Configuring Active Directory Authentication for BIG-IP Configuration Utility

Hi. I spent quite a lot of time on this, and in the end was successful. I am running 6400s (9.3.1) and 5100s (9.1.2). I also got this to work with a couple of GTMs.

 

 

It looks to me like you are very close. I think the "Bind DN" value is tripping you up. Try changing that value to the Distinguished Name of the "[email protected]" account: i.e CN=administrator,OU=AppHosting,OU=Employees,OU=DPO Users,DC=dpo,DC=net

 

 

Your use of the User Template is interesting. I haven't used this value myself. I read the help more closely, and it is not very clear about this means or how its used. For example, the first line in the Help is

Displays the distinguished name of the user who is logging on

 

, which implies to me that it is only used for display purposes somewhere (of course it doesn't indicate where). Then in the next sentence, a conflict appears with the display-only implication:

and passes that as the distinguished name for the bind operation

 

. This dialog box and associated help is totally unclear to me. It would be great if someone could clarify. However I got it to work without using a User Template value.