{"id":7722,"date":"2017-10-18T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/blog\/?p=7722"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:36:51","slug":"ldap-authentication-nas-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/ldap-authentication-nas-devices","title":{"rendered":"LDAP Authentication for NAS Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Network attached storage (NAS) devices from Synology, QNAP, and FreeNAS, among many others, are a popular choice for on-prem storage. These NAS devices are cost-effective and easy to implement. But it\u2019s not always easy to completely integrate NAS devices into the rest of your IT environment. With many IT organizations, integration is achieved by using LDAP authentication for both NAS devices and Samba file servers, allowing them to completely control user access.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n This post will go further into the benefits and challenges of NAS devices, along with how to setup LDAP authentication<\/a> and how to simplify this using LDAP-as-a-Service<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen to Use On-Prem Storage<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n