# Use LDAP for Authentication in Confluent Platform Confluent Platform supports using LDAP for authentication. This is useful if you have an existing LDAP infrastructure in your organization. LDAP provides a centralized way to manage user identities and access control across Confluent Platform components, including Confluent Server brokers, Schema Registry, Confluent Control Center , REST Proxy, and ksqlDB. For more details, see: * [Configure LDAP Authentication](../../../kafka/configure-mds/ldap-auth-mds.md#ldap-auth-mds) * [Configure Control Center with LDAP authentication on Confluent Platform](/control-center/current/security/c3-auth-ldap.html) * [Configure LDAP Group-Based Authorization in Confluent Platform](../../authorization/ldap/configure.md#kafka-ldap-config) * [Configure LDAP Group-Based Authorization for MDS](../../../kafka/configure-mds/ldap-auth-config.md#ldap-auth-config) * [Configure Kafka Clients for LDAP Authentication in Confluent Platform](client-authentication-ldap.md#client-auth-with-ldap)