14.4. LDAP group sync examples
This section contains examples for the RFC 2307, Active Directory, and augmented Active Directory schemas.
These examples assume that all users are direct members of their respective groups. Specifically, no groups have other groups as members. See the Nested Membership Sync Example for information on how to sync nested groups.
14.4.1. Syncing groups using the RFC 2307 schema
For the RFC 2307 schema, the following examples synchronize a group named admins
that has two members: Jane
and Jim
. The examples explain:
- How the group and users are added to the LDAP server.
- What the resulting group record in OpenShift Container Platform will be after synchronization.
These examples assume that all users are direct members of their respective groups. Specifically, no groups have other groups as members. See the Nested Membership Sync Example for information on how to sync nested groups.
In the RFC 2307 schema, both users (Jane and Jim) and groups exist on the LDAP server as first-class entries, and group membership is stored in attributes on the group. The following snippet of ldif
defines the users and group for this schema:
LDAP entries that use RFC 2307 schema: rfc2307.ldif
dn: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: users dn: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson cn: Jane sn: Smith displayName: Jane Smith mail: jane.smith@example.com dn: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson cn: Jim sn: Adams displayName: Jim Adams mail: jim.adams@example.com dn: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: groups dn: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 1 objectClass: groupOfNames cn: admins owner: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com description: System Administrators member: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com 2 member: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
Prerequisites
- Create the configuration file.
Procedure
Run the sync with the
rfc2307_config.yaml
file:$ oc adm groups sync --sync-config=rfc2307_config.yaml --confirm
OpenShift Container Platform creates the following group record as a result of the above sync operation:
OpenShift Container Platform group created by using the
rfc2307_config.yaml
fileapiVersion: user.openshift.io/v1 kind: Group metadata: annotations: openshift.io/ldap.sync-time: 2015-10-13T10:08:38-0400 1 openshift.io/ldap.uid: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 2 openshift.io/ldap.url: LDAP_SERVER_IP:389 3 creationTimestamp: name: admins 4 users: 5 - jane.smith@example.com - jim.adams@example.com
- 1
- The last time this OpenShift Container Platform group was synchronized with the LDAP server, in ISO 6801 format.
- 2
- The unique identifier for the group on the LDAP server.
- 3
- The IP address and host of the LDAP server where this group’s record is stored.
- 4
- The name of the group as specified by the sync file.
- 5
- The users that are members of the group, named as specified by the sync file.
14.4.2. Syncing groups using the RFC2307 schema with user-defined name mappings
When syncing groups with user-defined name mappings, the configuration file changes to contain these mappings as shown below.
LDAP sync configuration that uses RFC 2307 schema with user-defined name mappings: rfc2307_config_user_defined.yaml
kind: LDAPSyncConfig apiVersion: v1 groupUIDNameMapping: "cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com": Administrators 1 rfc2307: groupsQuery: baseDN: "ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com" scope: sub derefAliases: never pageSize: 0 groupUIDAttribute: dn 2 groupNameAttributes: [ cn ] 3 groupMembershipAttributes: [ member ] usersQuery: baseDN: "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com" scope: sub derefAliases: never pageSize: 0 userUIDAttribute: dn 4 userNameAttributes: [ mail ] tolerateMemberNotFoundErrors: false tolerateMemberOutOfScopeErrors: false
- 1
- The user-defined name mapping.
- 2
- The unique identifier attribute that is used for the keys in the user-defined name mapping. You cannot specify
groupsQuery
filters when using DN for groupUIDAttribute. For fine-grained filtering, use the whitelist / blacklist method. - 3
- The attribute to name OpenShift Container Platform groups with if their unique identifier is not in the user-defined name mapping.
- 4
- The attribute that uniquely identifies a user on the LDAP server. You cannot specify
usersQuery
filters when using DN for userUIDAttribute. For fine-grained filtering, use the whitelist / blacklist method.
Prerequisites
- Create the configuration file.
Procedure
Run the sync with the
rfc2307_config_user_defined.yaml
file:$ oc adm groups sync --sync-config=rfc2307_config_user_defined.yaml --confirm
OpenShift Container Platform creates the following group record as a result of the above sync operation:
OpenShift Container Platform group created by using the
rfc2307_config_user_defined.yaml
fileapiVersion: user.openshift.io/v1 kind: Group metadata: annotations: openshift.io/ldap.sync-time: 2015-10-13T10:08:38-0400 openshift.io/ldap.uid: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com openshift.io/ldap.url: LDAP_SERVER_IP:389 creationTimestamp: name: Administrators 1 users: - jane.smith@example.com - jim.adams@example.com
- 1
- The name of the group as specified by the user-defined name mapping.
