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ServiceNow Cookbook

By : Ashish Rudra Srivastava, Dustin Turner
Book Image

ServiceNow Cookbook

By: Ashish Rudra Srivastava, Dustin Turner

Overview of this book

ServiceNow is the ideal platform for you to create enterprise-level applications, giving borh requesters and fulfillers better visibility and access to a process. With this title we’ll guide you through the world of ServiceNow, letting you take on the best the platform offers you with the least amount of hassle. Starting with the core configuration and management tasks, this book will help you build data-driven apps and it will also explore development best practices. You will learn to set up email notifications for users and work with the database view for reporting. Next, the book will guide you through creating various tasks from the workflow and show you how to make the most of the workflow utilities available in ServiceNow. Finally, the book will drive you through the auditing and diagnosing aspects of ServiceNow. By the end of this book, you will acquire immediately applicable skills to rectify everyday problems encountered on the ServiceNow platform.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
ServiceNow Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Understanding LDAP servers


If the LDAP server is the master source of user date, then it won't be wrong. Out of the box, Service-Now provides a built-in LDAP server, so for streamlined user access, you can integrate your company's Active Directory with Service-Now, so whoever is in the company's Active Directory is allowed to log in with their company Windows or system credentials.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you should have an active Service-Now instance, valid credentials, and an admin role.

How to do it...

  1. Open any standard web browser.

  2. Type the Service-Now instance web address provided by your company in the address bar (http://{instance_name}.service-now.com).

  3. Type system ldap on the left-hand side, and service now will search out the module. Now you need to click on Create New Server:

    System LDAP

  4. You have to configure it to streamline user access, as follows:

    • Type  of  LDAP  Server: Active  Directory (You can give your own name)

    • Server  name: AD Server

    • Server  URL: ldap://10.10...