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External authentication issue

GeorgeGoglodze — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:28:19 GMT

Hello,

Kindly ask you to assist.

I am trying to configure external authentication but see the following error in log:

ERROR WebServerImpl:com.cloudera.server.cmf.WebServerImpl: Failed to configure external authentication. Server will act as if 'Database Only' authent
java.lang.RuntimeException: LDAP configuration is incomplete

Here is the configuration

Re: External authentication issue

GeorgeGoglodze — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:43:01 GMT

I fugred out there are some fileds that are mandatory so need to be filled in but CM does not state that it is mandatory

Re: External authentication issue

bgooley — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:36:59 GMT

Hi,

I am glad you solved the issue. I agree that Cloudera Manager should help guide you about mandatory LDAP configuration in the UI, so I have opened a feature improvement Jira to request we look into that.

Thank you for the suggestion; it makes a lot of sense.

Cheers,

Ben

Re: External authentication issue

GeorgeGoglodze — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:26:09 GMT

Thanks alot, i appreciate such a prompt reply.