatible directory service including Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, or other enterprise directories for user authentication and provisioning.<\/span><\/p>

Features<\/h2>
  • LDAP authentication for secure user login<\/span><\/li>
  • Automated directory sync for user provisioning and updates<\/span><\/li>
  • Group membership mapping to Onflo teams and roles<\/span><\/li>
  • Configurable search filters and attribute mapping<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

    Prerequisites<\/h2>

    Before you begin make sure you have the following before connecting this integration:<\/span><\/p>

    • LDAP server URL and port<\/span><\/li>
    • Bind DN (distinguished name) and credentials<\/span><\/li>
    • Base DN for search root<\/span><\/li>
    • Initial creation of all LT users in AllowLT group<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

      Step 1: In the Integration Marketplace<\/strong> select the Custom LDAP<\/strong> application.<\/p>

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      Step 2: Enter the required details.<\/p>

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      Step 3: Test the connection and click Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>

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      Step 4: Map the fields from LDAP to User fields in Onflo.<\/p>

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      Step 5: Set Import Preferences and Notification settings.<\/p>

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      Step 6: Set the default role.<\/p>

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      Step 7: Set Sync Schedule and Sync Safety Threshold.<\/p>

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      Step 8: Click Enable Integration<\/strong> and click Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>

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      Once the application is activated it will be displayed in the Installed Apps<\/strong> page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

      Step 9: Navigate to the Activate page inside the Custom LDAP application to retrieve the Login URL.<\/p>

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      Step 10: Use the given URL to login to Onflo.<\/p>

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      Overview Connect to any LDAP-compatible directory service including Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, or other enterprise directories for user authentication and provisioning. Features LDAP authentication for secure user login Automated directory sync for user provisioning and updates Group membership mapping to Onflo teams and roles Configurable search filters and attribute mapping Prerequisites Before you begin make...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409,514],"class_list":["post-16266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-articles","category-integrations-marketplace","tag-integrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16266"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16582,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16266\/revisions\/16582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/kc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}