Registering LDAP Entities

Users who have Administrator-level accounts can add LDAP groups, organizational units, and users to the list of Fortify Software Security Center users. Fortify Software Security Center automatically updates access control as users join and leave groups.

To register an LDAP organizational unit, group, or user with Fortify Software Security Center:

1. Log in to Fortify Software Security Center as an Administrator, and then, on the Fortify header, click ADMINISTRATION.

2. In the left pane, click Users, and then select LDAP Entities.

3. On the LDAP toolbar, click +ADD.

   The ADD NEW LDAP ENTITY window opens.

   

4. From the LDAP Entity list, select the type of LDAP entity you want to register (Group, User, or Organizational Unit).

5. In the list of returned entities, select the user, group, or organizational unit that you want to register.

   

6. In the Roles section, select the check boxes that correspond to the roles you want to assign to the selected entity.

7. To provide the LDAP entity access to versions of an application A customer codebase evaluated by Fortify software. The top-level container for one or more application versions. When you work with a new codebase, the application and first application version are automatically created. An application includes one or more application versions that users create and configure., in the Access section, do the following.

   Note: You can add versions for multiple applications, but you must add them one at a time using the following steps.

   1. Click + ADD.

      The SELECT APPLICATION VERSION dialog box opens.

   2. From the Application list, select the name of an application that you want the LDAP entity to access.

      Fortify Software Security Center lists all active versions of the application.

   3. To display inactive versions of the application, select the Show inactive versions check box.

   4. Select the check boxes for all of the versions that you want the entity to access.

   5. Click DONE.

   The Access section lists the application versions you selected.

8. Do one of the following:

   • To save your changes and close the Add New LDAP Entity dialog box, click SAVE.

   • To save your changes and register another LDAP entity, click SAVE AND ADD ANOTHER.

   Fortify Software Security Center adds the entities to its list of users.

   Fortify Software Security Center periodically refreshes the LDAP server cache automatically.

9. To initiate the LDAP refresh process manually so that your changes are evident sooner than they would be otherwise:

   1. On the LDAP page, select the check box for the LDAP entity you want to refresh.
   2. On the LDAP toolbar, click REFRESH.

For information about how to configure LDAP servers, see Configuring LDAP Servers.

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