【MCP Server】LDAP × Claude Desktop 連携ガイド | AI でデータを徹底活用

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In this article, we guide the reader through installing the CData MCP Server for LDAP, configuring the connection to LDAP, and asking questions of the data in Claude Desktop.

Prerequisites

You need to download Claude Desktop (download) and create an account before continuing.

Overview

Here's a quick overview of the steps:

1. Download and install the CData MCP Server for LDAP
2. Configure the connection to LDAP
3. Ask questions about the data in Claude Desktop

Step 1: Download and install the CData MCP Server

1. To begin, navigate to https://www.cdata.com/solutions/mcp/connectors and download the CData MCP Server for LDAP.
2. Find and double-click the installer to begin the installation.
3. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

When the installation is complete, you are ready to configure your MCP Server by connecting to LDAP.

Step 2: Configure the connection to LDAP

1. After installation, the CData MCP Server configuration wizard should open automatically.

   NOTE: If the wizard does not open automatically, search for "CData MCP Server" in the Windows search bar and double-click the application.

2. Click the dropdown menu in MCP Configuration > Configuration Name and select ""
3. Name the configuration (e.g. "cdataldap") and click "OK."

   NOTE: This name is used as the name for the MCP server and as the prefix for all of the MCP Server's tools.

   

4. Connecting to LDAP

   リクエストを認証するには、User およびPassword プロパティを有効なLDAP クレデンシャル（例えば、User を"Domain\BobF" または"cn=Bob F,ou=Employees,dc=Domain"）に設定します。 CData 製品は、デフォルトでプレーンテキスト認証を使用します。これは、CData 製品がサーバーとTLS/SSL のネゴシエーションを試みるためです。 AuthMechanism を使って別の認証方法を指定できます。 TLS/SSL コンフィギュレーションについて詳しくは、ヘルプドキュメントの「高度な設定」を参照してください。

   基本接続には、Server およびPort を設定します。さらに、次のように接続を微調整できます。
   • FollowReferrals：設定すると、CData 製品は参照サーバーのデータもビューとして表示します。参照サーバー上のデータを変更するには、このサーバーをServer およびPort で指定する必要があります。
   • LDAPVersion：サーバーが実装するプロトコルのバージョンに設定します。デフォルトでは、CData 製品はversion 2 を使用します。
   • BaseDN は、LDAP 検索の範囲を指定された識別名の高さに限定します。BaseDN の範囲を絞ることはパフォーマンスを劇的に向上させます。例えば、"cn=users,dc=domain" の値は、"cn=users" およびその子に含まれる結果のみを返します。
   • Scope：このプロパティを使用すると、サブツリーから返されるデータをより細かく制御できます。

   Enter the appropriate connection properties in the configuration wizard.

   
5. Click "Connect" to authenticate with LDAP.
6. Finally, click "Save Configuration" to save the MCP server.

   NOTE: This saves the configuration details to a separate file and updates the Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) to start the CData MCP Server when the Claude Desktop client starts.

With the CData MCP Server configured, you are ready to start asking questions of your live data from Claude.

Step 3: Ask AI for answers from live LDAP objects

Now that we have installed the CData MCP Server and configured a connection, we are ready to start with LDAP objects in Claude Desktop.

1. Open Claude Desktop. It may take a moment for the MCP Servers to start, but you will see the list of servers and tools available in the Claude interface (look for the settings icon below the prompt bar).

   You can individually enable and disable specific tools by clicking on the server name.

2. Now that you have connected, you can ask Claude questions about the LDAP objects. For example: "Can you give me a quantitative analysis about my closed-won opportunities by industry?"

   NOTE: Claude may need to explore the LDAP objects to make sense of it before it can begin answering questions of the data. The tabular model presented by CData alongside the database tools available simplify the data exploration and analysis for an LLM.

   

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