eXo groups can be mapped to organizational or applicative groups defined in your directory.
<field name="groupsURL"><string>ou=groups,ou=portal,dc=exoplatform,dc=org</string></field>
<field name="groupLDAPClasses"><string>top,organizationalUnit</string></field>
<field name="groupObjectClassFilter"><string>objectClass=organizationalUnit</string></field>
groupsURL : base dn for eXo groups
Groups can be structured hierarchically under groupsURL.
Example: Groups communication, communication/marketing and communication/press would map to :
ou=communication,ou=groups,ou=portal,dc=exoplatform,dc=org … ou=marketing,ou=communication,ou=groups,ou=portal,dc=exoplatform,dc=org … ou=press,ou=communication,ou=groups,ou=portal,dc=exoplatform,dc=org …
groupLDAPClasses: comma separated list of classes used for group creation.
When creating a new group, an entry will be created with the given objectClass attributes. The classes must define at least the required attributes: ou, description and l.
l attribute corresponds to the City property in OU property editor
Example : Adding the group human-resources could produce:
ou=human-resources,ou=groups,ou=portal,dc=exoplatform,dc=org objectclass: top objectClass: organizationalunit ou: human-resources description: The human resources department l: Human Resources …
groupObjectClassFilter: filter used under groupsURL branch to distinguish eXo groups from other entries. You can also use a complex filter if you need.
Example : groups WebDesign, WebDesign/Graphists and Sales could be retrieved in :
l=Paris,dc=sites,dc=mycompany,dc=com
…
ou=WebDesign,l=Paris,dc=sites,dc=mycompany,dc=com
…
ou=Graphists,WebDesign,l=Paris,dc=sites,dc=mycompany,dc=com
…
l=London,dc=sites,dc=mycompany,dc=com
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ou=Sales,l=London,dc=sites,dc=mycompany,dc=com
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