/LdapServer

Implementation of LDAP server for user authentication.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

LDAP server

Implementation of LDAP server for user authentication. This server is the in-memory LDAP server (IM-LDAP) and it is for non-production environments.

Getting started

Prerequisites

  • node

    apt install nodejs
node -v

  • npm

    apt install npm
npm -v

  • OpenLDAP

    apt-get install slapd ldap-utils

Installation

  1. Clone the repo 
    git clone https://github.com/jenhao-thesis/LdapServer.git
  2. Install NPM packages 
    npm install
  3. Launch a node app 
    node ldapServer.js

Setup LDAP server

The qwer.ldif is a pre-define hierarchical directory structure file.

  1. Initial a hierarchical directory structure for user data

    ldapadd -H ldap://localhost:1389 -D "cn=root" -w secret -f qwer.ldif

  2. (optional) Search specific user

    ldapsearch -H ldap://localhost:1389 -x -D "cn=root" -w "secret" -b "ou=location2,dc=jenhao,dc=com"