LDAP is lightweight directory access PROTOCOL that is most commonly used for AUTHENTICATION and authorization of users. LDAP mainly consists users and usergroups of any organization with certain serach filter like DN entries. In the control panel of LIFERAY we have OPTION to provide the LDAP settings so that portal can contact the third party like LDAP and fetch the required users and groups as per given mappings.

For example Active directory is a LDAP implementation which can store users. Liferay support integration of any LDAP implementation through its admin control panel. 

We need to provide the settings in control panel - > portal settings -> LDAP

This will require LDAP URL, username, password, users search filters mappings, groups search filters MAPPING etc.

LDAP is lightweight directory access protocol that is most commonly used for authentication and authorization of users. LDAP mainly consists users and usergroups of any organization with certain serach filter like DN entries. In the control panel of liferay we have option to provide the LDAP settings so that portal can contact the third party like LDAP and fetch the required users and groups as per given mappings.

For example Active directory is a LDAP implementation which can store users. Liferay support integration of any LDAP implementation through its admin control panel. 

We need to provide the settings in control panel - > portal settings -> LDAP

This will require LDAP URL, username, password, users search filters mappings, groups search filters mapping etc.