Bug ID 1466397: LDAP authentication is consuming several minutes to authenticate via GUI and SSH.

Last Modified: Dec 14, 2024

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, F5OS-C(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.5.1, F5OS-A 1.7.0

Fixed In:
F5OS-A 1.8.0, F5OS-A 1.5.2

Opened: Dec 20, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

LDAP authentication is working fine. However, authentication takes several minutes, which lacks a user-friendly experience.

Impact

The user is forced to wait for several minutes to get the result of LDAP authentication.

Conditions

- Configure LDAP server-group. - Configure LDAP_ALL as an authentication-method. - Log in using LDAP user via GUI or SSH.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Removed unnecessary GID lookup to speed up LDAP authentication.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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