LDAP authentication for Active Directory on Fortigate

Prerequisets

Have a “Service” user account setup in active directory to allow your firewall to perform LDAP authentication

Setup

1. Login to firewall
2. Naviate to Users & Devices > LDAP Servers
3. Select Create New

4. Set the following feilds as bellow

    Name: Active Directory
    Server IP/Name: IP of your Domain Controller
    Server Port: 389
    Common Name Identifier: sAMAccountName
    Distinguished Name: The Distinguished Name of your root domain (dc=,dc=)
    Bind Type: Regular
    User DN: The Distinguished Name of the "Service" Account you created (CN=,OU=,DC=,DC=)
    Password: Password of your "Service" Account