tLDAPConnection – Docs for ESB 5.x

Component family

Databases/LDAP

Function

Opens a connection to an LDAP Directory server for data
transaction.

Purpose

This component creates a connection to an LDAP Directory server.
Then it can be invoked by other components that need to access the
LDAP Directory server, e.g., tLDAPInput,
tLDAPOutput, etc.

Basic settings

Property type

Either Built-in or
Repository.

Since version 5.6, both the Built-In mode and the Repository mode are
available in any of the Talend solutions.

Built-in: No property data stored
centrally.

Repository: Select the repository
file in which the properties are stored. The fields that follow are
completed automatically using the data retrieved.

Host

LDAP Directory server IP address.

Port

Listening port number of server.

Protocol

Select the protocol type on the list.

LDAP: no encryption is used

LDAPS: secured LDAP. When this
option is chosen, the Advanced CA
check box appears. Once selected, the advanced mode allows you to
specify the directory and the keystore password of the certificate
file for storing a specific CA. However, you can still deactivate
this certificate validation by selecting the Trust all certs check box.

TLS: certificate is used. When this
option is chosen, the Advanced CA
check box appears and is used the same way as that of the LDAPS type.

Base DN

Path to user’s authorized tree leaf.

User and Password

Fill in the User and Password as required by the
directory

Note that the login must match the LDAP syntax requirement to be
valid. e.g.: “cn=Directory Manager”.

To enter the password, click the […] button next to the
password field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes
and click OK to save the settings.

Alias dereferencing

Select the option on the list. Never improves search performance if you are sure
that no aliases is to be dereferenced. By default, Always is to be used:

Always: Always dereference
aliases

Never: Never dereferences
aliases.

Searching:Dereferences aliases only
after name resolution.

Finding: Dereferences aliases only
during name resolution

Referral handling

Select the option on the list:

Ignore: does not handle request
redirections

Follow:does handle request
redirections

Advanced settings

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the job processing metadata at a
job level as well as at each component level.

Usage

This component is to be used with other LDAP components,
especially with tLDAPInput and
tLDAPOutput.

Log4j

The activity of this component can be logged using the log4j feature. For more information on this feature, see Talend Studio User
Guide.

For more information on the log4j logging levels, see the Apache documentation at http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/Level.html.