如何将LDAP系统集成到我现有的基于Java的网站

Question

We also have a requirement where we needs to associate the LDAP users with our application.

Going through the below link gives me some of the idea. How to build LDAP integration for my web app?

Still some of the questions remains

Application is basically servlet based application with Ext-js as the front end. This requirement is particularly for one of the clients.

Our application is basically a SAAS application with Role Based Access Control system . We have users with different roles Admin,Staff etc with different set of permissions.

How do we achieve the same in our application , i mean the authorization part,assuming that authentication is already done with some e "remote authentication" feature already implemented.

• Do we really need to import these all LDAP users to our application ? if yes how to do it?
• How to map our existing roles to this users.
• Do we need a Domain Server to test this feature. How can we setup . One of my friend advised to install windows 2008 server to achieve the same. is it really needed ?

Answer 1

Do we really need to import these all LDAP users to our application?

No, they're in the LDAP DIT, that's where they should stay.

if yes how to do it?

Don't.

How to map our existing roles to this users.

Add the roles to the LDAP DIT and enrol the users in those roles in the LDAP DIT as appropriate.

Do we need a Domain Server to test this feature.

You need an LDAP server. There are many available.

How can we setup.

Off topic. Try superuser.com.

One of my friend advised to install windows 2008 server to achieve the same. Is it really needed ?

No, there are many LDAP servers available, see above. Active Directory is just one of those.