Configuring ApacheDS
You must configure ApacheDS before it can be used with HotDocs Hub.
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Default Connection
The follow steps describe configuring a default connection between ApacheDS and HotDocs. Please refer to the ApacheDS documentation if you need to create a custom connection.
To configure ApacheDS for use with HotDocs Hub
1. Initial Connection Setup
- Run Apache Directory Studio.
- Right-click in the Connections pane in the bottom left of the window.
- Select Import > Import Connections from the drop-down menu.
- Click Browse.
- Navigate to the LdapFiles folder supplied with your HotDocs Hub installation package.
- Select the LdapConnection.lbc file.
- Click Open.
- Click Finish.
- Expand the DIT node in the LDAP Browser pane.
- Select the Root DSE node.
- Select File > Open File.
- Navigate to the LdapFiles folder supplied with your HotDocs Hub installation package.
- Select the LdapInitialSetup.ldif file.
- Click Open.
- Click Execute LDIF to execute the selected .ldif file.
- Select the ldapusers connection from the list.
- Click OK.
2. Tenancy Configuration
- Navigate to DIT > Root DSE.
- Expand the dc=example,dc=com node.
- Right-click the cn=HotDocs group.
- Select Properties from the drop-down menu.
- Click both Refresh button in the Create and Modify Information section.
- Click the Refresh button in the Sizing Information section.
- Click OK.
- Copy the entryUUID value from the cn=HotDocs group tab; you use the value later for the ApacheTenancy setting in the HotDocs Hub post-installation scripts.
3. Disable Anonymous Access
You must also disable anonymous access for ApacheDS, to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the server.
- Navigate to the LDAP Servers pane.
- Right-click the pane and select New > New Server.
- Select your installed ApacheDS server instance, e.g. ApacheDS 2.0.0.
- Click Finish.
- Right-click ApacheDS 2.0.0 in the LDAP Servers pane.
- Select Open Configuration.
- Deselect the Allow anonymous access setting.
- Select File > Save to save the configuration.
Next Steps
Install HotDocs Hub with User Management and Active Directory.