LDAP#

You can configure LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) for MKE 4k through the authentication.ldap section of the mke4.yaml configuration file.

LDAP example configuration:

authentication:
  ldap:
    enabled: true
    host: ldap.example.org:389
    insecureNoSSL: true
    bindDN: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org
    bindPW: password
    usernamePrompt: Email Address
    userSearch:
      baseDN: ou=People,dc=example,dc=org
      filter: "(objectClass=person)"
      username: mail
      idAttr: DN
      emailAttr: mail
      nameAttr: cn

Configure LDAP service for MKE#

In the mke4.yaml configuration file authentication.ldap section, enable your LDAP service by setting enabled to true. Use the remaining fields, which are defined in the following table, to configure the interactions with your LDAP server.

Info

For information on how to obtain the field values, refer to setting up OpenLDAP as an LDAP provider.

Field	Description
`host`	Host and optional port of the LDAP server, in the `host:port` format.
`rootCA`	Path to a trusted root certificate file.
`bindDN`	Distinguished Name (DN) for an application service account.
`bindPW`	Password for an application service account.
`usernamePrompt`	Attribute to display in the password prompt.
`userSearch`	Settings to map user-entered username and password to an LDAP entry.
`userSearch.baseDN`	BaseDN from which to start the search.
`userSearch.filter`	Optional filter to apply for a user search of the directory.
`userSearch.username`	Username attribute to use for user entry comparison.
`userSearch.idAttr`	String representation of the user.
`userSearch.emailAttr`	Attribute to map to email.
`userSearch.nameAttr`	Attribute to map to display name of a user.
`userSearch.preferredUsernameAttr`	Attribute to map to preferred usernames.
`groupSearch`	Group search queries for groups given a user entry.
`groupSearch.baseDN`	BaseDN from which to start the search.
`groupSearch.filter`	Optional filter to apply for a group search of the directory.
`groupSearch.userMatchers`	Field pairs list to use to match a user to a group.
`groupSearch.nameAttr`	Group name.

For more information, refer to the official DEX documentation LDAP configuration.