Replace Active Directory authentication with authentication against a External Database

This method uses an external database table to check whether a given username and password is valid. If the user does not currently exist in Moodle a new account will be created and their information copied from the external database.

I will draw in this post the big picture about how to change the user authentication type in the user database table from "LDAP" to "external database".

1. Activate the external database here: Home / ► Site administration / ► Plugins / ► Authentication / ► Manage authentication



2. Configure the external database. Click in the settings link of the 'external database' and point it to the right table in the database: mdl_user`.

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