Apache LDAP modules

Archived

This page has been archived and will receive no further updates.

Modules

  • mod_authnz_ldap (preferred)
    • Provided by apache
    • For Apache versions 2.1 and later
    • “This module is a port of the 2.0 mod_auth_ldap module to the 2.2 Authn/Authz framework. New features include using LDAP attribute values and complicated search filters in the Require directive.”

    • To enable:

        AuthType basic
  AuthBasicProvider ldap
  • mod_auth_ldap
    • Provided by apache
    • For Apache versions before 2.1
  • mod_authz_ldap
    • Third-party module
    • Identified by AuthzLDAP* directives

Convert from mod_authz_ldap to mod_authnz_ldap:

mod_authz_ldap mod_authnz_ldap
AuthName "Restricted Directory" AuthName "Restricted Directory"
AuthType Basic AuthType Basic
AuthzLDAPMethod ldap AuthBasicProvider ldap
AuthzLDAPBindDN uid=webauth,ou=accounts,dc=example,dc=com AuthLDAPBindDN uid=webauth,ou=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
AuthzLDAPBindPassword webauthpass AuthLDAPBindPassword webauthpass
AuthzLDAPServer "ldap.example.com"
AuthzLDAPUserBase ou=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
AuthzLDAPUserKey uid		 AuthLDAPURL ldaps://ldap.example.com/ou=accounts,dc=example,dc=com?uid
Require user jsmith Require ldap-user jsmith