Hi, Installed openldap openldap-clients openldap-servers on my vm and added users. and added this as source server in gluu " Manage Authentication" and done "test LDAP connection" test is successfull. i have written client to get the ldap users, without configuring in gluu also i m able to get the details. what is the usage of configuring ldap in gluu. can i use default(after installation its coming as localhost:1636 server:port) ldap to write the client in java and to add the users. pls help me. Thanks, Venkat.