Configure pfSense VPN to Use Cloud LDAP

Prerequisites:

  • See Use Cloud LDAP to obtain the JumpCloud specific settings required below.

Note:

We've received feedback that the entire certificate chain is required as of v2.4.0. This has not been qualified yet, but if needed, can be generated by the following:
echo -n | openssl s_client -connect ldap.jumpcloud.com:636 -prexit -showcerts | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p'

LDAP Server Settings

When using pfSense's VPN LDAP integration, here are the basic settings to configure authentication with JumpCloud's hosted LDAP server:

  • Type: LDAP
  • Hostname or IP Address: ldap.jumpcloud.com
  • Port Value: 636
  • Transport: SSL - Encrypted
  • Peer Certificate Authority: JumpCloud LDAPS SSL Client Certificate
  • Protocol Version: 3
  • Search Scope - Level: Entire Subtree
  • Search Scope - Base DN: ou=Users,o=YOUR_ORG_ID,dc=jumpcloud,dc=com
  • Authentication Containers: ou=Users,o=YOUR_ORG_ID,dc=jumpcloud,dc=com
  • Extended Query: &(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(uid=*)
  • Bind Credentials - User DN: uid=,ou=Users,o=YOUR_ORG_ID,dc=jumpcloud,dc=com
  • Bind Credentials - Password: <ldap-binding-user's-password>
  • User Naming Attribute: uid
  • Group Naming Attribute: cn
  • Group Member Attribute: memberOf
  • Group Object Class: groupOfNames
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