Beginner's Guide to Open LDAP?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/selfhosted

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  • glauth

    A lightweight LDAP server for development, home use, or CI

    probably glauth is an alternative https://github.com/glauth/glauth

  • ldap-user-manager

    A PHP web-based interface for LDAP user account management and self-service password change.

    https://github.com/wheelybird/ldap-user-manager Also if you decided to use it there is a setting to allow login via authelia headers.

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  • lldap

    Light LDAP implementation

    Check out LLDAP its a really easy to use, trimmed down, LDAP server with a web interface. It's super easy to use if you only need user + group management.

  • easyldap

    Scripts and configuration files for an OpenLDAP Server providing Linux Client authentication

  • docker-openldap

    Dockerized LDAP server with many customizable options (by tiredofit)

    I built a couple Docker images around OpenLDAP and also a front end that can allow for management of resources easier.

  • docker-fusiondirectory

    Dockerized web based LDAP manager

    I built a couple Docker images around OpenLDAP and also a front end that can allow for management of resources easier.

  • docker-lemonldap

    Dockerized authentication server with Single Sign On SAML, OpenID Connect, CAS, and Header support

    If you want to take it to another level afterwords, you could bolt LLNG onto the stadk and start taking advantage of single sign on (SAML, OIDC, Header based authentication). Fairly light wait, but in production for millions of users....

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • xsrv

    [mirror] Install and manage self-hosted services/applications, on your own server(s) - ansible collection and utilities

    This ansible role (check the tasks/ directory) gives a good breakdown of what is needed to setup a basic LDAP server and authentication service

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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