Load all users from Active Directory, LDAP or Atlassian Crowd

FishEye and Crucible can load an external user base stored in Active Directory, Atlassian Crowd, or any LDAP-compatible user repository.

1. Configuring your external source

You must firstly set up FishEye/Crucible to connect to your external user repository, either LDAP-based (including Active Directory) or Atlassian Crowd. Follow the steps in the documentation pages listed below and then return to Step 2 on this page.

• LDAP Authentication
• Crowd Authentication

You can only have one external user repository connected to FishEye/Crucible. If you need multiple repositories, you can use Atlassian Crowd to collate users from multiple sources and then connect FishEye/Crucible to Atlassian Crowd.

2. Loading external users

To load users from Atlassian Crowd;

Note that users with identical names to existing users will not be imported. In the Users list, you can check whether each user is from the local database or loaded externally.

3. Setting the synchronise period

The 'synchronise period' option allows you to set the time interval when Fisheye or Crucible will synchronise with the LDAP directory. You can use intuitive settings such as '1m' for one minute, '1h' for one hour, and so on. Simply enter the time interval and click 'Apply'.