Tom, I can not provide you a AD guide however, I can tell you that you will have issue with users logging in if the UID changes. If you are using AD to authenticate it keeps track of the users via the UID. So you will have to edit the UID in the database manually with CE with the new location for the user in your new AD structure for the user to be able to login.
Check the following table in the database to update the UID: identities If you have EE you and set it to sync so this is not an issue however CE does not have this feature. -J.J.- On 06/24/2015 10:06 AM, Tom Kinsella wrote: > Using Gitlab CE, and yes the UIDs will most likely be changing. > > On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 9:32:02 PM UTC-7, Jason Johnson wrote: > > Tom, > > Are you using Gitlab CE or EE ? > > Also are the users UID's changing during this AD migration ? > > -J.J.- > > On 06/23/2015 03:14 PM, Tom Kinsella wrote: >> Hello All! >> >> The company I work for was recently acquired by another company. >> As part of our integration process, we are going to be moving to >> their Active Directory. I currently use AD for authentication to >> GitLab. >> >> Users are named : first.last >> >> In the new environment, we will all be formatted like : ABC12345 >> >> My question is, when I switch GitLab to auth against the new AD, >> what will happen to all of the users, projects, groups? Will >> people get locked out of their projects? Will I need to reassign >> permissions? Can someone walk through the best way to go about >> this switch over and all the things I will need to deal with? >> >> Thank you very much! >> >> Current Environment : >> >> GitLab7.7.2 >> >> GitLab Shell2.4.2 >> >> GitLab APIv3 >> >> Ruby2.1.4p265 >> >> Rails4.1.1 >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> Google Groups "GitLab" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to gitlabhq+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/d4694ac1-7ced-4c76-aca5-b9b0f3846717%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/d4694ac1-7ced-4c76-aca5-b9b0f3846717%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitLab" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/558DD5E9.1070603%40smoothlinux.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
