Active Directory example with login based on filtering users by roles

Danger

Since version 8.1.12, the OpenLDAP integration has changed:

• The configuration parameters and login procedure remain the same.
• User data and roles are now managed in the OpenKM administration and stored in the database.
• There is a cron job called “Sync LDAP users” which synchronizes user data from LDAP to the database.
• The current configuration can be found at Active Directory mixed configuration with LDAP synced.

In this example, we’ll see an Active Directory connection that allows any Active Directory-authenticated user who is a member of ROLE_USER or ROLE_ADMIN to connect.

LDAP structure

dc=com
    dc=company
        ou=OPENKM
            cn=ROLE_ADMIN
                member=okmAdmin
                member=user1
            cn=ROLE_USER
                member=user3
            cn=ROLE_XXXX
                member=user2
            cn=ROLE_YYYY
                member=user4
                ...
        ou=organization1
            sAMAccountName=okmAdmin
                memberOf=CN=ROLE_ADMIN,OU=OPENKM,DC=company,DC=com
                userPrincipalName=okmAdmin@mail.com
                cn=OpenKM Administrator
            sAMAccountName=user1
                memberOf=CN=ROLE_ADMIN,OU=OPENKM,DC=company,DC=com
                userPrincipalName=user1@mail.com
                cn=User Name 1
            sAMAccountName=user2
                memberOf=CN=ROLE_XXXX,OU=OPENKM,DC=company,DC=com
                userPrincipalName=user2@mail.com
                cn=User Name 3
        ou=organization2
            sAMAccountName=user3
                memberOf=CN=ROLE_USER,OU=OPENKM,DC=company,DC=com
                userPrincipalName=user3@mail.com
                cn=User Name 3
            sAMAccountName=user4
                memberOf=CN=ROLE_YYYY,OU=OPENKM,DC=company,DC=com
                userPrincipalName=user4@mail.com
                cn=User Name 4

Valid groups:

• cn=ROLE_ADMIN,ou=OPENKM,dc=company,dc=com
• cn=ROLE_USER,ou=OPENKM,dc=company,dc=com
• cn=ROLE_XXXX,ou=OPENKM,dc=company,dc=com
• cn=ROLE_YYYY,ou=OPENKM,dc=company,dc=com

Valid users:

• cn=user1,ou=organization1,dc=company,dc=com
• cn=user2,ou=organization1,dc=company,dc=com

Invalid users:

• cn=user3,ou=organization2,dc=company,dc=com
• cn=user4,ou=organization2,dc=company,dc=com

Note

Any distinguished name includes dc=company,dc=com by default, except for users who are not members of ROLE_ADMIN or ROLE_USER.

Caution

The OpenKM integration with LDAP has two steps. In the first step, configure OpenKM to retrieve the list of users and roles from LDAP. This list is cached by OpenKM for 30-45 minutes to prevent overloading the LDAP server. You can clean the cache from Administration > Tools > Cache stats. In the second step, configure login. This configuration always works in real time.

Step 1 - configuration parameters

Caution

We suggest logging in to OpenKM with the admin URL (for example http://localhost:8080/openkm/admin/index) because you will need to restart the OpenKM service in the next steps and you do not want to lose administrative access.

The first action should be to modify principal.adapter parameter value and restart OpenKM service. Because the session ID is kept in the browser, you should not lose the login after the service is restarted and you can continue working in the administration. After this change, the users and roles list will be empty in the administration. Until the next parameters are successfully configured, these lists will be empty.

• Users who are members of ROLE_ADMIN or ROLE_USER can be created in any Active Directory node, because DC=company,DC=com is defined as the base filter, principal.ldap.user.search.base=DC=company,DC=com and the user search filter is principal.ldap.user.search.filter=(&(objectclass=user)(|(memberOf=CN=ROLE_ADMIN,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com).
• Groups can be created in any Active Directory node, because it has DC=company,DC=com as the base filter, principal.ldap.role.search.base=DC=company,DC=com.
• All Active Directory groups will be listed because no filter restriction has been applied: principal.ldap.role.search.filter=(objectclass=group).
• The mail attribute used in this case is userPrincipalName (the most commonly used LDAP attribute for mail is mail) principal.ldap.mail.attribute=userPrincipalName.

