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Hi all,
In our environment we have multiple LDAP systems. They are there due to multiple acquisitions.
Can Splunk handle multiple LDAP and Splunk native authentication simultaniously?
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Yes,
You can have both Splunk Native (local) auth AND multiple LDAP schemes at the same time.
You can not have LDAP and SAML simultaneously though.
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Yes,
You can have both Splunk Native (local) auth AND multiple LDAP schemes at the same time.
You can not have LDAP and SAML simultaneously though.
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Is multiple LDAP systems supported simultaniously?
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Assuming you mean authentication against two different Windows Domains
or a Windows Domain and an opensource LDAP server like FreeIPA
In either case - yes.
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Thanks all. I am accepting the answer as it is with practical experience.
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And there is a catch , if you have same userID in multiple LDAP then user from first LDAP based on priority will have access to splunk, same userID from remaining LDAP will be ignored.
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