14.4.3. Syncing groups using RFC 2307 with user-defined error tolerances
By default, if the groups being synced contain members whose entries are outside of the scope defined in the member query, the group sync fails with an error:
Error determining LDAP group membership for "<group>": membership lookup for user "<user>" in group "<group>" failed because of "search for entry with dn="<user-dn>" would search outside of the base dn specified (dn="<base-dn>")".
This often indicates a misconfigured baseDN
in the usersQuery
field. However, in cases where the baseDN
intentionally does not contain some of the members of the group, setting tolerateMemberOutOfScopeErrors: true
allows the group sync to continue. Out of scope members will be ignored.
Similarly, when the group sync process fails to locate a member for a group, it fails outright with errors:
Error determining LDAP group membership for "<group>": membership lookup for user "<user>" in group "<group>" failed because of "search for entry with base dn="<user-dn>" refers to a non-existent entry". Error determining LDAP group membership for "<group>": membership lookup for user "<user>" in group "<group>" failed because of "search for entry with base dn="<user-dn>" and filter "<filter>" did not return any results".
This often indicates a misconfigured usersQuery
field. However, in cases where the group contains member entries that are known to be missing, setting tolerateMemberNotFoundErrors: true
allows the group sync to continue. Problematic members will be ignored.
Enabling error tolerances for the LDAP group sync causes the sync process to ignore problematic member entries. If the LDAP group sync is not configured correctly, this could result in synced OpenShift Container Platform groups missing members.
LDAP entries that use RFC 2307 schema with problematic group membership: rfc2307_problematic_users.ldif
dn: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: users dn: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson cn: Jane sn: Smith displayName: Jane Smith mail: jane.smith@example.com dn: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson cn: Jim sn: Adams displayName: Jim Adams mail: jim.adams@example.com dn: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: groups dn: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: groupOfNames cn: admins owner: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com description: System Administrators member: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com member: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com member: cn=INVALID,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com 1 member: cn=Jim,ou=OUTOFSCOPE,dc=example,dc=com 2
In order to tolerate the errors in the above example, the following additions to your sync configuration file must be made:
LDAP sync configuration that uses RFC 2307 schema tolerating errors: rfc2307_config_tolerating.yaml
kind: LDAPSyncConfig apiVersion: v1 url: ldap://LDAP_SERVICE_IP:389 rfc2307: groupsQuery: baseDN: "ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com" scope: sub derefAliases: never groupUIDAttribute: dn groupNameAttributes: [ cn ] groupMembershipAttributes: [ member ] usersQuery: baseDN: "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com" scope: sub derefAliases: never userUIDAttribute: dn 1 userNameAttributes: [ mail ] tolerateMemberNotFoundErrors: true 2 tolerateMemberOutOfScopeErrors: true 3
- 1
- The attribute that uniquely identifies a user on the LDAP server. You cannot specify
usersQuery
filters when using DN for userUIDAttribute. For fine-grained filtering, use the whitelist / blacklist method. - 2
- When
true
, the sync job tolerates groups for which some members were not found, and members whose LDAP entries are not found are ignored. The default behavior for the sync job is to fail if a member of a group is not found. - 3
- When
true
, the sync job tolerates groups for which some members are outside the user scope given in theusersQuery
base DN, and members outside the member query scope are ignored. The default behavior for the sync job is to fail if a member of a group is out of scope.
Prerequisites
- Create the configuration file.
Procedure
Run the sync with the
rfc2307_config_tolerating.yaml
file:$ oc adm groups sync --sync-config=rfc2307_config_tolerating.yaml --confirm
OpenShift Container Platform creates the following group record as a result of the above sync operation:
OpenShift Container Platform group created by using the
rfc2307_config.yaml
fileapiVersion: user.openshift.io/v1 kind: Group metadata: annotations: openshift.io/ldap.sync-time: 2015-10-13T10:08:38-0400 openshift.io/ldap.uid: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com openshift.io/ldap.url: LDAP_SERVER_IP:389 creationTimestamp: name: admins users: 1 - jane.smith@example.com - jim.adams@example.com
- 1
- The users that are members of the group, as specified by the sync file. Members for which lookup encountered tolerated errors are absent.
