marymissmary/slapd repository overview

⁠Dockerized Standalone LDAP Daemon run with supervisor.

I find I sometimes need a test instance of LDAP to test applications I'm making, so I built a simple docker container running slapd.

Container includes vim and apache2 just for kicks, and sshd to log in update the LDAP database (you can also update from outside the container).

Yes, I know, sshd in a container is considered poor form, http://jpetazzo.github.io/2014/06/23/docker-ssh-considered-evil/⁠ and in principle I agree...but for dinking around and testing? It's super convenient.

The root password both for the container and slapd are set to 'root_password' in the Dockerfile.

The LDAP BASE and URI are set in config_files/ldap.conf.

To build the container:

docker build -t slapd .

To run the container:

docker run -p 49222:22 -p 49980:80 -p 49389:389 -d --name slapd slapd

To ssh into continer:

ssh root@localhost -p 49222

To add testdata.ldif to the container, from WITHIN the container:

ldapadd -x -D cn=admin,dc=ldaptest,dc=local -W -f testdata.ldif

To search the database from OUTSIDE the container:

ldapsearch -x -H ldap://localhost:49389 -b dc=ldaptest,dc=local

To add othertestdata.ldif from OUTSIDE the container:

ldapadd -x -H ldap://localhost:49389 -W -f othertestdata.ldif -D cn=admin,dc=ldaptest,dc=local

⁠Access directory from another container

To link this container to another one, use the --link option when starting the second container:

docker run --link slapd:slapd --name other_container other_container

From WITHIN THE OTHER container, the directory data can be accessed via:

ldapsearch -x -H ldap://slapd -b dc=ldaptest,dc=local