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ldap (6) Versions 1.0.0

Provides generic lightweight resources for managing LDAP objects

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cookbook 'ldap', '= 1.0.0', :supermarket
cookbook 'ldap', '= 1.0.0'
knife supermarket install ldap
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ldap Cookbook

This cookbook provides resources to manage LDAP objects

Dependencies

Chef 11

Ruby Gems: net-ldap, cicphash

Resources

ldap_entry

This resource is used to manage generic LDAP entries. It makes use of the ruby net-ldap library, and can be used with any LDAP directory service.

Name Description Type Default
distinguished_name Distinguished Name (DN) String Name Attribute
attributes Attributes to be set on the entry. Existing attributes of the same name will have their contents replaced Hash
append_attributes Attributes whose values are to be appended to any existing values, if any Hash
seed_attributes Attributes whose values are to be set once and not modified again Hash
prune List of attributes to be removed, or a Hash of attributes with specific values to be removed Array or Hash
host The host to connect to String localhost
port The port to connect to Integer 389
credentials See the 'Credentials' section below String or Hash 'default'
databag_name The databag that will be used to lookup the credentials data bag item String The name of the calling cookbook

ACTIONS
* create
* delete

Other resources in this cookbook make use of this one to create objects in the directory server. This means that they also require the 'host', 'port', 'credentials' and 'databag_name' parameters which are simply passed through to this resource. Omitting these common parameters from the resource descriptions below for brevity

ldap_user

Creates a user for various kinds of identity management purposes. This is useful to create users who can bind (connect) and use the LDAP instance. It can also be used to create users with posix attributes on them for use with UNIX systems.

Name Description Type Default
common_name Value to be set as both uid and cn attributes. See relativedn_attribute String Name Attribute
surname The surname of the user. Should be set on accounts that will be used by people String Matches the value of common_name
password Optional password should be specified in plaintext. Will be converted to a salted sha (SSHA) hash before being sent to the directory String
home home directory. Required for posix accounts String
shell login shell. Required for posix accounts String
basedn The DN that will be the parent of the user account entry ( e.g. 'ou=people,... ). Required String
relativedn_attribute The relative distinguished name (RDN) attribute. This is will be used to name the common_name attribute from above. Given a common_name of 'bjensen' and a basedn attribute of 'ou=people,o=myorg,c=US' the distinguished name would be 'uid=bjensen,ou=people,o=myorg,c=US' 'uid'
uid_number Required for posix accounts. If not supplied, the basedn will be searched for the highest value and the next increment will be used Integer 1000
gid_number Required for posix accounts. If not supplied, the basedn will be searched for the highest value and the next increment will be used Integer 1000
is_person Will this be used by a person? Boolean true
is_posix Will this be used on a posix system? Boolean true
is_extensible Can the entry be extended using custom attributes? Boolean false
attrs additional attributes to be added to the account Hash

ACTIONS
* create
* delete

Credentials

The 'credentials' attribute found on the resources above provides a way to use credentials stored in a databag. It can either be a Hash object with the keys defined below, or a String. If this specified a String, it will look for a databag whose name matches the calling cookbook and pull out an item whose name matches the 'credentials' string. This data bag item should have the Hash keys described below. If no credentials are specified, it will look for a data bag item called 'default_credentials'.

key value example
bind_dn The bind DN used to initialize the instance and create the initial set of LDAP entries 'cn=Directory Manager'
password The password, in plain text 'Super Cool Passwords Are Super Cool!!!!!'

Usage

The default recipe will ensure that the necessary gems are installed for chef

include_recipe "ldap"

ldap_entry "ou=people,o=myorg" do
  attributes ({ objectClass: [ 'top', 'organizationalUnit'],
                ou: 'people',
                description: 'The people in my organization' })
end

ldap_user "myself" do
  basedn "ou=people,o=myorg"
  home "/home/myself"
  shell "/bin/bash"
  password "Super Cool!"
end

Authors

Authors: Alan Willis alwillis@riotgames.com

License

See LICENSE file

Dependent cookbooks

This cookbook has no specified dependencies.

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ldap CHANGELOG

This file is used to list changes made in each version of the ldap cookbook.

0.1.0

  • [your_name] - Initial release of ldap

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