blabing 0.2.1

How it works

All required files (including the tls pem/key for localhost at 127.0.0.1) are available here

example:

# activate your virtual env
python3 -mpip install blabing
# standalone ldap server for tests
standalone_ldap.sh slap
# calling bla with credentials for this server, and calling test.bla
# which creates ou=people,dc=home and create 3 users there
cat bla.test
 ldap.add("dc=home", [ "dcObject", "organization", "top"], dict(dc="home", o="home"))
 ldap.add("ou=people,dc=home",  'organizationalUnit', dict(ou="people"))
 [ user_add(i) for i in ( "boss", "manager", "louis" ) ]
 ldap.add("ou=group,dc=home",  'organizationalUnit', dict(ou="group"))
 ldap.add("cn=staff,ou=group,dc=home",  ['top', "groupOfNames"],attributes= dict(member=["uid=boss,ou=people,dc=home" ]))
 search("(uid=boss)", attributes="memberOf")
 list(walk("dc=home",lambda e:e.entry_dn))
 pe(get("uid=boss,ou=people,dc=home"))
 password("uid=boss,ou=people,dc=home")
 pe(get("uid=boss,ou=people,dc=home"))

bla bla.no_tls.json test.bla

# fill in a password has demanded
# try ldapvi("uid=boss") in the IPython shell
# exit

# browse the tree
lhl bla.no_tls.json
firefox http://127.0.0.1:5001

You should be focusing on the tree not on the options of the command line tools.

Synopsis

LDAP is a great extensible key/value storage with security in mind. It’s a great tool with a terrible User Experience when it comes to the tooling especially with openLDAP.

Why people (as I) are reluctant to use it ?

BLA is an experimentation at brewing your own tooling for openLDAP

standalone_ldap.sh a standalone LDAP server to experiment locally. bla a CLI tools using ipython for history, completion and documentation lhl a web explorer