2.2 Adding a Directory

Directories contain authentication and authorisation information about users, groups and roles. Crowd supports an unlimited number of directories, which allows administrators to create silos of users (e.g. 'customers' and 'employees').
Crowd supports three types of directories:

Crowd Internal Directory — Internal directories use the Crowd database to store user, group and role information. Internal directories are stored in Crowd's database server.
LDAP Directory Connector — Crowd provides built-in connectors for the most popular LDAP directory servers (Microsoft Active Directory, SunONE, OpenLDAP, Apache Directory). These LDAP connectors enable you to quickly integrate existing desktop logins with web-applications.
Custom Directory Connector — Custom directory connectors allow developers to connect Crowd to custom user-stores, such as existing databases or legacy system.

You can add as many (or as few) directories of each type as you need.

To add a directory,

Login to the Crowd Administration Console.
Click the 'Directories' link in the top navigation bar.
This will display the Directory Browser. Click the 'Add Directory' link.
This will display the 'Select Directory Type' screen (see below). Click the button corresponding to the type of directory you want to add:
- 'Internal' — see 2.2.1 Configuring an Internal Directory
- 'Connector' — see 2.2.2 Configuring an LDAP Directory Connector (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory)
- 'Custom' — see 2.2.3 Configuring a Custom Directory Connector

Once a directory has been configured, you will need to specify permissions for its users. You can then map the directory to appropriate applications.

Screenshot 1: 'Add Directory'

Screenshot 2: 'Select Directory Type'

2.2 Adding a Directory

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