cli

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cli

An example LDAP user authentication CLI that also retrieves the user's groups.

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Running the CLI

go build

Running the cli requires providing the username for authentication.

./cli -username <username>

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Using the built-in LDAP directory service

We've add support to use a built in test LDAP directory into the CLI example.

When you run the cli without specifying a config file, the test directory will be configured and started on an available localhost port.

The test directory only allows you to login with one user which is alice with a password of password.

This very simple Test Directory option removes the dependency of standing up your own Directory, if you just want to run the CLI and see it work.

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Using your own directory service.

If you wish to use your own directory with the cli, then provide a json configuration file via --config <filename>.

See the ldap.ClientConfig for the available configuration settings. \

An example of how this might be done is include, which can be executed by:

• Starting a local openldap service in docker using: ./start-local-ldap.sh
• Then authenticating via: ./cli --config local-ldap-config.json --username "Hermes Conrad" then provide the password of hermes when prompted.

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