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Sitekit CMS API - LDAP authentication

Sitekit CMS offers the ability to plug in additional authentication providers, enabling users other than Sitekit CMS Users to be authenticated and logged into the Sitekit control panel (or an extranet) as a member of a Sitekit CMS user group. Additional authentication providers are implemented as web services.

A common requirement of many customers is for large numbers of their staff to be able to log in to Sitekit CMS without them having to create large numbers of corresponding Sitekit CMS users. To meet this requirement, Sitekit has made available an LDAP Authentication web service which can be downloaded and installed on customers’ servers. The LDAP Authentication web service uses LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to query a customer’s Active Directory in order to authenticate a user.

When a customer’s Sitekit CMS site is configured to use the LDAP Authentication web service, users can log into Sitekit CMS by providing their Windows username and password. Differential levels of access and permission sets can be applied by associating different Sitekit CMS User Groups with corresponding Windows User Groups.

Typical uses

• Windows login – The LDAP Authentication web service is primarily used to enable the users of a customer organisation to log into Sitekit CMS using their Windows username and password.