Configuring the LDAP Connection Pool
When connection pooling is enabled, the LDAP service provider maintains a pool of connections and assigns them as needed. When a connection is closed, LDAP returns the connection to the pool for future use. This can improve performance significantly.
This page describes the site-wide settings for LDAP connection pooling in Crowd.
To configure the LDAP connection pooling in Crowd,
- Log in to the Crowd Administration Console.
- Click the 'Administration' tab in the top navigation bar.
- Click 'LDAP Connection Pool' in the left-hand menu.
- The 'LDAP Connection Pool' screen appears. Enter the details for each setting, as described in the table below.
- Click the 'Update' button.
- Restart Crowd to put the changes into effect.
Connection Pool Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
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Initial Pool Size |
The number of LDAP connections created when initially connecting to the pool. |
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Preferred Pool Size |
The optimal pool size. LDAP will remove idle connections when the number of connections grows larger than this value. A value of |
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Maximum Pool Size |
The maximum number of connections. When the number of connections reaches this value, LDAP will refuse further connections. As a result, requests made by an application to the LDAP server will be blocked. A value of |
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Pool Timeout |
The length of time, in seconds, that a connection may remain idle before being removed from the pool. When the application is finished with a pooled connection, the connection is marked as idle, waiting to be reused. A value of |
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Pool Protocol |
Only these protocol types are allowed to connect to LDAP. If you want to allow multiple protocols, enter the values separated by a space. Valid values are:
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Pool Authentication |
Only these authentication types are allowed to connect to LDAP. If you want to allow multiple authentication types, enter the values separated by a space. See RFC 2829 for details of LDAP authentication methods. Valid values are:
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Screenshot: LDAP Connection Pool
