# About ldap authentication

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/about-ldap-authentication/38806>\
**Category:** ProxySQL\
**Created:** [July 24, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-ldap-authentication/38806 "2025-07-24T10:03:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![helloyeops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@helloyeops](https://forums.percona.com/u/helloyeops)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-ldap-authentication/38806/1 "2025-07-24T10:03:18Z")

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> [@About proxysql ldap plugin](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-proxysql-ldap-plugin/10086):
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> Proxysql configures the ldap plugin: ldap\_auth\_plugin=“/path/to/MySQL\_LDAP\_Authentication\_plugin.so” Where does the MySQL\_LDAP\_Authentication\_plugin.so come from? Does it need to be compiled in before use it?

According to this article, proxysql used to support ldap plugin only in enterprise mode:  
Is that still the case?

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-ldap-authentication/38806/2 "2025-07-24T13:12:46Z")

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Yes, the LDAP plugin for ProxySQL is not freely available.