https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91256#M3008 <P>Here is the manual for that,<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/SetupuserauthenticationwithLDAP">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/SetupuserauthenticationwithLDAP</A></P> <P>You can use AD/LDAP to authenticate, therefore have your users defined in AD.<BR /> in the process you will define which AD group is linked to which Splunk role.</P> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:08:35 GMT yannK 2011-10-13T15:08:35Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91254#M3006 <P>I am not much of a Windows person (usually Linux) but I was asked if Splunk can use Active Directory as opposed to creating new user ids and passwords, and if so, how?</P> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:55:08 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91254#M3006 RVDowning 2011-10-13T14:55:08Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91255#M3007 <P>Yes, it definitely can (LDAP or AD), see how to set it up here: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.2.3/admin/SetUpUserauthenticationwithLDAP">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.2.3/admin/SetUpUserauthenticationwithLDAP</A></P> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:08:08 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91255#M3007 Glenn 2011-10-13T15:08:08Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91256#M3008 <P>Here is the manual for that,<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/SetupuserauthenticationwithLDAP">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/SetupuserauthenticationwithLDAP</A></P> <P>You can use AD/LDAP to authenticate, therefore have your users defined in AD.<BR /> in the process you will define which AD group is linked to which Splunk role.</P> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:08:35 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Using-Active-Directory/m-p/91256#M3008 yannK 2011-10-13T15:08:35Z