[Unity-idm-discuss] LDAP as backend for Unity

[Gerben V. <ger...@su...>]

Dear all,

Unity has its own user database and I am wondering if it is possible to use LDAP instead. The second use case described in the Unity documentation (1.1 Use cases) seems to hint at this. However, the remainder of the document does not seem to further detail it. Of course the documentation describes how Unity can be configured to use LDAP for remote authentication. What I would like to know: is Unity able to use LDAP for its user database (instead of using either the H2 or MySql databases)?

The idea behind this is that Unity can act as a master and replicate the LDAP database to its slaves. This could be valuable when Unity for authentication is temporally not reachable, but services can still validate already known users. It would ensure that people can continue using a service in case Unity in not able to provide authentication.

Cheers,
Gerben
 
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