Thanks Aravind. The difference was little subtle for first timers. Thanks for the explanation and examples.
On Friday, January 26, 2018 at 6:40:49 PM UTC-5, Aravind SV wrote: > > It's a good question. I wish it was more clear in that page. > > GoCD has always had LDAP/AD *authentication* support built into it. That > means, you can connect it to an LDAP server and use it to allow people to > log in. The username and password you provide is used to bind using LDAP > and make sure that you're a valid user. This is what you saw as "bundled > with GoCD". The documentation for this is here > <https://docs.gocd.org/current/configuration/dev_authentication.html> and > here <https://github.com/gocd/gocd-ldap-authentication-plugin>. > > With the LDAP *authorization* plugin, the paid one, along with doing > *authentication* like the built in one, it allows you to do role > management using LDAP. A simple example would be "I want all admins defined > in AD, to be GoCD admins" or "I want everyone in AD group XYZ to be part of > the GoCD role ABC". This allows you to manage GoCD roles in a central > place, that is your LDAP/AD server. If you remove someone from an Active > Directory group, they will be removed from the GoCD role. It's easier for > bigger organizations to manage roles in one place. The documentation for > this is here <https://extensions-docs.gocd.org/ldap/current/>. As you can > see from the examples > <https://extensions-docs.gocd.org/ldap/current/examples/>, it allows you > to configure it in quite complex ways. > > Hope that helps, > Aravind > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 5:18 PM, Sree Harsha Subraveti < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I got little confused with LDAP/AD support on GoCD. I saw that there are >> two plugins related to LDAP/AD support on GoCD plugins >> <https://www.gocd.org/plugins/> page. >> >> There are two plugins with LDAP/AD. >> 1. LDAP/AD plugin(bundled with GoCD)2. LDAP/AD Authorization Plugin(Paid) >> Can you clarify if AD can be configured with the bundled version. If yes, >> what is the purpose of paid version? >> >> Thanks, >> Harsha. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "go-cd" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "go-cd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
