This page last changed on Jun 19, 2007 by rosie@atlassian.com.

About Directories 

Crowd supports an unlimited number of user directories. A directory can either be internal to Crowd, or connected to Crowd via an LDAP connector (e.g. for Active Directory) or via a custom directory connector (e.g. for a legacy database).

Once a directory has been defined in Crowd, it can be mapped to applications. Crowd will then delegate authentication and authorisation requests to the directory, for all applications that are mapped to that directory. Modification of directory entities (users, groups and roles) can be done via the Crowd Administration Console or via the application, depending on the application's capabilities.

You can even map multiple directories to an application, providing the application with a single view of multiple directories, in a specified order.

About the Directory Browser

The Directory Browser allows you to view and search for configured directories.

To use the Directory Browser,

  1. Login to the Crowd Administration Console.
  2. Click the 'Directories' link in the top navigation bar.
  3. This will display the Directory Browser, showing all the directories that exist in your Crowd system. You can refine your search by specifying a 'Name' (note that this is case-sensitive), or 'Active'/'Inactive' directories.
    An 'Inactive' directory is unable to be used by any applications, regardless of whether or not they are mapped to it.
  4. To view/edit a directory's details, click the 'View' link.

You created one default directory when you setup Crowd. To add more directories, see 2.2 Adding a Directory



Screenshot: 'Directory Browser'


 





 



Related Topics  

Crowd Documentation  


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