django-ldap 0.0.8

Django LDAP3.

Django LDAP

This library provides LDAP3 integration for Django, its purpose is to wrap the ldap3 library and provide useful helpers for searching and manipulating a given directory.

This library intends on becoming a full-fledged authentication backend for Django in coming updates.

Requirements

• Django 2.2+
• Python 3.7+

Installation

1. Install the library

$ pip install django-ldap

2. Add "django_ldap" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting
   

3. Add "django_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend" as an AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS i.e.

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
    # ...
    'django_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
    # ...
]

4. Add the following configuration items to your settings.py as a minimum LDAP_HOST = "LDAP://<LDAP_SERVER_HOSTNAME>:<LDAP_SERVER_PORT>"

Additional Configuration Parameters

Key Name	Value Default	Description	Sample
LDAP_HOST	"ldap://localhost:389"	LDAP Server FDQN	LDAP_HOST = "LDAP://localhost:389"
LDAP_TLS	False	Whether to enable secure ldap (note, LDAP and appropriate port should be used in hostname i.e. 636)	LDAP_TLS = False
LDAP_TLS_VALIDATE	ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL	If TLS is enabled then the relevant SSL verification code required (either via ssl enum or int)	LDAP_TLS_VALIDATE = ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL
LDAP_TLS_VERSION	ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1	If TLS is enabled then the relevant TLS version must be provided	LDAP_TLS_VERSION = False
LDAP_BIND_USER_DN	None	DN of Auth User (None for anonymous)	LDAP_BIND_USER_DN = "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com"
LDAP_BIND_PASS	None	Auth User Password (ignored if user DN is None)	LDAP_BIND_PASS = "Foo"
LDAP_PAGE_SIZE	500	Number of elements to return per paged result	LDAP_PAGE_SIZE = 500
LDAP_SEARCH_ROOT	"dc=example,dc=com"	LDAP tree root (Used for search when left as default)	LDAP_SEARCH_ROOT = "dc=example,dc=com"
LDAP_ENABLE_REF_CACHE	True	Enables Referral Cache	LDAP_ENABLE_REF_CACHE = True
LDAP_SET_LDAP3_ARGS	{}	Allows LDAP3 global parameters to be updated (see LDAP3 Global Config )	LDAP_SET_LDAP3_ARGS = {'SOCKET_SIZE': 4096}
LDAP_AUTH_MODE	None	NTLM for Active Directory, SASL for external cert or kerberos, leave as None for other cases, ldap3 will auto choose SIMPLE or ANONYMOUS auth	LDAP_AUTH_MODE = NTLM

How to contribute

TBD

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