I have many PG servers using LDAP authentication.
When I got request for new user, I create user account in every PG server so that LDAP can be used for authentication.
But, I wonder is there better way to manage accounts.
Why don't you implement one LDAP-Server as central authentication provider?
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We use LDAP and our local SQL Server databases to authenticate our users, using Apache Shiro as the app is developed with Apache ISIS. Users in the SQL Server database are REST consumers, while LDAP contains only business users. Lastly, I was instructed to move my LDAP users to MS AAD.
Is there an architecture that allows me to keep both users? Business users will access the app through the MS OpenConnect portal. At the same time, other applications can continue using DB authentication to consume REST APIs.
Yes, it's possible. Actually, the essential of your questions is "how to enable multiple authentication manner s in web app". Since AAD authentication is claimed based, very different from LDAP, so you will need to change your code for sure to upgrade from LDAP to AAD.
Regarding multiple authentication, I don't know the platform you're using. Here is an sample for ASP.NET CORE for your reference:ASP.NET Core: Supporting multiple Authorization
Need help with connecting to SQL Server using Windows authentication by different users logging in to the clients using their domain account. We have thousands of users and is there a easy way to use a specific AD service account even though users login to these client machines using their windows account. I see some examples of that online if using IIS. But we need this to work with a client server app. Please help if there is a workaround. Thanks!
Typically you would either provision SQL Logins for the AD Groups containing the users, or (less secure) use a SQL Login with user/name and password embedded in the application configuration.
I have a requirement where I have to bind MS SQL server users with LDAP (openDJ). Currently I am seeing only option to achieve this is to have AD on SQL server and connect AD with openIDM through LDAP connector.
Is there a way this can be achieved through openAM and openDJ itself, without requiring openIDM in between.
Can you use Pass Through Authentication of OpenDJ?
https://backstage.forgerock.com/docs/opendj/2.6/admin-guide/chap-pta
https://wikis.forgerock.org/confluence/display/OPENDJ/Pass-Through+Authentication
Or JDBC Authentication Module of OpenAM?
https://backstage.forgerock.com/docs/openam/13.5/admin-guide/chap-auth-services#jdbc-module-conf-hints
I got to know that there is no way to achieve this.
I ended up using AD as the primary Directory store as password sync of users from DJ to AD (via IDM in between) was not possible. As the AD connectors available allow the flow of changes from AD to IDM/DJ only.
I have windows server running ADFS server. I want to Connect to ldap server on it. My questions are
Does running ADFS Server already have LDAP Server running or need to do anything for that? I believe it is running already because I could see open port 389 and 636.
Assuming LDAP server is running, I was trying to connect to it using Google App Directory Sync to get list of users However I was not able to authorize. Is there any default credentials to connect? Or steps to get credentials for LDAP server?
Thanks
An ADFS server is not an Active Directory server - ADFS only extends Active Directory's infrastructure. Ports 389 and 636 are available because ADFS supports the LDAP and LDAPS protocols for communication, and as such, ADFS can retrieve user attributes from Active Directory, and it can also authenticate users against Active Directory. If you already have a directory server running, you need to add it to ADFS as an account store.
There are no default credentials - just use an administrative account that exists in your Active Directory store, as mentioned in point one.
To clarify on terminology for ADFS:
Account Store in ADFS: This is the account store that ADFS authenticates the user against with some form of credential (e.g. Username/password). By default ADFS connects to the Active Directory Domain Services and adds it as a special account store that cannot be deleted. So, any users in this active directory forest or in it's trusted subsystem can authenticate to ADFS. So far, ADFS only supported Active Directory as an account store and nothing else. With Windows Server 2016, it now supports connecting any LDAP v3 compliant directory as an account store. ADFS does not open LDAP ports as it is not an LDAP server. If ADFS were collocated with a domain controller, you would see LDAP ports open.
Attribute Store in ADFS: This a store where you can augment additional information about the user AFTER the user authenticates. By default ADFS has a default attribute store for ADDS that is setup by virtue of the install. Beyond this, it has in-built adapters that can be instantiated to connect to SQL or ADLDS (lightweight directory service). It also has an extensible API to connect to any other attribute store of your choice via .NET. People connect to Oracle/SAP data base, FIM metaverse etc.
#Srikanth: You will use the ADFS claims language or the UI to query for additional data using the attribute store model. In the UI, you would see it when you configure the issuance authorization rules or the issuance claims rules.
Hope that helps
Sam (#MrADFS)
Scenario: In an intranet application, ADFS uses AD for authentication(Account Store) and Sql server for authorization(roles/Attribute Store).
The roles are my own application specific. There are other applications that need to use ADFS. If ADFS is configured to use my SQL Server to fetch roles, what would other applications do? How will they manage their authorization?
Is my understanding correct? If yes, please verify my answer:
Ans: ADFS just returns me the AD identifier(SID/Name).I map this to my sql server roles. Role management should be done by my own application connecting to Sql server. Use session to prevent hitting DB for authorization every time.
To avoid hitting the SQL server for every authorization check, you could implement claims based authentication. Use the SQL attribute store to add your role claims to the AD user ID claims. The resulting claims ticket (SAML) is sent as a cookie and isn't fetched on every authentication check as it is kept as a cookie by the user browser available to the server on each and every request. The timeout/refresh can be set by ajusting the claims ticket TTL (time to live).Just a suggestion... =o)