Gitlab: LDAP “Invalid credentials”, but credentials are right

Question

The following ldapsearch command works, flawlessly.

ldapsearch -LLL -s sub -P 3 -D \"CN=,OU=IT,OU=Non-Users,OU=Users,OU=UserAccount,DC=,DC=com\" -H l

Answer 1

Here is my working AD settings for LDAP.

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ldap:  
    enabled: true  
    host: '16.184.18.88'  
    port: 636  
    uid: 'sAMAccountName'   #userPrincipalName  
    method: 'ssl' # "tls" or "ssl" or "plain"  
    bind_dn: 'CN=Gitlab Git,CN=Users,DC=mydomain,DC=net'  
    password: 'My_Password'  
    allow_username_or_email_login: false  
    base: 'CN=Users,DC=mydomain,DC=net'  
    user_filter: '(memberOf=CN=Developers,OU=GitLabHQ,DC=mydomain,DC=net)'  
    group_base: 'OU=GitLabHQ,DC=mydomain,DC=net'  
    admin_group: GitLabAdmins
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