# LDAP authentication with search guard-5

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/ldap-authentication-with-search-guard-5/494>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [June 27, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/ldap-authentication-with-search-guard-5/494 "2017-06-27T12:23:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Swamy\_Karampuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Swamy\_Karampuri](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Swamy_Karampuri)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/ldap-authentication-with-search-guard-5/494/1 "2017-06-27T12:23:54Z")

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Hi,

does the SG-5 support LDAP authentication?  
can please show me the example of the sg\_config.yml with LDAP configuration?

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**Author:** ![Fabien\_Wernli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Fabien\_Wernli](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Fabien_Wernli)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/ldap-authentication-with-search-guard-5/494/2 "2017-06-27T14:01:56Z")

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Hi,

Yes, and here’s the documentation: [GitHub - floragunncom/search-guard-authbackend-ldap: [OUTDATED] LDAP Authentication- and Authorizationbackend for Search Guard](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard-authbackend-ldap)