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Authenticating Users with Active Directory or LDAP

The default configuration authenticates against user credentials stored within the Xpress Insight database.
User's passwords are persisted in a one-way encrypted form using SHA-256 hashing (1024 iterations and a random 8-byte random salt value).
Note LDAP integration is not available with a Community license.

Xpress Insight can also be configured to authenticate against LDAP - either a standard LDAP directory or Microsoft Active Directory (AD).

Xpress Insight accesses AD as a LDAP server, and so the rest of this documentation will use LDAP as a generic term for both LDAP and AD.

Covered Topics
  • LDAP Configuration Page
    By default Xpress Insight is not configured to authenticate against LDAP. Through the LDAP configuration page of the administration web interface, the integration between Xpress Insight and LDAP can be enabled and configured.
  • Configuring LDAP User Authentication
    The following steps outline the process to enable LDAP user authentication.
  • Testing LDAP Configuration
    Test the LDAP user authentication.
  • Local User Accounts
    Local user accounts are accounts that always authenticate against Xpress Insight irrespective of whether LDAP is enabled or not. This allows LDAP to be configured whilst still allowing access into Xpress Insight.
  • LDAP and Tableau
    Xpress Insight will assume that Tableau has been installed with Active Directory integration configured if the following conditions occur.
Parent Topic Insight Installation Guide

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