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Currently, SoftNAS supports OpenLDAP but does not support it out of the box. Because of this, there are a few manual steps that must be performed in order to successfully configure your SoftNAS instance as an LDAP Client.

CLI Configuration - SSSD Configuration

Log in as the root user and install the OpenLDAP client and other client utilities:

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dnf install sssd sssd-ldap -y

Create an sssd.conf file in the /etc/sssd directory:

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touch /etc/sssd/sssd.conf

Edit the sssd.conf file and paste one of the following configurations:

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These sssd.conf files might not work for your network and LDAP Server configuration. These files are meant to serve as templates and are not guaranteed to work in your environment. Adjustments might have to be made.

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Replace ldap_uri = ldap://ldapServer-IP with your LDAP servers IP or hostname.

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Replace yourDomain with your configured LDAP server domain.

TLS Communication

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[sssd]
config_file_version = 2
services = nss, pam
domains = yourDomain

[nss]

homedir_substring = /home

[pam]

[domain/yourDomain]
id_provider = ldap
autofs_provider = ldap
auth_provider = ldap
chpass_provider = ldap
ldap_uri =  ldap://ldapServer-IP
ldap_search_base = dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
ldap_id_use_start_tls = True
ldap_tls_cacertdir = /etc/openldap/certs
cache_credentials = True
ldap_tls_reqcert = allow

SSL Communication

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[domain/yourDomain]
id_provider = ldap
autofs_provider = ldap
auth_provider = ldap
chpass_provider = ldap
ldap_uri = ldaps://ldapServer-IP:636
ldap_chpass_uri = ldaps://ldapServer-IP:636
ldap_search_base = dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
ldap_id_use_start_tls = False
ldap_tls_cacertdir = /etc/openldap/certs
cache_credentials = True
ldap_tls_reqcert = demand
entry_cache_timeout = 600
ldap_network_timeout = 3
ldap_connection_expire_timeout = 60

Non-TLS / Non-SSL Communication

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[sssd]
config_file_version = 2
services = nss, pam
domains = yourDomain.com

[nss]
homedir_substring = /home

[pam]

[domain/yourDomain.com]
enumerate = true
debug_level = 6
id_provider = ldap
autofs_provider = ldap
auth_provider = ldap
chpass_provider = ldap
ldap_uri = ldap://ldapServer-IP
ldap_user_search_base = ou=users,dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
ldap_group_search_base = ou=groups,dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
ldap_search_base = dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
ldap_tls_cacertdir = /etc/openldap/certs
cache_credentials = True
ldap_tls_reqcert = allow

Change ownership of sssd.conf file to the root user:

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chown root:root sssd.conf

Change permissions of the sssd.conf file to 600:

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chmod 600 sssd.conf

Restart the sssd service:

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systemctl restart sssd

Edit the /etc/openldap/ldap.conf file and replace the BASE and URI parameters with the following:

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Replace ldap_uri = ldap://ldapServer-IP with your LDAP servers IP or hostname.

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Replace yourDomain with your configured LDAP server domain.

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BASE  dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
URI   ldap://ldapServer-IP

Switch to the home directory:

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cd ~

Use authselect to configure the system:

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authselect select sssd with-mkhomedir --force

Restart the sssd service:

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systemctl restart sssd

Start and Enable the oddjobd.service:

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systemctl start oddjobd.service
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systemctl enable oddjobd.service

Verify your LDAP user(s):

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If your user does not appear here, something was configured incorrectly.

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id user

CLI Configuration - Direct LDAP Configuration

Edit the /etc/openldap/ldap.conf file and replace the BASE and URI parameters with the following:

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Replace ldap_uri = ldap://ldapServer-IP with your LDAP servers IP or hostname.

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Replace yourDomain with your configured LDAP server domain.

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BASE  dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com
URI   ldap://ldapServer-IP

StorageCenter UI Configuration

  • From the StorageCenter UI, navigate to Settings > Identity and Access Control > LDAP Client:

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  • From the LDAP Client page, click the Start LDAP Client Daemon button:

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  • From the LDAP Client page, select LDAP Search Bases:

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  • In the Global search base text box enter ou=users,dc=your,dc=Domain,dc=com and click the Save button:

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Replace yourDomain with your configured LDAP server domain.

  • From the LDAP Client page, select LDAP Server Configuration:

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  • In the Hostname text box enter the IP Address of your LDAP Server and click the Save button:

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  • From the LDAP Client page, select Services Using LDAP:

  • From the Services Using LDAP module, change the Second data source to LDAP for both the Unix users and Unix groups services.

  • From the LDAP Client page, click the Validate Configuration button:

  • From here you should see some similar output resulting in your system being successfully configured as an LDAP client: