LDAP server

LDAP server

Installation

Packages

apt-get install slapd ldap-utils

# For SSL - TLS access
apt-get install gnutls-bin

You'll have to choose a LDAP admin password. Choose a strong password!!

Set domain

Edit configuration file:

vim /etc/ldap/ldap.conf

Uncomment and adjust:

BASE dc=dev,dc=daxiongmao,dc=eu
URI ldap://dev.daxiongmao.eu

Launch LDAP configuration

Launch configuration:

dpkg-reconfigure slapd

• Select NO to the first question = it will create a new database
• Current LDAP server: "dev.daxiongmao.eu". This must match your (DC=...,DC=....,DC=....)
• Name of your organization: daxiongmao.eu
• Root LDAP server: put your root or the same value as before.
• Put your administrator password - the same as earlier
• Select HDB (Berkley database)
• Do NOT remove database on package removal
• Move old database
• Do NOT allow LDAP v2

Open firewall

Add the following rules to your firewall

# LDAP
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 389 -j ACCEPT # LDAP
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 636 -j ACCEPT # LDAP over SSL

Maintenance operations

Export database

The whole database may be exported as ldif file using this command:

slapcat

Get current configuration:

slapcat –b cn=config

Test

Install a LDAP client and test to access the server. It should be OK ! ^-^

See the following page to get more information: LDAP client

Installation # Encryption – SSL

By default OpenLDAP communication is not encrypted. Therefore, if some user have clear password anyone can used them.

Generate server certificates

See SSL server documentation to generate a certificate for the current server.

-- Hints --

• Do not encrypt your private key
• You cannot generate 2 certificates with the same server name.

If you already have a server certificate for the current FQDN, please use it!

Make files accessible for OpenLDAP

You have to copy your server private key + server certificate and CA certificate.

mkdir /etc/ldap/ssl
cd /etc/ldap/ssl
cp /srv/ssl/private/ldapServer.nopass.key ldapServer.key
cp /srv/ssl/certs/ldapServer.cert.pem ldapServer.pem
cp /srv/ssl/cacerts.pem .
chown -R root:openldap /etc/ldap/ssl

... Symlink might work but you can have some rights issues. It's just simpler - in my case - to copy the data.

Register certificates

SLAPD service

Since OpenLDAP 2.4 there is no more "slapd.conf" file.

All the configuration is now dynamic and set in database.

Create the .ldif file

vim /etc/ldap/slapd.d/tls.ldif

Add the following params:

dn: cn=config
add: olcTLSCACertificateFile
olcTLSCACertificateFile: /etc/ldap/ssl/cacerts.pem
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add: olcTLSCertificateFile
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/ldap/ssl/ldapServer.pem
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add: olcTLSCertificateKeyFile
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/ldap/ssl/ldapServer.key

Adjust rights

chown openldap:openldap /etc/ldap/slapd.d/tls.ldif

Apply the configuration

ldapmodify -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f /etc/ldap/slapd.d/tls.ldif

Allow TLS protocol

vim /etc/default/slapd

Add the "ldaps" protocol (line 24):

SLAPD_SERVICES="ldap:/// ldapi:/// ldaps:///"

Restart the service

/etc/init.d/slapd restart

OpenLDAP configuration

Edit the LDAP configuration

vim /etc/ldap/ldap.conf

Adjust the TLS certificate

TLS_CACERT      /etc/ldap/ssl/cacerts.pem

You have to use the same as before in the "slapd" configuration.

Restart service

service slapd restart

Now you can connect to the server on port 686 and test your LDAP server over TLS!

Apache 2

Modules

Installation

apt-get install libapache2-mod-ldap-userdir
apt-get install libapache2-mod-vhost-ldap libapache2-mod-webauthldap

You have to enable to the following modules:

a2enmod ldap authnz_ldap

Virtual host / service configuration

See Apache 2 documentation to get more info: Apache 2

Graphical interface - PhpLdapAdmin

Requirements:

• Apache 2 server
• PHP 5 or +
• MySQL database

Packages

apt-get install phpldapadmin
apt-get install php-fpdf

Source: http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Edit configuration

vim /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php

Edit / adjust following lines: 278 282 286 293 296 300 318 326 $servers = new Datastore(); $servers->newServer('ldap_pla'); $servers->setValue('server','name','DEV daxiongmao.eu LDAP'); $servers->setValue('server','host','dev.daxiongmao.eu'); // $servers->setValue('server','port',389); $servers->setValue('server','base',array('dc=dev,dc=daxiongmao,dc=eu')); $servers->setValue('login','auth_type','session'); $servers->setValue('login','bind_id','cn=admin,dc=dev,dc=daxiongmao,dc=eu'); Reload apache2 configuration

1. service apache2 reload

Access service Then you can access Ldap Account Manager on: http://myServer/phpldapadmin Improve security For better security you should not use /phpldapadmin but something else. Edit configuration file:

1. vim /etc/phpldapadmin/apache.conf

Adjust

1. Define /phpldapadmin alias, this is the default

<IfModule mod_alias.c> Alias /phpldapadmin /usr/share/phpldapadmin/htdocs </IfModule> Replace phpldapadmin by your own value. For instance: ldapmanager Login using Admin password Login: Login user: cn=admin,{ldap DN}Basic configuration Create Organizational Units Create a child entry Generic organizational unit [ou=] Create:  people  groups Create Groups Then, create 2 groups called “administrators” & “users” Click on ou=groups Create a child entry Create a generic posix group [cn=] Create:  administrators  users Create Users Create some users Click on ou=people Create a child entry Create a generic User Account [ua=]Installation # Graphical interface [client side] On the local machine you can download a LDAP browser to manage it remotely. I’ll use “LDAP Admin” http://www.ldapadmin.org/ Installation  Download the latest version o Choose the EXE version  Unzip it to the target directory Create new connection  Just run “LdapAdmin.exe”  Start  Connect  Create a new connection o Double click on “new connection” Fill up the form like this: LDAP Dn Then you can connect to the remote server Admin accountConfiguration Create new Organizational Units Right click to the root  New  Organizational Unit... Create:     people groups locations applications for users for users groups specific area Create new groups  Right click on “ou=groups”  New  Group... Create:  administrators  users  services Domain administrators Domain users System and services accounts Create locations structure  Right click on “ou=locations”  New  Location... You can create a location tree to sort your users. Example: Create users  Right click on “ou=users”  New  User...  You can organized your users by sub organizational units as wellFill up the form Mandatory Home directory must match username Depending on your local policy, the username might be:  FirstName.LastName  [1 st letter first name][last name]  It doesn’t matter as long as this is the same pattern for all users! Register the user to some group Don’t forget to set the primary group!Edit user To update the user using the same wizard:  Right click on user  Properties The Edit Entry... is a technical link. You can add email + address data.