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====== Apache LDAP authenticiation ======

This document describes the setup of LDAP authentication to Active Directory using SSL.

===== Apache configuration =====

==== Prefered possiblilty ====

Apache needs following settings to work with LDAPS authentication. You must edit ''%%/etc/openldap/ldap.conf%%'' file to enable SSL and TLS:

<code bash>
#
# LDAP Defaults
#

# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.

BASE    dc=example,dc=com
URI ldaps://vaps014.example.com:636 ldap://vaps014.example.com

#SIZELIMIT  12
#TIMELIMIT  15
#DEREF      never

# TLS setup:
ssl on
TLS_CACERT  /etc/openldap/ssl/cacert.pem
TLS_REQCERT allow
TLS_CACERTDIR   /etc/ssl/certs

HOST    vaps014.example.com
</code>

**Note:** The ''%%TLS_CACERTDIR    /etc/ssl/certs%%'' configuration enables all CA certs, which are configured in your openssl package. If your public certificate is not installed by default you need to add it in /etc/ssl/certs directory! Just follow the step described in this chapter: [[#CA_certificates|CA certifcates]].

You must create a configuration file in ''%%/etc/apache2/conf.d/ldaps.conf%%'' to configure LDAPS depend settings:

<code bash>
LDAPVerifyServerCert On
LDAPTrustedMode SSL
<Location /ldap-status>
    SetHandler ldap-status
    Require host 172.16.193.61 localhost
    Include /etc/apache2/custom.d/authint_ap.conf
</Location>
</code>

==== Ugly possibility ====

This is not the preferred way to configure SSL in LDAP, but you don't need to change anything in case of certification change on LDAP server (AD).

Just create a configuration file (''%%/etc/apache2/conf.d/ldaps.conf%%'') and put following content into it:

<code bash>
LDAPVerifyServerCert Off
LDAPTrustedMode SSL
<Location /ldap-status>
    SetHandler ldap-status
    Require host 172.16.193.61 localhost
    Include /etc/apache2/custom.d/authint_ap.conf
</Location>
</code>

In this configuration, no additional setup is required. The connection works without any pain.

==== LDAP url configuration ====

Of course, you should change your LDAP url in each LDAP authentication directive to ''%%ldaps://xxx%%''.

===== CA certificates =====

===== Official certificate =====

Get the certificate from official certification reseller and put it into /etc/ssl/cert folder. You must hash link the new file for SSL, just use this [[https://intranet.example.com/svn/TrivadisIT/Scripting/trunk/ssl/make-ca-symlinks.sh|make-ca-symlinks.sh script]] to do it:

<code bash>
/opt/jobs/make-ca-symlinks.sh --dir /etc/ssl/certs
</code>

This generate for all not symlinked certifications the hash link.

===== Private certificate =====

First, you must get the certificate using this small script from LDAP server:

<code bash>
#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: get-ssl-cert.sh remote.host.name [port]
#
REMHOST=$1
REMPORT=${2:-443}

openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT} 2>&1 |\
sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p'
</code>

An example for ad.example.com on port 636:

<code bash>
get-ssl-cert.sh ad.example.com 636
</code>

Now, you must configure (add the certificat in) openldap to use this certification chain file. Just add this line into''%%/etc/openldap/ldap.conf%%'':

<code>
TLS_CACERT  /etc/openldap/ssl/cacert.pem
</code>

You can list the certifates inside the ''%%cacert.pem%%'' file using [[https://intranet.example.com/svn/TrivadisIT/Scripting/trunk/ssl/read-all-certs-in-chain.pl|this]] script:

<code>
/opt/jobs/read-all-certs-in-chain.pl -f cacert.pem

==> Certificate #1:
subject= /C=CH/ST=Zurich/O=Trivadis AG/OU=IT/CN=vaps014.example.com/emailAddress=servicedesk@example.com
issuer= /C=CH/ST=Zurich/O=Trivadis AG/OU=IT/CN=vaps014.example.com/emailAddress=servicedesk@example.com
==> Certificate #2:
subject= /CN=sdcs001.example.com
issuer= /C=CH/O=SwissSign AG/CN=SwissSign Server Silver CA 2014 - G22
</code>

**Note:** Openldap on SLES 11 does not examin the ''%%/etc/ssl/certs%%'' directory, for official certificates!