Go to Administration > Configuration parameters:

Field / Property	Type	Description
principal.adapter	String	The parameter has been deprecated since version 8.1.12. com.openkm.plugin.principal.LdapPrincipalAdapter
system.login.lowercase	String	true
principal.ldap.server	String	ldap://192.168.xxx.xxx:389
principal.ldap.security.principal	String	CN=Administrator,OU=OPENKM,DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.security.credentials	String	password
principal.ldap.referral	String	follow
principal.ldap.users.from.roles	Boolean	false
principal.ldap.user.attribute	String	sAMAccountName
principal.ldap.user.search.base	List	DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.user.search.filter	String	(&(objectclass=user)(|(memberOf=CN=ROLE_ADMIN,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com)(memberOf=CN=ROLE_USER,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com)))
principal.ldap.username.attribute	String	cn
principal.ldap.username.search.base	String	DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.username.search.filter	String	(&(objectClass=person)(sAMAccountName={0}))
principal.ldap.mail.attribute	String	userPrincipalName
principal.ldap.mail.search.base	String	DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.mail.search.filter	String	(&(objectClass=person)(sAMAccountName={0}))
principal.ldap.role.attribute	String	cn
principal.ldap.role.search.base	List	DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.role.search.filter	String	(objectclass=group)
principal.ldap.roles.by.user.attribute	String	memberOf
principal.ldap.roles.by.user.search.base	String	DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.roles.by.user.search.filter	String	(&(objectClass=person)(sAMAccountName={0}))
principal.ldap.users.by.role.attribute	String	member
principal.ldap.users.by.role.search.base	String	OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com
principal.ldap.users.by.role.search.filter	String	(&(objectClass=group)(cn={0}))

Step 2 - configure login

• Users created in any Active Directory node who are members of ROLE_ADMIN or ROLE_USER will be able to log in, because DC=company,DC=com is defined as the base filter, and as user account filter.
• Groups read by OpenKM can be created in any Active Directory node, because DC=company,DC=com is defined as the base filter.

Apply the changes to the openkm.properties file.

The parameter “okm.authentication.database” is used to disable database login.

The parameter “okm.authentication.ldap” is used to enable LDAP login.

#Authentication
okm.authentication.database=false
okm.authentication.ldap=true

#LDAP
ldap.server=ldap://192.168.0.13
ldap.manager.distinguished.name=CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=openkm,DC=local
ldap.manager.password=*secret*
ldap.base=DC=openkm,DC=local
ldap.role.attribute=cn
ldap.user.search.filter=(&(sAMAccountName={0})(|(memberOf=CN=ROLE_ADMIN,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com)(memberOf=CN=ROLE_USER,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com)))
ldap.role.search.filter=member={0}

Caution

After updating the openkm.properties file, you must restart the OpenKM service for the changes to take effect.

Another option to configure login

In some cases you might be interested in setting the configuration in the file openkm.xml; please refer to Configuring openkm.xml documentation section for more information.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans:beans xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
             xmlns:security="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
             xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
             xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
                                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
                                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security.xsd
                                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/task
                                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task.xsd">

<security:authentication-manager alias="authenticationManager">
     <security:authentication-provider ref="ldapAuthProvider" />
  </security:authentication-manager>

<beans:bean id="contextSource" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource">
  <beans:constructor-arg value="ldap://192.168.xxx.xxx"/>
  <beans:property name="userDn" value="CN=connect,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com"/>
  <beans:property name="password" value="****"/>
  <beans:property name="baseEnvironmentProperties">
     <beans:map>
        <beans:entry>
          <beans:key>
            <beans:value>java.naming.referral</beans:value>
          </beans:key>
          <beans:value>follow</beans:value>
        </beans:entry>
      </beans:map>
   </beans:property>
</beans:bean>

<beans:bean id="ldapAuthProvider" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.LdapAuthenticationProvider">
  <beans:constructor-arg>
    <beans:bean class="org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.BindAuthenticator">
      <beans:constructor-arg ref="contextSource"/>
      <beans:property name="userSearch" ref="userSearch"/>
    </beans:bean>
  </beans:constructor-arg>
  <beans:constructor-arg name="authoritiesPopulator" ref="defaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator"/>
</beans:bean>

<beans:bean id="userSearch" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.search.FilterBasedLdapUserSearch">
  <beans:constructor-arg index="0" value="DC=company,DC=com" />
  <beans:constructor-arg index="1" value="(&amp;(sAMAccountName={0})(|(memberOf=CN=ROLE_ADMIN,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com)(memberOf=CN=ROLE_USER,OU=OpenKM,DC=company,DC=com)))" />
  <beans:constructor-arg index="2" ref="contextSource" />
  <beans:property name="searchSubtree" value="true" />
</beans:bean>

 <beans:bean id="defaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator">
    <beans:constructor-arg ref="contextSource"/>
      <beans:constructor-arg value="DC=company,DC=com"/>
      <beans:property name="groupSearchFilter" value="member={0}"/>
      <beans:property name="groupRoleAttribute" value="cn"/>
      <beans:property name="searchSubtree" value="true" />
      <beans:property name="convertToUpperCase" value="false" />
      <beans:property name="rolePrefix" value="" />
  </beans:bean>

  <!--Needed for remember-me services -->
  <beans:bean id="userDetailService" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails.LdapUserDetailsService">
    <beans:constructor-arg ref="userSearch"/>
    <beans:constructor-arg ref="defaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator"/>
  </beans:bean>

</beans:beans>