About ActivID CMS Directories

Prerequisites: To select a directory type and configure its settings:

Your directory must be installed and running.
You must have the required credentials to access it.
When initially installing ActivID CMS, you must set the directory type first (defined in Procedure 1: Setting the Directory Type).

ActivID CMS uses directories to store and retrieve information about users (such as their device serial numbers). ActivID CMS can be deployed with populated or non-populated directories.

Note:

ActivID CMS relies on the UserID attribute to look up users. This attribute is also used in the certificates issued on devices.
It is recommended to choose an attribute that does not contain the last names of users in order to prevent any complications in case there is a legal name change.
You can configure ActivID CMS to support only one type of directory.

Once a directory is set, the ActivID CMS user’s UserID is mapped to an attribute used to identify the user in ActivID CMS. The following table lists the default attributes for each type of directory.

Default Attributes for Directory Types
Directory Type	UserID
Microsoft Active Directory^®	sAMAccountName
Microsoft LDS	uid
Atos DirX^®	cn
IBM^® Tivoli^® Directory Server/NetIQ^® eDirectory/Oracle Directory Server/Red Hat Directory Server	uid

Important: You can modify the mappings after the repository is configured, but they cannot be modified once ActivID CMS operations involving devices and users have started.