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Analyze LDAP Objects in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of LDAP objects and visualize live LDAP objects in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server and LDAP ADO.NET Provider to build dynamic dashboards from live LDAP objects. The CData API Server generates an OData API for LDAP, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to LDAP in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to LDAP from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "LDAP"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to LDAP.
To establish a connection, the following properties under the Authentication section must be provided:
- Valid User and Password credentials (e.g., Domain\BobF or cn=Bob F,ou=Employees,dc=Domain).
- Server information, including the IP or host name of the Server, as well as the Port.
BaseDN: This will limit the scope of LDAP searches to the height of the distinguished name provided.
Note: Specifying a narrow BaseDN may greatly increase performance; for example, cn=users,dc=domain will only return results contained within cn=users and its children.
Add LDAP Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to LDAP, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for LDAP objects.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the LDAP connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to LDAP from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the LDAP Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize LDAP objects in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live LDAP objects. For more information on creating OData feeds from LDAP (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live LDAP objects in tools that consume OData APIs.