14.4.4. Syncing groups using the Active Directory schema
In the Active Directory schema, both users (Jane and Jim) exist in the LDAP server as first-class entries, and group membership is stored in attributes on the user. The following snippet of ldif
defines the users and group for this schema:
LDAP entries that use Active Directory schema: active_directory.ldif
dn: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: users
dn: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: testPerson
cn: Jane
sn: Smith
displayName: Jane Smith
mail: jane.smith@example.com
memberOf: admins 1
dn: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: testPerson
cn: Jim
sn: Adams
displayName: Jim Adams
mail: jim.adams@example.com
memberOf: admins
- 1
- The user’s group memberships are listed as attributes on the user, and the group does not exist as an entry on the server. The
memberOf
attribute does not have to be a literal attribute on the user; in some LDAP servers, it is created during search and returned to the client, but not committed to the database.
Prerequisites
- Create the configuration file.
Procedure
Run the sync with the
active_directory_config.yaml
file:$ oc adm groups sync --sync-config=active_directory_config.yaml --confirm
OpenShift Container Platform creates the following group record as a result of the above sync operation:
OpenShift Container Platform group created by using the
active_directory_config.yaml
fileapiVersion: user.openshift.io/v1 kind: Group metadata: annotations: openshift.io/ldap.sync-time: 2015-10-13T10:08:38-0400 1 openshift.io/ldap.uid: admins 2 openshift.io/ldap.url: LDAP_SERVER_IP:389 3 creationTimestamp: name: admins 4 users: 5 - jane.smith@example.com - jim.adams@example.com
- 1
- The last time this OpenShift Container Platform group was synchronized with the LDAP server, in ISO 6801 format.
- 2
- The unique identifier for the group on the LDAP server.
- 3
- The IP address and host of the LDAP server where this group’s record is stored.
- 4
- The name of the group as listed in the LDAP server.
- 5
- The users that are members of the group, named as specified by the sync file.
14.4.5. Syncing groups using the augmented Active Directory schema
In the augmented Active Directory schema, both users (Jane and Jim) and groups exist in the LDAP server as first-class entries, and group membership is stored in attributes on the user. The following snippet of ldif
defines the users and group for this schema:
LDAP entries that use augmented Active Directory schema: augmented_active_directory.ldif
dn: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: users dn: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: testPerson cn: Jane sn: Smith displayName: Jane Smith mail: jane.smith@example.com memberOf: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 1 dn: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: testPerson cn: Jim sn: Adams displayName: Jim Adams mail: jim.adams@example.com memberOf: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com dn: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: groups dn: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 2 objectClass: groupOfNames cn: admins owner: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com description: System Administrators member: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com member: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
Prerequisites
- Create the configuration file.
Procedure
Run the sync with the
augmented_active_directory_config.yaml
file:$ oc adm groups sync --sync-config=augmented_active_directory_config.yaml --confirm
OpenShift Container Platform creates the following group record as a result of the above sync operation:
apiVersion: user.openshift.io/v1 kind: Group metadata: annotations: openshift.io/ldap.sync-time: 2015-10-13T10:08:38-0400 1 openshift.io/ldap.uid: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 2 openshift.io/ldap.url: LDAP_SERVER_IP:389 3 creationTimestamp: name: admins 4 users: 5 - jane.smith@example.com - jim.adams@example.com
- 1
- The last time this OpenShift Container Platform group was synchronized with the LDAP server, in ISO 6801 format.
- 2
- The unique identifier for the group on the LDAP server.
- 3
- The IP address and host of the LDAP server where this group’s record is stored.
- 4
- The name of the group as specified by the sync file.
- 5
- The users that are members of the group, named as specified by the sync file.
14.4.5.1. LDAP nested membership sync example
Groups in OpenShift Container Platform do not nest. The LDAP server must flatten group membership before the data can be consumed. Microsoft’s Active Directory Server supports this feature via the LDAP_MATCHING_RULE_IN_CHAIN
rule, which has the OID 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941
. Furthermore, only explicitly whitelisted groups can be synced when using this matching rule.
This section has an example for the augmented Active Directory schema, which synchronizes a group named admins
that has one user Jane
and one group otheradmins
as members. The otheradmins
group has one user member: Jim
. This example explains:
- How the group and users are added to the LDAP server.
- What the LDAP sync configuration file looks like.
