EduLDAP

A simple OpenLDAP service for education use, designed to be quick to use during development and as a base for production services.

EduLDAP wraps up the OpenLDAP software in a script that makes it quick and easy to start up a ready-to-use LDAP service. It also contains optional database schema that are widely used in higher education.

Advantages

• Small size and few layers
• Alpine's security architecture
• Low memory usage (a simple service will use about 10MB RAM)
• Bootstraps its configuration and directory contents
• Uses LDIF configuration backend, so config can replicate
• Education schemas as used by SAML/Shibboleth IdPs: eduPerson, SCHAC
• Includes variety of ready-made directories for quick testing
• Easy customisation using environment variables
• Production and development modes
• Logging to stdout, healthcheck, zombie-proof process management and other Docker best-practices
• Even a few tests

Quickstart

EduLDAP commands and bootstrapping

Usage

Configuring the directory init stage

Using directly with the commandline

Using as a base image

Using with Docker compose

Using in production

Misc

Development