mattbsox / liberty-openldap

Simple Open Liberty App with Open LDAP

liberty-openldap

Simple Open Liberty App with Open LDAP

Setting up OpenLDAP

Run this command to start your OpenLDAP Docker container. It will bind ports 389 and 689.

docker run -p 389:389 -p 689:689 --name ldaptest --detach osixia/openldap:1.2.2

Then start and configure the phpLDAPadmin to connect to your OpenLDAP container.

docker run -p 6443:443 --env PHPLDAPADMIN_LDAP_HOSTS=$(docker inspect -f "{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}" ldaptest) --detach osixia/phpldapadmin:0.7.2

Once the container is running it can be accessed at https://localhost:6443. You'll need to login with the admin credentials. By default these are Login DN: => cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org:admin with Password: => admin .

Adding a user

You'll need to add a new user that you can use to log into the application. This app is configured to use the inetOrgPerson type.

• In the phpLDAPAdmin click the drop down menu for the DN you have set up. It will be dc=example,dc=org by default.
• Go to Create new entry here and select Default. Once in Default go to the drop down menu and select inetOrgPerson.
• Set the RDN to cn and add an entry for the cn, sn, and password.
• Click create and commit the entry.

You should now have a new user in your OpenLDAP registry.

Running and accessing the application

To run the application use:

mvn clean install liberty:start

Connect to the application at http://localhost:9080/ldap-test/.

Enter your user's name and password into the login box. You'll need to use the whole name you entered earlier, e.g. cn=user,dc=example,dc=org.

If all goes well you should see a message ending with: Hello, from a Servlet!

To stop the server use:

mvn liberty:stop