User Replication Agent enables you to synchronize the user names between an LDAP Server and Perceptive Content automatically. An LDAP server is the access point to an LDAP directory. Companies typically use LDAP directories to store company information in a centralized location. Information stored in an LDAP directory typically includes employee information such as domain user names, domain passwords, names, addresses, and email addresses.
You can use this agent with LDAP user authentication or import users into Perceptive Content for other authentication methods. LDAP authentication is an authentication method in Perceptive Content that allows authentication against an LDAP server so that users can log into Perceptive Content Client using their LDAP user name and password. Using this agent, LDAP administrators enter user information in the LDAP directory. Based on criteria supplied by the administrator, this agent automatically updates the user database with the users contained in the LDAP directory. Additionally, you can configure this agent to make the imported users members of groups in the system. Using groups, you can globally assign privileges and other rights to users as well as more easily organize and manage the users.
User Replication Agent queries the LDAP server for all the users that match defined search criteria and compares the results with the users currently in the system. When the comparison is finished, this agent imports and updates users as necessary to synchronize them. If conflicts occur, the agent uses the information in the LDAP directory to resolve the differences in user names. User Replication Agent continues to synchronize information at intervals configured by the administrator in the inserverUR.ini file. You can optionally configure the agent to use TLS to provide a higher level of communication security between Perceptive Content and the LDAP server.