wiki:LdapPluginTests

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Typo/grammar

Testing LDAP extensions

This page gives some hints about how to test the LdapPlugin extension, and provides some examples about deploying OpenLDAP to perform the tests.

Prerequistes

The examples in this page assume that you are working with a Linux server (Debian), with OpenLDAP 2.2 or greater.
The slapd server should have been installed and you should also have access to the Ldap utils (which usually comes with a separate package) namely:

  • server tools: slapadd, slapcat
  • client tools: ldapsearch, ldapadd, ldapmodify, ldapdelete

All the commands are run using the superuser (root) account.

Create the directory config file

The following config file is somewhat more complex than it could be, as it uses ACL, etc.
However this is a good base to elaborate a more complex LDAP setup and ... that's the file I use to test the extension ;-)

# BDB backend in this example
database        bdb

# Maximum entries returned in a search
sizelimit       100

# Log connections, operations, results
# Do not forget to reduce the debug level once everything is up and running !
loglevel        768

suffix          "dc=example,dc=org"
rootdn          "uid=root,dc=example,dc=org"

# Cleartext password: Trac
rootpw          {SSHA}yGq6aHM4w3Hf94hl4j+1rgO3HSGmmbVq
lastmod         on

# Path to the database files
directory       /var/local/db/tracldap

# 1.3.6.1.4.1.15527 is reserved. Do not hijack it
# Please see http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/enterprise.pl

# Attribute type definitions
attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.15527.143
                NAME 'tracperm'
                DESC 'Trac Permission'
                EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
                SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
                SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15{32} )

# Class definitions
objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.15527.8
              NAME 'tracuser'
              DESC 'Regular user with Trac permission'
              SUP top
              STRUCTURAL
              MUST ( uid $ cn $ userpassword )
              MAY  ( tracperm $ sn $ description ) )
objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.15527.9
              NAME 'tracgroup'
              DESC 'Trac permission for groupofnames'
              SUP top
              AUXILIARY
              MAY  ( tracperm ) )

# ACLs
access to dn.base="" by * read
access to dn.base="cn=subschema" by * read
access to filter=(|(objectclass=groupOfNames)(objectclass=tracuser)) dn.one="dc=example,dc=org"
       by group="cn=managers,dc=example,dc=org" write
       by * read
access to attr=tracperm
       by group="cn=managers,dc=example,dc=org" write
       by self read
       by users read
       by anonymous read
access to attr=entry dn.subtree="dc=example,dc=org"
       by * read

# Search indexing
index  objectClass,uid eq
index  cn,sn           eq,sub,pres,approx
index  member          eq

You should include this file from the main OpenLDAP configuration file, usually located here: /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. You need to include these definitions at the bottom of the file.

Configure your system logger

OpenLDAP errors are somewhat cryptic. You can find useful information in the log produced by the server.

It is very useful to compare requests made by standard utilities such as ldapsearch and the requests made by the extension:
If an ldapsearch request fails, blame your server configuration (or your directory content) not the Trac Ldap Extension ;-)

  1. Add the following entry in /etc/syslog.conf
    # Log OpenLDAP
    local4.*                       -/var/log/openldap.all
    
  2. Reload the syslog configuration
    /etc/init.d/sysklogd reload
    
  3. You probably want to open a console and keep dumping the log messages:
    tail -f /var/log/openldap.all
    

Start up the LDAP server

  1. Create the directory where the LDAP directory files will reside
    mkdir /var/local/db/tracldap
    
  2. Start up the server
    /etc/init.d/slapd start
    

You should not get any error. If you get an error message (carefully check the log file), please fix up your LDAP configuration before resuming installation.

If everything is ok, shut down the server right now, because we need to initialize the LDAP directory

Initializing the directory

We need to create the top-most entry (the local root) of the LDAP hierarchical directory.

  1. Copy the following LDIF data in a file, init.ldif for example:
    dn: dc=example,dc=org
    dc: example
    o: Trac
    description: Test directory for Trac
    objectClass: dcObject
    objectClass: organization
    
  2. Then inject this LDIF data into the LDAP directory using the server tool. Yes, the server should be down at this very moment
    /usr/sbin/slapadd -b "dc=example,dc=org" -l init.ldif
    
  3. At this point, you can restart the LDAP server
    /etc/init.d/slapd start
    

Now that the server is up and running, we can inject the initial directory entries that are expected by the extension unit tests.

  1. Copy the following LDIF data in another file, dirtest.ldif
    # Group definition
    # Managers is a group that has permission to add and revoke Trac permissions
    dn: cn=managers,dc=example,dc=org
    cn: managers
    objectClass: groupOfNames
    objectClass: tracgroup
    member: uid=trac,dc=example,dc=org
    
    # Group definition
    # Users is a group of regular users
    dn: cn=users,dc=example,dc=org
    cn: users
    objectClass: groupOfNames
    objectClass: tracgroup
    member: uid=joeuser,dc=example,dc=org
    
    # User definition
    # Trac is the 'software user' that manages the Trac permissions
    dn: uid=trac,dc=example,dc=org
    uid: trac
    cn: Trac Manager
    userPassword: Trac
    objectClass: tracuser
    
    # Special 'user': anonymous
    # joker entry for non authenticated access
    dn: uid=anonymous,dc=example,dc=org
    uid: anonymous
    cn: Trac Anonymous
    sn: Anonymous
    userPassword: no_use
    objectClass: tracuser
    
    # Special 'user': authenticated
    # joker entry for any authenticated access
    dn: uid=authenticated,dc=example,dc=org
    uid: authenticated
    cn: Trac Authenticated
    sn: Authenticated
    userPassword: no_use
    objectClass: tracuser
    
    # User definition
    # Joe User is just a regular user
    dn: uid=joeuser,dc=example,dc=org
    uid: joeuser
    cn: Joe User
    sn: User
    userPassword: anypasswd
    objectClass: tracuser
    
  2. Add those entries to the directory using the client tool. This won't work if the LDAP server is down
    ldapadd -D "uid=root,dc=example,dc=org" -x -W -f direst.ldif
    

You'll be prompted for the user password, i.e. the password for user uid=root. This password is defined in the LDAP directory config file, here: "Trac"

At this point, you should be able to fully use the directory:

  1. Search entries using an anonymous bind:
    ldapsearch -b "dc=example,dc=org" -x objectclass=*
    
  1. Search entries using an authenticated bind (password for trac is "Trac" too):
    ldapsearch -b "dc=example,dc=org" -D "uid=trac,dc=example,dc=org" -x -W objectclass=*
    
  1. You can also add new entries and remove them if you like. But do not forget that the Ldap Extension unit tests expect the directory to be set up as described up to now

Clean up

If the test fails or some part of the installation procedure fails, you want to clean up the LDAP directory to restart from a clean environment.

  1. Shut down the OpenLDAP server
    /etc/init.d/slapd stop
    
  2. Remove the LDAP database files
    rm /var/local/db/tracldap/*
    
  3. Reinitialize the directory (see above)

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