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[DOCS] Restructured realm information
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15 changes: 7 additions & 8 deletions x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/active-directory-realm.asciidoc
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[[active-directory-realm]]
=== Active Directory User Authentication
=== Active Directory user authentication

You can configure {security} to communicate with Active Directory to authenticate
users. To integrate with Active Directory, you configure an `active_directory`
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -33,26 +33,25 @@ retrieves the user's group memberships from the `tokenGroups` attribute on the
user's entry in Active Directory.

[[ad-load-balancing]]
==== Load Balancing and Failover
==== Load balancing and failover
The `load_balance.type` setting can be used at the realm level to configure how
{security} should interact with multiple Active Directory servers. Two modes of
operation are supported: failover and load balancing.

See {ref}/security-settings.html#load-balancing[Load Balancing and Failover Settings].

[[ad-settings]]
==== Active Directory Realm Settings
==== Active Directory realm settings

See {ref}/security-settings.html#ref-ad-settings[Active Directory Realm Settings].

[[mapping-roles-ad]]
==== Mapping Active Directory Users and Groups to Roles
==== Mapping Active Directory users and groups to roles

See {ref}/configuring-ad-realm.html[Configuring an Active Directory realm].

[[ad-user-metadata]]
==== User Metadata in Active Directory Realms

==== User metadata in Active Directory realms
When a user is authenticated via an Active Directory realm, the following
properties are populated in the user's _metadata_:

Expand All @@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ Additional metadata can be extracted from the Active Directory server by configu
the `metadata` setting on the Active Directory realm.

[[active-directory-ssl]]
==== Setting up SSL Between Elasticsearch and Active Directory
==== Setting up SSL between Elasticsearch and Active Directory

See
{ref}/configuring-tls.html#tls-active-directory[Encrypting communications between {es} and Active Directory].
{ref}/configuring-tls.html#tls-active-directory[Encrypting communications between {es} and Active Directory].
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