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LDAP Cognos Configuration

This document provides instructions for configuring Cognos authentication using an LDAP server. It describes installing and configuring an LDAP server using Apache Directory Studio, creating a connection to the LDAP server, and configuring Cognos to use the LDAP server for authentication. It also provides steps for adding new users to the LDAP server through the Apache Directory Studio user interface.

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LDAP Cognos Configuration

This document provides instructions for configuring Cognos authentication using an LDAP server. It describes installing and configuring an LDAP server using Apache Directory Studio, creating a connection to the LDAP server, and configuring Cognos to use the LDAP server for authentication. It also provides steps for adding new users to the LDAP server through the Apache Directory Studio user interface.

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Cognos 8: LDAP Server Configuration

Cognos Configuration 10x/8x

Saravanan Vajjiravel
4-July-2011

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Contents

Revision History .......................................................................................................................................... 2


Summary: .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Audience: ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Tools to be Installed and Configured: ..................................................................................................... 3
LDAP Server Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3
Terminology: ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Create a New Server using the Apache Directory Studio ..................................................................... 4
Create a Connection ................................................................................................................................... 5
IBM Cognos Configuration Steps: ............................................................................................................ 7
Adding a new user ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Revision History

Release Date By Description


1.0 04-Jul-2011 Saravanan Vajjiravel Final Version

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Summary:
This document is intended to provide quick walkthrough for configuring Cognos Security Authentication
with LDAP service.

Audience:
Cognos Administrator, Cognos Center of Excellence (Cognos Application Architect)

Tools to be Installed and Configured:


 Cognos 10x/8x BI Server
 Cognos Configuration

LDAP Server Overview


It is a server, where you can store users credential like (username, password, personal info, etc).

Using of LDAP not very tricky – For better comfort level, I suggest you to download and install LDAP
server (http://directory.apache.org/studio), connect to that server using special server browser, and then
you can create user accounts and groups using graphical interface or running special code.

Usually users’ credentials are stored in the special folders. There are a few different folder types.

Terminology:

 Domain (DC) or Organizational Unit (OU).


 And folder can have subfolders. Any object (user or folder) in LDAP have its own unique
distinguished name (DN).

Data organization in LDAP server is easier understanding using the below example.

This server contains 3 first level folders:


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|_ _ _one domain (dc=example,dc=com) and
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|_ _ _two organizational units (ou=chema and ou=system).

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Domain dc=example,dc=com consist 3 users and one subfolder:


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|_ _ _uid=admin2 (DN: uid=admin2,dc=example,dc=com) and
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|_ _ _ Subfolder – ou=Tele2 (DN: ou=Tele2,dc=example,dc=com)
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| |___one user – user3 (DN: uid=user3,dc=example,dc=com)
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|_ _ _uid=user1 (DN: uid=user1,dc=example,dc=com)
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|_ _ _uid=user2 (DN: uid=user2,dc=example,dc=com)

When you work with IBM Cognos application which uses LDAP for storing users credential, you have to
point the IP address and port of LDAP server (if you use same computer for running application and LDAP
server then IP is equal to LOCALHOST and typical port number is 389).

You also have to provide DN of folder where you store necessary user’s credentials.

For example ou=Tele2,dc=Example,dc=com.

Create a New Server using the Apache Directory Studio


Once you have successfully installed a studio, you will see an empty window with no server has been
configured. Please follow the below steps to configure the new server:

1. Open Apache Directory Studio.


2. Go to File > New. In the popup window, please choose the latest version as illustrated below:

3. Start the server by simply hitting the below button:

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Create a Connection
To explore/view the contents of the server, you need a connection. Please follow the below steps to
obtain the connection from scratch.

1. Click on the tab Connections > click the icon create New Connection as shown below:

2. Input the connection name with unique identifier (i.e. testLDAP) because you will refer this
name later during IBM Cognos Configuration.

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3. In the immediate next window, input the authentication credentials.

Here, Bind Password stored as “secret”.

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IBM Cognos Configuration Steps:

1. Launch IBM Cognos Configuration


(Cognos_Installed_Home>IBM Cognos Configuration)

2. Go to Security > Authentication


Right click on Authentication; select New Resource -> Namespace. Provide name of new
namespace (type “testLDAP” for example) and select LDAP type.

3. Click on the new namespace that you have created (i.e. testLDAP) and modify the configuration
as given below;

Note: Enable “Use bind credentials for search” to True for traversing user profiles in Cognos
Connection. By default, this was set to False.

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4. Test the LDAP connection that you have just created.


Right click on testLDAP and click Test.

Please find below the detailed steps for adding new users into the LDAP – Apache Directory Studio:

Adding a new user

1. Go to LDAP Browser window > expand Root DSE > ou=system > ou=users
2. Right-click on ou=users and choose New Entry

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3. Go with default selection with no changes…

4. Ensure, you have removed any entries that you see in the right side by default.

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5. Now, you input the selection in Available object classes as shown below:

6. Input the user name details

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On clicking Next; it’s mandatory to input following details:

Click Next:

Click Ok and Click Finish on its parent screen.

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That’s it. You are done. Now, you will have the final screen very similar to the below:

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