Is it not possible to use LDAP authentication in Pentaho BI Server v7 community edition?

Question

I'm checking if it is possible to setup LDAP in Pentaho BI Server Community edition. Upon checking there is a guide that instructs how to do this but for some reason the menus in the tutorial is different from what I'm seeing on my local server.

Is there no option to go LDAP authentication on the community edition?

Answer 1

you can update below 3 files with LDAP server details, present at below location (properties to update written in brackets)

../pentaho-server/pentaho-solutions/system/

 security.properties 
 (provider=ldap)

 repository.spring.properties
 (singleTenantAdminDefaultUserName=username
 (singleTenantAdminUserName=unsename)

 applicationContext-security-ldap.properties
 (all ldap server, user and roles details update in this file)

you need to restart server and you are done

note: your local admin user will not work here as you are trying to authenticate with LDAP server

reference -https://help.hitachivantara.com/Documentation/Pentaho/9.3/Setup/LDAP_security