Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Basic Tab.
| Property | Description |
| Schema | Specify the version to connect with. Allows users to choose using the table and column information provided by Active Directory over the hard-coded column values in the .rsd files. |
| Server | The domain name or IP of the Active Directory server. |
| Port | The port the Active Directory server is running on. |
| User | The distinguished name of a user. |
| Password | The password for the distinguished name of the specified user. |
| UseSSL | Whether or not to use SSL to connect to the server. |
| BaseDN | The base portion of the distinguished name, used for limiting results to specific subtrees. |
| AuthMechanism | The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the Active Directory server. |
| Scope | Whether to limit the scope of the search to the whole subtree (BaseDN and all of its descendants), a single level (BaseDN and its direct descendants), or the base object (BaseDN only). |
| LDAPVersion | The LDAP version used to connect to and communicate with the server. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLServerCert | Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources. |
| FirewallPort | Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| LogModules | Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path. |
| Property | Description |
| FollowReferrals | Whether or not to follow referrals returned by the Active Directory server. |
| FriendlyGUID | Whether to return GUID attribute values in a human readable format. |
| FriendlySID | Whether to return SID attribute values in a human readable format. |
| MaxRows | Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY. |
| Other | Specifies additional hidden properties for specific use cases., to be used only when our Support team advises it, to address specific issues. See Remarks for details. |
| Readonly | Toggles read-only access to Microsoft Active Directory from the provider. |
| Timeout | Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error. |
| UserDefinedViews | Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file. |