---
title: "LDAP Password Rotation"
description: "Learn how to automatically rotate LDAP passwords."
---
Due to how LDAP passwords are rotated, retired credentials will not be able to
authenticate with the LDAP provider during their [inactive period](./overview#how-rotation-works).
This is a limitation of the LDAP provider and cannot be
rectified by Infisical.
## Prerequisites
- Create an [LDAP Connection](/integrations/app-connections/ldap) with the **Secret Rotation** requirements
- Ensure your network security policies allow incoming requests from Infisical to this rotation provider, if network restrictions apply.
## Create an LDAP Password Rotation in Infisical
1. Navigate to your Secret Manager Project's Dashboard and select **Add Secret Rotation** from the actions dropdown.
2. Select the **LDAP Password** option.
3. Select the **LDAP Connection** to use and configure the rotation behavior. Then click **Next**.
- **LDAP Connection** - the connection that will perform the rotation of the configured principal's password.
LDAP Password Rotations require an LDAP Connection that uses ldaps:// protocol.
- **Rotation Interval** - the interval, in days, that once elapsed will trigger a rotation.
- **Rotate At** - the local time of day when rotation should occur once the interval has elapsed.
- **Auto-Rotation Enabled** - whether secrets should automatically be rotated once the rotation interval has elapsed. Disable this option to manually rotate secrets or pause secret rotation.
Due to LDAP Password Rotations rotating a single credential set, auto-rotation may result in service interruptions. If you need to ensure service continuity, we recommend disabling this option.
4. Configure the required Parameters for your rotation. Then click **Next**.
- **Rotation Method** - The method to use when rotating the target principal's password.
- **Connection Principal** - Infisical will use the LDAP Connection's binding principal to rotate the target principal's password.
- **Target Principal** - Infisical will bind with the target Principal to rotate their own password.
- **DN/UPN** - The Distinguished Name (DN), or User Principal Name (UPN) if supported, of the principal whose password you want to rotate.
- **Password** - The target principal's password (if **Rotation Method** is set to **Target Principal**).
- **Password Requirements** - The constraints to apply when generating new passwords.
5. Specify the secret names that the client credentials should be mapped to. Then click **Next**.
- **DN/UPN** - the name of the secret that the principal's Distinguished Name (DN) or User Principal Name (UPN) will be mapped to.
- **Password** - the name of the secret that the rotated password will be mapped to.
6. Give your rotation a name and description (optional). Then click **Next**.
- **Name** - the name of the secret rotation configuration. Must be slug-friendly.
- **Description** (optional) - a description of this rotation configuration.
7. Review your configuration, then click **Create Secret Rotation**.
8. Your **LDAP Password** credentials are now available for use via the mapped secrets.
To create an LDAP Password Rotation, make an API request to the [Create LDAP
Password Rotation](/api-reference/endpoints/secret-rotations/ldap-password/create) API endpoint.
### Sample request
```bash Request
curl --request POST \
--url https://us.infisical.com/api/v2/secret-rotations/ldap-password \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"name": "my-ldap-rotation",
"projectId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"description": "my ldap password rotation",
"connectionId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"environment": "dev",
"secretPath": "/",
"isAutoRotationEnabled": false,
"rotationInterval": 30,
"rotateAtUtc": {
"hours": 0,
"minutes": 0
},
"parameters": {
"rotationMethod": "connection-principal",
"dn": "CN=John,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com",
"passwordRequirements": {
"length": 48,
"required": {
"digits": 2,
"lowercase": 2,
"uppercase": 2,
"symbols": 2
},
"allowedSymbols": "-_.~!*"
}
},
"secretsMapping": {
"dn": "LDAP_DN",
"password": "LDAP_PASSWORD"
}
}'
```
Due to LDAP Password Rotations rotating a single credential set, auto-rotation may result in service interruptions. If you need to ensure service continuity, we recommend disabling this option.
### Sample response
```bash Response
{
"secretRotation": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "my-ldap-rotation",
"description": "my ldap password rotation",
"secretsMapping": {
"dn": "LDAP_DN",
"password": "LDAP_PASSWORD"
},
"isAutoRotationEnabled": false,
"activeIndex": 0,
"folderId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"connectionId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"rotationInterval": 30,
"rotationStatus": "success",
"lastRotationAttemptedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"lastRotatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"lastRotationJobId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"nextRotationAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"connection": {
"app": "ldap",
"name": "my-ldap-connection",
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
},
"environment": {
"slug": "dev",
"name": "Development",
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
},
"projectId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"folder": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"path": "/"
},
"rotateAtUtc": {
"hours": 0,
"minutes": 0
},
"lastRotationMessage": null,
"type": "ldap-password",
"parameters": {
"rotationMethod": "connection-principal",
"dn": "CN=John,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com",
"passwordRequirements": {
"length": 48,
"required": {
"digits": 2,
"lowercase": 2,
"uppercase": 2,
"symbols": 2
},
"allowedSymbols": "-_.~!*"
}
}
}
}
```