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KenYap
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Article Id 297585
Description

This article describes using the CLI commands to configure LDAP-related configuration at the secondary FortiManager.

Scope FortiManager v7.2 and v7.4.
Solution

By FortiManager HA design, LDAP-related configuration of the primary FortiManager will not synchronize to the secondary FortiManager:

  • LDAP Servers.
  • LDAP Users.

This is because FortiManager's high availability supports geographic redundancy so both the primary & secondary units can be in different locations. Hence, this is to accommodate that there might be different servers used for authentication which are located in different locations.

 

The secondary FortiManager is unable to modify the configuration in GUI.

 

Scenario 1:

The primary FortiManager has created an LDAP server, and it will not be synchronized to the secondary FortiManager:

 

FMG_HA_LDAP_No Synch_001.PNG

 

The primary FortiManager runs and copies the CLI commands:

 

config system admin ldap

show

 

FMG_HA_LDAP_No Synch_002.PNG

 

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Scenario 2:

The primary FortiManager has created an LDAP administrator user, and will not be synchronized to the secondary FortiManager.

 

FMG_HA_LDAP_No Synch_004.PNG

 

The primary FortiManager runs and copies the CLI commands:

 

config system admin user

show

 

OR:

 

edit <LDAP User Account Name>

show

 

FMG_HA_LDAP_No Synch_005.PNG

 

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Related articles:

Technical Tip: LDAP: Using Active Directory Nested Groups to authorize system administrators

Technical Tip: FortiManager HA setup and troubleshooting