kanboard_ynh/sources/doc/ldap-group-sync.markdown

LDAP Group Synchronization

Requirements

• Have LDAP authentication properly configured
• Use a LDAP server that supports memberOf

Define automatically user roles based on LDAP groups

Use these constants in your config file:

• LDAP_GROUP_ADMIN_DN: Distinguished names for application administrators
• LDAP_GROUP_MANAGER_DN: Distinguished names for application managers

Example:

define('LDAP_GROUP_ADMIN_DN', 'CN=Kanboard Admins,CN=Users,DC=kanboard,DC=local');
define('LDAP_GROUP_MANAGER_DN', 'CN=Kanboard Managers,CN=Users,DC=kanboard,DC=local');

• People member of "Kanboard Admins" will have the role "Administrator"
• People member of "Kanboard Managers" will have the role "Managers"
• Everybody else will have the role "User"

Automatically load LDAP groups for project permissions

This feature allows you to sync automatically LDAP groups with Kanboard groups. Each group can have a different project role assigned.

On the project permissions page, people can enter groups in the auto-complete field and Kanboard can search for groups with any provider enabled.

If the group doesn't exist in the local database, it will be automatically synced.

• LDAP_GROUP_PROVIDER: Enable the LDAP group provider
• LDAP_GROUP_BASE_DN: Distinguished names to find groups in LDAP directory
• LDAP_GROUP_FILTER: LDAP filter used to perform the query
• LDAP_GROUP_ATTRIBUTE_NAME: LDAP attribute used to fetch the group name

Example:

define('LDAP_GROUP_PROVIDER', true);
define('LDAP_GROUP_BASE_DN', 'CN=Groups,DC=kanboard,DC=local');
define('LDAP_GROUP_FILTER', '(&(objectClass=group)(sAMAccountName=%s*))');

With the filter given as example above, Kanboard will search for groups that match the query. If the end-user enter the text "My group" in the auto-complete box, Kanboard will return all groups that match the pattern: (&(objectClass=group)(sAMAccountName=My group*)).

Note that the special characters * is important here, otherwise an exact match will be done.

More examples of LDAP filters for Active Directory