Go through the following steps to integrate Jira with an LDAP server:
- Navigate to Administration > User management > User Directories.
- Click on the Add Directory button and select either Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP for non-AD directories.
- Enter the LDAP server, schema, and permission settings. Refer to the following table for more details.
- Click on the Quick Test button to validate Jira's connectivity to LDAP.
- Click on the Save and Test button if there are no issues with connecting to LDAP.
- Type in a username and password to run a quick test. While doing this, make sure that Jira is able to connect to LDAP, to find the user and retrieve the user's group information, and to authenticate against LDAP.
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