node-red-contrib-better-ldap


Better LDAP includes nodes which implement the [ldapjs][ldapjs] api. Some nodes
have been simplified to help ease of use. Time has been taken to make sure that
the only dependency is ldapjs. This does make the code a bit more complex
but I feel it enables a better cleaner project.

Install
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Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install

npm install node-red-contrib-better-ldap

Or add via Manage Palette

Nodes
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Update Node

Update node is used to update an attribute on an LDAP object by DN

!update_node
!update node settings

Operation, DN, Attribute, and Value can be accessed via
msg.operation, msg.dn, msg.attribute, msg.payload
respectively.

Node sets msg.ldapStatus with the result of operation.

Search Node

!search_node
!search node settings

Search node is used to run a search query against a LDAP server.
You must use a standard LDAP filter query.
More information on ldap queries can be found [here][filterQuery]

#### Properties
Base DN the base LDAP object to start your search

Scope Scope can be either base, one, or sub
- base - Only search the base dn. no further sub directories
- one - Search only one directory down from the base dn
- sub - Search all directories and sub directories

filter LDAP filter criteria

attributes Attributes to be returned for each object. A comma separated list of attributes to change.
Default attributes are defined. They are targeted toward user queries.
Provide

Defaults:

dn, userPrincipalName, sAMAccountName, objectSID, mail,
lockoutTime, whenCreated, pwdLastSet, userAccountControl,
employeeID, sn, givenName, initials, cn, displayName,
comment, description, title, department, company

If you wanted to search for all objects where firstName starts with te you
would use the filter (firstName=te) where te is the search term and is a wild card.

Configuration
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Host, port, username, and password are required to configure a new LDAP client.
Noting special is required at for ldap connection. At this time a TLS connection
is not available. If I get enough requests and someone willing ot test it I am
more than happy to add the feature.

!configuration settings

License
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See license

[ldapjs]: https://github.com/joyent/node-ldapjs
[filterQuery]: https://docs.ldap.com/specs/rfc4515.txt