LDAP authentication provider

Defining an LDAP authentication provider

In the application.properties file, these properties are expected for an LDAP authentication provider:

# Connection
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.connectionUrl=ldap://something.company.nl
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.userDn=cn=admin,ou=sysadmin,dc=mycompany,dc=com
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.password=<encryptedvalue_password>
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.useTls=true

# Connection protection (if 'useTls' is true)
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.tls.trustStoreUrl=file:///D:/location/to/your/certifactions.jks
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.tls.trustStorePassword=changeit
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.tls.trustStoreType=jks

# Search 
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.referralStrategy=follow
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.searchSubtree=true
# Search user
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.userSearchBaseDn=OU=users,DC=mycompany,DC=com
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.userSearchAttribute=sAMAccountName
# Search group
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.groupSearchBaseDn=OU=groups,DC=mycompany,DC=com
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.groupSearchFilterAttribute=cn
blueriq.security.auth-providers.ldap01.groupSearchFilterPattern=BQ_*, EVE_*,PRO - *,PRO -*

The following fields are not required:

• trustStoreUrl, trustStorePassword and trustStoreType (unless useTls is set to true)

• groupSearchFilterPattern (unless groupSearchFilterAttribute is set)

• groupSearchFilterAttribute (unless groupSearchFilterPattern is set)

Setting TLS (Transport Layer Security)

useTls can be set to true, by doing so,  trustStoreUrl , trustStorePassword and trustStoreType need to be filled.

• trustStoreUrl: The location to the keystore where certificates are searched for when setting up the TLS connection to the LDAP server
• trustStorePassword: The password set for the keystore
• trustStoreType: what type of key store is used, like: 'jks' or 'pkcs12'
  
  

Make sure the keystore contains the certificates (certificate chain) needed to connect to the LDAP server.

Tooling tips

• Use ADExplorer (Active Directory Explorer) to perform LDAP operations on an Active Directory server
• Use Keystore Explorer to see all the certificates in a keystore or to create your own keystore and fill it with certificates (instead of via command line tools like 'keytool')