Ldap authentication

Questions and Answers
1
System Information
  • Strapi Version:
  • Operating System:
  • Database:
  • Node Version:
  • NPM Version:
  • Yarn Version:

how do i implement ldap authentication in Strapi.
thanks

2

LDAP is basically a database, Strapi has a list of supported databases and LDAP is not one of them.

3

Hey @dubiels86 :wave:,

Do you want to implement this for the end-user or for the Administrators (Admin Panel) ?

4

I am also interested in this. I would like to use it for end users.

Isn’t there an AD plugin that will work for this?

5

lDAP auth isn’t possible, as far as I know there are also no plugins/providers for it. There is an issue on GitHub that tracks this feature request: LDAP and CAS authentication support · Issue #2312 · strapi/strapi · GitHub

1 Like
6

Tailing off the LDAP question with a related question, is it possible to add a user directly to the database?

If so, which fields are the minimum fields that need to populated in order for Strapi to recognize the new user?

7

Yes, you can add users by using users-permissions services:

await strapi.plugins['users-permissions'].services.user.add({
    blocked: false,
    confirmed: true, 
    username: 'new_username',
    email: 'test@testemail.com',
    password: 'secretpassword', //will be hashed automatically
    provider: 'local', //provider
    created_by: 1, //user admin id
    updated_by: 1, //user admin id
    role: 1 //role id
});

All those from the above example.

2 Likes
8

Thank you for that example, but I actually want to be able to add the user directly to the database without using a Strapi interface to the DB.

From your example, tt looks like there are at least 8 attributes in one or more database tables and fields that would be affected.

Which tables and fields are actually added?