- What the resulting group record in OpenShift Container Platform will be after synchronization.
In the augmented Active Directory schema, both users (Jane
and Jim
) and groups exist in the LDAP server as first-class entries, and group membership is stored in attributes on the user or the group. The following snippet of ldif
defines the users and groups for this schema:
LDAP entries that use augmented Active Directory schema with nested members: augmented_active_directory_nested.ldif
dn: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: users dn: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: testPerson cn: Jane sn: Smith displayName: Jane Smith mail: jane.smith@example.com memberOf: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 1 dn: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: testPerson cn: Jim sn: Adams displayName: Jim Adams mail: jim.adams@example.com memberOf: cn=otheradmins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 2 dn: ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: groups dn: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 3 objectClass: group cn: admins owner: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com description: System Administrators member: cn=Jane,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com member: cn=otheradmins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com dn: cn=otheradmins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 4 objectClass: group cn: otheradmins owner: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com description: Other System Administrators memberOf: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 5 6 member: cn=Jim,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
When syncing nested groups with Active Directory, you must provide an LDAP query definition for both user entries and group entries, as well as the attributes with which to represent them in the internal OpenShift Container Platform group records. Furthermore, certain changes are required in this configuration:
-
The
oc adm groups sync
command must explicitly whitelist groups. -
The user’s
groupMembershipAttributes
must include"memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:"
to comply with theLDAP_MATCHING_RULE_IN_CHAIN
rule. -
The
groupUIDAttribute
must be set todn
. The
groupsQuery
:-
Must not set
filter
. -
Must set a valid
derefAliases
. -
Should not set
baseDN
as that value is ignored. -
Should not set
scope
as that value is ignored.
-
Must not set
For clarity, the group you create in OpenShift Container Platform should use attributes other than the distinguished name whenever possible for user- or administrator-facing fields. For example, identify the users of an OpenShift Container Platform group by their e-mail, and use the name of the group as the common name. The following configuration file creates these relationships:
LDAP sync configuration that uses augmented Active Directory schema with nested members: augmented_active_directory_config_nested.yaml
kind: LDAPSyncConfig apiVersion: v1 url: ldap://LDAP_SERVICE_IP:389 augmentedActiveDirectory: groupsQuery: 1 derefAliases: never pageSize: 0 groupUIDAttribute: dn 2 groupNameAttributes: [ cn ] 3 usersQuery: baseDN: "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com" scope: sub derefAliases: never filter: (objectclass=person) pageSize: 0 userNameAttributes: [ mail ] 4 groupMembershipAttributes: [ "memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:" ] 5
- 1
groupsQuery
filters cannot be specified. ThegroupsQuery
base DN and scope values are ignored.groupsQuery
must set a validderefAliases
.- 2
- The attribute that uniquely identifies a group on the LDAP server. It must be set to
dn
. - 3
- The attribute to use as the name of the group.
- 4
- The attribute to use as the name of the user in the OpenShift Container Platform group record.
mail
orsAMAccountName
are preferred choices in most installations. - 5
- The attribute on the user that stores the membership information. Note the use of
LDAP_MATCHING_RULE_IN_CHAIN
.
Prerequisites
- Create the configuration file.
Procedure
Run the sync with the
augmented_active_directory_config_nested.yaml
file:$ oc adm groups sync \ 'cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com' \ --sync-config=augmented_active_directory_config_nested.yaml \ --confirm
注意You must explicitly whitelist the
cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com
group.OpenShift Container Platform creates the following group record as a result of the above sync operation:
OpenShift group created by using the
augmented_active_directory_config_nested.yaml
fileapiVersion: user.openshift.io/v1 kind: Group metadata: annotations: openshift.io/ldap.sync-time: 2015-10-13T10:08:38-0400 1 openshift.io/ldap.uid: cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com 2 openshift.io/ldap.url: LDAP_SERVER_IP:389 3 creationTimestamp: name: admins 4 users: 5 - jane.smith@example.com - jim.adams@example.com
- 1
- The last time this OpenShift Container Platform group was synchronized with the LDAP server, in ISO 6801 format.
- 2
- The unique identifier for the group on the LDAP server.
- 3
- The IP address and host of the LDAP server where this group’s record is stored.
- 4
- The name of the group as specified by the sync file.
- 5
- The users that are members of the group, named as specified by the sync file. Note that members of nested groups are included since the group membership was flattened by the Microsoft Active Directory Server.