# AAP 2.4 Microsoft AD LDAP Plugin Credential Type Ignored

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-2-4-microsoft-ad-ldap-plugin-credential-type-ignored/8382>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** aap, ldap, microsoft-ad\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-2-4-microsoft-ad-ldap-plugin-credential-type-ignored/8382 "2024-09-10T00:46:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![asmagana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/asmagana/32/2963_2.png) [@asmagana](https://forum.ansible.com/u/asmagana)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-2-4-microsoft-ad-ldap-plugin-credential-type-ignored/8382/1 "2024-09-10T00:46:56Z")

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Hello folks i was looking at microsoft.ad.ldap inventory plugin and it can work with my project with username and password in the yaml file but the credential type that Autodotes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0S62vI7dys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0S62vI7dys) suggests is not working with my AAP 2.4 .

The inventory source fails sync when the username and password are removed from the yaml file. But it syncs fine with username and password in the yaml . Not sure what I did wrong I followed the parameters to be entered including the injectors but no success.

Microsoft AD LDAP Plugin [microsoft.ad.ldap inventory – Inventory plugin for Active Directory — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/microsoft/ad/ldap_inventory.html)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![asmagana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/asmagana/32/2963_2.png) [@asmagana](https://forum.ansible.com/u/asmagana)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-2-4-microsoft-ad-ldap-plugin-credential-type-ignored/8382/2 "2024-09-11T07:24:42Z")

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Well I have not seen any suggestions so I will track it myself. I will try to upload a new microsoft.ad collection 1.7.1 today and reading the docs looks like I can use the ansible.builtin.env along with a template for username and password. I will test that today.

Just trying to hide username and password from the plugin yaml file and use credential type.