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LDAP Integration
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Oak comes with a default implementation of an LDAP identity provider that allows
perform external authentication against an existing LDAP in combination
with user synchronization.

See section [External Login Module and User Synchronization](externalloginmodule.html)
for a general overview of the `ExternalLoginModule` and how it can be used
in combination with custom identity providers and synchronization handlers.

### Default Setup

Out of the box Oak comes with the following LDAP integration setup:

- `LdapIdentityProvider`: LDAP specific implementation of the [ExternalIdentityProvider] interface.
- `DefaultSyncHandler`: Default implementation of the [SyncHandler] interface.
- `ExternalLoginModule`: Login module implementation that allows for third party authentication as specified by the configured identity provider(s).

### Characteristics of the Default Implementation

#### LDAP Identity Provider

The [LdapIdentityProvider] is a service implementing the [ExternalIdentityProvider] interface.
Since Oak 1.6.1 it also implements the [PrincipalNameResolver] interface to allow 
for fast resolution from a given `ExternalIdentityRef` to a principal name as an 
optimization for the [dynamic membership](external/dynamic.html) feature.

In an OSGi-base setup the configuration options required in order to establish
connections to the LDAP are obtained form the properties associated with the service.

Otherwise the identity provider must be instantiated with the corresponding
`LdapProviderConfig` object revealing the mandatory config options. The details
of the LDAP configuration are listed below in section Configuration.

#### Combining Multiple LDAP Sources

Currently the only way to combine multiple LDAP sources is to have multiple
entries of the `ExternalLoginModule` configured in the JAAS setup each coming
with it's own identity provider implementation and sync handler.

See [OAK-1839] for an improvement request that allows to have multiple identity
provider implementations configured with the `ExternalLoginModule`.

### Configuration

#### Configure LDAP Integration

The following steps are required in order to configure LDAP integration with the
Oak repository:

- ensure ExternalLoginModule forms part of the systems JAAS Configuration
- enable the LDAP IdentityProvider and make sure it's properly configured (see section _LDAP Configuration_ below)

#### LDAP Configuration

The LDAP IPDs are configured through the [org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.security.authentication.ldap.impl.LdapProviderConfig]
which is populated either via OSGi or during manual [Repository Construction](../../construct.html).

| Name                          | Property                | Description                              |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| LDAP Provider Name            | `provider.name`         | Name of this LDAP provider configuration. This is used to reference this provider by the login modules. |
| Bind DN                       | `bind.dn`               | DN of the user for authentication. Leave empty for anonymous bind. |
| Bind Password                 | `bind.password`         | Password of the user for authentication. |
| LDAP Server Hostname          | `host.name`             | Hostname of the LDAP server              |
| Disable certificate checking  | `host.noCertCheck`      | Indicates if server certificate validation should be disabled. |
| LDAP Server Port              | `host.port`             | Port of the LDAP server                  |
| Use SSL                       | `host.ssl`              | Indicates if an SSL (LDAPs) connection should be used. |
| Use TLS                       | `host.tls`              | Indicates if TLS should be started on connections. |
| Search Timeout                | `searchTimeout`         | Time in until a search times out (eg: '1s' or '1m 30s'). |
| User base DN                  | `user.baseDN`           | The base DN for user searches.           |
| User extra filter             | `user.extraFilter`      | Extra LDAP filter to use when searching for users. The final filter is formatted like: `(&(<idAttr>=<userId>)(objectclass=<objectclass>)<extraFilter>)` |
| User id attribute             | `user.idAttribute`      | Name of the attribute that contains the user id. |
| User DN paths                 | `user.makeDnPath`       | Controls if the DN should be used for calculating a portion of the intermediate path. |
| User object classes           | `user.objectclass`      | The list of object classes an user entry must contain. |
| Group base DN                 | `group.baseDN`          | The base DN for group searches.          |
| Group extra filter            | `group.extraFilter`     | Extra LDAP filter to use when searching for groups. The final filter is formatted like: `(&(<nameAttr>=<groupName>)(objectclass=<objectclass>)<extraFilter>)` |
| Group DN paths                | `group.makeDnPath`      | Controls if the DN should be used for calculating a portion of the intermediate path. |
| Group member attribute        | `group.memberAttribute` | Group attribute that contains the member(s) of a group. |
| Group name attribute          | `group.nameAttribute`   | Name of the attribute that contains the group name. |
| Group object classes          | `group.objectclass`     | The list of object classes a group entry must contain. |
| Use user id for external ids  | `useUidForExtId`        | If enabled, the value of the user id (resp. group name) attribute will be used to create external identifiers. Leave disabled to use the DN instead. |
| Custom Attributes             | `customattributes`      | Attributes retrieved when looking up LDAP entries. Leave empty to retrieve all attributes. |
| | | |

#### SyncHandler and External Login Module

See [External Login Module and User Synchronization](externalloginmodule.html) for
details about the external login module and configuration options for the [DefaultSyncHandler].

<!-- references -->
[ExternalIdentityProvider]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/security/authentication/external/ExternalIdentityProvider.html
[PrincipalNameResolver]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/security/authentication/external/PrincipalNameResolver.html
[SyncHandler]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/security/authentication/external/SyncHandler.html
[DefaultSyncHandler]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/security/authentication/external/impl/DefaultSyncHandler.html
[LdapIdentityProvider]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/security/authentication/ldap/impl/LdapIdentityProvider.html
[org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.security.authentication.ldap.impl.LdapIdentityProvider]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/security/authentication/ldap/impl/LdapIdentityProvider.html
[org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.security.authentication.ldap.impl.LdapProviderConfig]: /oak/docs/apidocs/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/security/authentication/ldap/impl/LdapProviderConfig.html
[OAK-1839]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-1839