LDAP and uPortal

[Kristen Walker]

Hi everyone,
We are looking into the possibility of authenticating our uPortal users with
LDAP.  I have been having a hard time finding documentation on integrating
LDAP with uPortal.  Something I am confused about is what group users will
be put into in uPortal if they are found in LDAP.  Is it possible to define
an LDAP attribute that will tell uPortal which group the user belongs in?
We are running uPortal 2.5.3 right now.  If anyone has an example LDIF file
that they use for their uPortal users that I can see as an example, that
would be great!

Thanks!
Kristen

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Kristen Walker

Digital Media Resources Developer
Instructional Media Services
Santa Barbara County Education Office
4400 Cathedral Oaks Road
P.O. Box 6307
Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6307
[phone] ext. 5244/FAX [phone]
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[Conan Cook]

Dear Kristen,

You can configure LDAP connections in the properties/ldap.xml file in
uPortal 2.5.3; there are a few examples in the default file that should
give you a starting point.  In order to get uPortal using LDAP, you have
to configure the root.ldap property in properties/security.properties
(again, examples in the default file).  I can't give you a useful
example file as we've implemented failover in our LDAP authentication -
which works very well - by using the patches available here:

http://www.ja-sig.org/issues/browse/UP-713 

It's worth a look once you're up and running.


Conan Cook
Applications Developer (Java)
Academic Technologies Group (ATG)
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Bristol BS16 1QY
 
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Hi everyone,
We are looking into the possibility of authenticating our uPortal users
with LDAP.  I have been having a hard time finding documentation on
integrating LDAP with uPortal.  Something I am confused about is what
group users will be put into in uPortal if they are found in LDAP.  Is
it possible to define an LDAP attribute that will tell uPortal which
group the user belongs in?
We are running uPortal 2.5.3 right now.  If anyone has an example LDIF
file that they use for their uPortal users that I can see as an example,
that would be great!

Thanks!
Kristen

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Kristen Walker

Digital Media Resources Developer
Instructional Media Services
Santa Barbara County Education Office
4400 Cathedral Oaks Road
P.O. Box 6307
Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6307
[phone] ext. 5244/FAX [phone] kwalker@...
http://www.sbceoportal.org




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[Darren Kraker]

Kristen,
You are going to want to use Person Attribute Group Store (PAGS) to map
users to LDAP groups based on attributes in LDAP

Take a look at properties/groups/PAGSGroupStoreConfig.xml

As for authentication you can use the LDAP Security Provider.  I'll send
you some code examples directly.

Kristen Walker wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> We are looking into the possibility of authenticating our uPortal users with
> LDAP.  I have been having a hard time finding documentation on integrating
> LDAP with uPortal.  Something I am confused about is what group users will
> be put into in uPortal if they are found in LDAP.  Is it possible to define
> an LDAP attribute that will tell uPortal which group the user belongs in?
> We are running uPortal 2.5.3 right now.  If anyone has an example LDIF file
> that they use for their uPortal users that I can see as an example, that
> would be great!
>
> Thanks!
> Kristen
>
> --
> Kristen Walker
>
> Digital Media Resources Developer
> Instructional Media Services
> Santa Barbara County Education Office
> 4400 Cathedral Oaks Road
> P.O. Box 6307
> Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6307
> [phone] ext. 5244/FAX [phone]
> kwalker@...
> http://www.sbceoportal.org
>
>
>
>
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