Merge branch 'doc/ldap_group_links' into 'master'

Documentation for multiple LDAP group links See merge request !165
2026-08-19 09:36:47 +10:00 · 2014-09-02 13:47:36 +00:00
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ If multiple LDAP email attributes are present, e.g. `mail: foo@bar.com` and `ema

 ## LDAP group synchronization (GitLab Enterprise Edition)

-LDAP group synchronization in GitLab Enterprise Edition allows you to synchronize the members of a GitLab group with a given LDAP group.
+LDAP group synchronization in GitLab Enterprise Edition allows you to synchronize the members of a GitLab group with one or more LDAP groups.

 ### Setting up LDAP group synchronization

@@ -41,10 +41,17 @@ As an admin you can also go to the group edit page in the admin area.

 ![LDAP group settings filled in](ldap/select_group_cn_engineering.png)

-4. Save your changes to the group settings.
+4. Click 'Add synchronization' to add the new LDAP group link.

 Now every time a member of the 'Engineering' LDAP group signs in, they automatically become a Developer-level member of the 'example group' GitLab group. Users who are already signed in will see the change in membership after up to one hour.

+### Synchronizing with more than one LDAP group (GitLab EE 7.3 and newer)
+
+If you want to add the members of LDAP group to your GitLab group you can add an additional LDAP group link.
+If you have two LDAP group links, e.g. 'cn=Engineering' at level 'Developer' and 'cn=QA' at level 'Reporter', and user Jane belongs to both the 'Engineering' and 'QA' LDAP groups, she will get the _highest_ access level of the two, namely 'Developer'.
+
+![Two linked LDAP groups](ldap/two_linked_ldap_groups.png)
+
 ### Locking yourself out of your own group

 As an LDAP-enabled GitLab user, if you create a group and then set it to synchronize with an LDAP group you do not belong to, you will be removed from the grop as soon as the synchronization takes effect for you.
@@ -102,4 +109,4 @@ For installations from source, add the following setting in the 'ldap' section o

 ```yaml
    sync_ssh_keys: 'sshpublickey'
-```
+```