Active Directory - OpenKM 5.1

Basic configuration

This is the suggested configuration should be used when roles and users are both defined in same node, otherside refer to advanced configuration.

Active directory configuration has two parts; Login configuration and OpenKM integration.

In this example you must change 192.168.0.6, Administrador, password and weyler values to your active directory values.

In this example all users are under same node cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local and roles are under same node cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local too.

Login configuration

Change the login-config.xml file at $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/conf

You must restarting jboss after changing login-config.xml.

There're two configuration options, both valid:

Filter roles by users who are members

<application-policy name="OpenKM">
  <authentication>
    <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule" flag="required" > 
      <module-option name="java.naming.provider.url">ldap://192.168.0.6</module-option> 
      <module-option name="bindDN">CN=Administrador,cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local</module-option>
      <module-option name="java.naming.security.authentication">simple</module-option>
      <module-option name="bindCredential">password</module-option>
      <module-option name="baseCtxDN">cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local</module-option>
      <module-option name="baseFilter">(sAMAccountName={0})</module-option>
      <module-option name="rolesCtxDN">cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleFilter">(member={1})</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleAttributeID">cn</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleAttributeIsDN">false</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleRecursion">2</module-option>
      <module-option name="searchScope">ONELEVEL_SCOPE</module-option>
      <module-option name="allowEmptyPasswords">false</module-option>
    </login-module> 
  </authentication>
</application-policy>

Getting roles by user

<application-policy name="OpenKM">
  <authentication>
    <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule" flag="required" > 
      <module-option name="java.naming.provider.url">ldap://192.168.0.6</module-option> 
      <module-option name="bindDN">CN=Administrador,cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local</module-option>
      <module-option name="java.naming.security.authentication">simple</module-option>
      <module-option name="bindCredential">password</module-option>
      <module-option name="baseCtxDN">cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local</module-option>
      <module-option name="baseFilter">(sAMAccountName={0})</module-option>
      <module-option name="rolesCtxDN">cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleFilter">(sAMAccountName={0})</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleAttributeID">memberOf</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleAttributeIsDN">true</module-option>
      <module-option name="roleNameAttributeID">cn</module-option>
      <module-option name="searchScope">ONELEVEL_SCOPE</module-option>
      <module-option name="allowEmptyPasswords">false</module-option>
    </login-module> 
  </authentication>
</application-policy>

OpenKM integration

To configure Active Directory we must make some changes in Configuration_view only is needed restarting jboss first time you change principal.adapter parameter, other changes can be made on fly.

system.login.lowercase=on
principal.adapter=com.openkm.principal.LdapPrincipalAdapter

principal.ldap.server=ldap://192.168.0.6
principal.ldap.security.principal=CN=Administrator,cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local
principal.ldap.security.credentials=password

principal.ldap.user.search.base=cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local
principal.ldap.user.search.filter=(objectclass=person)
principal.ldap.user.attribute=cn

principal.ldap.role.search.base=cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local
principal.ldap.role.search.filter=(objectclass=group)
principal.ldap.role.attribute=cn

principal.ldap.mail.search.base=cn={0},cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local
principal.ldap.mail.search.filter=(objectclass=person)
principal.ldap.mail.attribute=mail

principal.ldap.users.by.role.search.base=cn={0},cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local
principal.ldap.users.by.role.search.filter=(objectclass=group)
principal.ldap.users.by.role.attribute=member

principal.ldap.roles.by.user.search.base=cn={0},cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local
principal.ldap.roles.by.user.search.filter=(objectClass=person) 
principal.ldap.roles.by.user.attribute=memberOf

With OpenKM 5.0.4 we added more "users by role" and "roles by user" configuration properties, are not present on older versions.

Understanding cn={0},cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local example. In roles by user search, for example by user openkm, the query string after replacement will be cn=openkm,cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local. In users by role search, for example by role AdminRole the query string after replacement will be cn=AdminRole,cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local. In mail search, for example by user openkm, the query string after replacement will be cn=openkm,cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local. Pay attention in both cases we're filtering by absolute reference of the node.

In case of Active directory ( windows ) it's important that all users login be in lower case, for it purpose we enable

system.login.lowercase=on

The reason is so simply, Windows not makes any difference between upper or lower case validating user name credentials.

OpenKM Integration - Filtering users and roles

Create a role called OpenKM. Assign this role to users and roles, it'll be used to filtering used and roles, only users and roles with OpenKM role will be displayed into OpenKM. If you want to restrict the user who can log into OpenKM, you should change these:

principal.ldap.user.search.filter=(&(objectclass=user)(memberOf=CN=OpenKM,CN=users,DC=weyler,DC=local))
principal.ldap.role.search.filter=(&(objectclass=group)(memberOf=CN=OpenKM,CN=users,DC=weyler,DC=local))
principal.ldap.users.by.role.search.filter=(objectclass=group)(memberOf=CN=OpenKM,CN=users,DC=weyler,DC=local))
principal.ldap.roles.by.user.search.filter=(objectClass=person)(memberOf=CN=OpenKM,CN=users,DC=weyler,DC=local))

Also add this option one in login-config.xml:

<module-option name="baseFilter">(&amp;(sAMAccountName={0})(memberOf=CN=OpenKM,CN=users,DC=weyler,DC=local))</module-option>

If you see an exception like this, probably you must use advanced configuration: javax.naming.PartialResultException: Unprocessed Continuation Reference(s); remaining name 'cn=users,dc=weyler,dc=local' read these articles: Referrals in the JNDI Resolving javax.naming.PartialResultException thrown by JBoss 5.1 LdapExtLoginModule