LDAP User Registry3.0
This feature enables support for using an LDAP server as a user registry. Any server that supports LDAP Version 3.0 can be used. Multiple LDAP user registries can be configured and then federated to achieve a single logical user registry view.
Enabling this feature
To enable the LDAP User Registry 3.0 feature, add the following element declaration into your server.xml file, inside the featureManager element:
<feature>ldapRegistry-3.0</feature>
Examples
Configure an LDAP user registry
To configure an LDAP user registry, you must specify the base distinguished name, host, LDAP type, port number, and realm attributes. Most LDAP servers require bind credentials to authenticate a client to the server.
The bind distinguished name and password are specified in the ladpRegistry element.
The following example shows a simple configuration that uses the IBM Tivoli Directory Server as an LDAP user registry:
<ldapRegistry baseDN="o=acme.com" host="ldap.acme.com"
ldapType="IBM Tivoli Directory Server" port="389" realm="AcmeLdap"
bindDN="cn=testuser,o=acme.com" bindPassword="mypassword"/>Customize search filters
You can customize the group and user filters to include custom classes or attributes in searches of an LDAP user registry.
The configuration for specifying filters varies depending on the LDAP type you specify. Each LDAP type has a different set of filter properties.
For more information about the LDAP type, see Feature configuration elements.
Use the %v variable for attribute value assertions that you want to replace at run time with a particular login name or group name.
The following example shows custom and group filters that are specified for the IBM Tivoli Directory Server LDAP type:
<ldapRegistry baseDN="o=acme.com" host="ldap.acme.com"
ldapType="IBM Tivoli Directory Server" port="389" realm="AcmeLdap"
bindDN="cn=testuser,o=acme.com" bindPassword="mypassword">
<idsFilters
groupFilter="(&(cn=%v)(objectclass=groupofnames))"
userFilter="(&(objectclass=inetorgperson)(|(uid=%v)(mail=%v)))" />
</ldapRegistry>Configure a secure connection with LDAPS
To enable a secure connection to an LDAP server for encrypted communication via TLS or SSL protocols, configure the ldapRegistry element to enable Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Over Secure Socket Links (LDAPS).
Set the sslEnabled attribute to true and the sslRef attribute to your ssl id value. To enable a secure TLS or SSL connection, you must configure these connections in the ssl element.
The following example shows both the ldapRegistry element and the ssl element that the LDAP connection references.
In the ssl element, the id parameter identifies the configuration so that it can be referenced by the sslRef parameter of the ldapRegistry element.
The keyStoreRef and trustStoreRef parameters establish the data sources that are used in the TLS or SSL handshake, which enables a secure connection.
For more information about TLS and SSL configurations, see SSL Repertoire.
<ldapRegistry baseDN="o=acme.com" host="ldap.acme.com"
ldapType="IBM Tivoli Directory Server" port="636" realm="AcmeLdap"
bindDN="cn=testuser,o=acme.com" bindPassword="mypassword"
sslEnabled="true" sslRef="LDAPSSLSettings" >
</ldapRegistry>
<ssl id="LDAPSSLSettings" keyStoreRef="LDAPKeyStore" trustStoreRef="LDAPTrustStore" />
<keyStore id="LDAPKeyStore" location="server1/resources/security/key.jks" type="JKS" password="password" />
<keyStore id="LDAPTrustStore" location="server1/resources/security/trust.jks" type="JKS" password="password" />Specify custom LDAP object classes
To configure support for custom or non-default object classes, you can specify an LDAP entity type. An entity type groups different object classes as a single entity so that the server recognizes them under the same entity name. You can also customize the search base for any entity type to improve search times for the classes it contains. If you create custom object classes for users or groups, update your group and user filters to include the new classes.
The following example shows entity types for users and groups, with custom search bases:
<ldapRegistry baseDN="o=acme.com" host="ldap.acme.com"
ldapType="IBM Tivoli Directory Server" port="389" realm="AcmeLdap"
bindDN="cn=testuser,o=acme.com" bindPassword="mypassword">
<ldapEntityType name="PersonAccount">
<objectClass>inetorgperson</objectClass>
<objectClass>customuser</objectClass>
<searchBase>ou=users,o=acme.com</searchBase>
</ldapEntityType>
<ldapEntityType name="Group">
<objectClass>groupofnames</objectClass>
<objectClass>customgroup</objectClass>
<searchBase>ou=groups,o=acme.com</searchBase>
</ldapEntityType>
<idsFilters
groupFilter="(&(cn=%v)(|(objectclass=groupofnames)(objectclass=customgroup)))"
userFilter="(&(|(objectclass=inetorgperson)(objectclass=customuser))(|(uid=%v)(mail=%v)))" />
</ldapRegistry>The user and group filters include the custom object classes. Although this example shows the configuration for the IBM Tivoli Directory Server LDAP type, all LDAP types support the userFilter and groupFilter attributes.
Federate LDAP user registries
LDAP user registries are federated by default.
If you configure more than one LDAP user registry in your server.xml file, then the user registries are automatically federated into a common user registry.
You can adjust the configuration when the the Federated User Registry feature is enabled and the federatedRepository element is configured. If you enable the LDAP User Registry feature version 3.0 or later, the Federated User Registry feature is enabled by default. Otherwise, you must manually enable the Federated User Registry feature and configure the federatedRepository element.
You can also federate LDAP user registries with basic or custom user registries. The following example shows a basic user registry that is federated with an LDAP user registry, with the configuration specified in the federatedRepository element:
<server description="Federation">
<featureManager>
<feature>appSecurity-3.0</feature>
<feature>ldapRegistry-3.0</feature>
</featureManager>
<basicRegistry id="basic" realm="SampleBasicRealm">
<user name="admin" password="password" />
<user name="user1" password="password" />
<user name="user2" password="password" />
<group name="memberlessGroup" />
<group name="adminGroup">
<member name="admin"/>
</group>
<group name="users">
<member name="user1"/>
<member name="user2"/>
</group>
</basicRegistry>
<ldapRegistry realm="LdapRealm" host="LDAPHOST1.ibm.com" port="389"
baseDN="o=ibm,c=us"
ldapType="IBM Security Directory Server"/>
<federatedRepository>
<primaryRealm name="FederatedRealm" allowOpIfRepoDown="true">
<participatingBaseEntry name="o=SampleBasicRealm"/>
<participatingBaseEntry name="o=ibm,c=us"/>
</primaryRealm>
</federatedRepository>
</server>The participating base entry for a user registry is defined by the participatingBaseEntry element. The participating base entry value for a custom or basic user registry is the o organization attribute set to equal the realm name of that user registry. For an LDAP user registry, the realm name is the base distinguished name from the LDAP user registry configuration. For more information, see User Registry Federation.
