How to configure usermanagement to communicate with an LDAP directory server?

Tested setup

This configuration worked for:

• ... Archiva 1.2 standalone
• ... Windows XP

Steps to run

Creating local admin

• It is very important to have a local admin. You can create this user while starting up the application for the first time. Open a command prompt and change the current directory to ARCHIVA_HOME:

$ cd %ARCHIVA_HOME%
$ %ARCHIVA_HOME%/bin/archiva start

• Point your favorite browser to http://localhost:8080/archiva/
• Create an admin account

Username          :  admin
Full Name         :  ##SOME NAME##
Email Address     :  ##SOME E-MAIL ADDRESS##
Password          :  ##SOME PASSWORD##
Confirm Password  :  ##SOME PASSWORD##

• Log in with the admin account you've just created

• Now stop your application by pushing "control + c" at the command line