Basic Auth + LDAP2012/07/10

	Configure Apache2 and set a page that people must authenticate and the authentication is from LDAP server. Therefore it's necessarry to run LDAP server in your LAN.
[1]	Following example shows 'test' directory requires an authentication.

root@www:~#

a2enmod ldap authnz_ldap

# enable modules

Enabling module ldap.
Considering dependency ldap for authnz_ldap:
Module ldap already enabled
Enabling module authnz_ldap.
Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' to activate new configuration!

root@www:~#

vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/auth_ldap.conf

# create new

<IfModule authnz_ldap_module>
    <Directory /var/www/test>
        SSLRequireSSL
        AuthName "Authentication"
        AuthType Basic
        AuthBasicProvider ldap
        AuthLDAPURL ldap://master.srv.world/dc=srv,dc=world?uid?sub?(objectClass=*)
        Require ldap-filter objectClass=posixAccount
    </Directory>
</IfModule>

root@www:~#

service apache2 restart

* Restarting web server apache2
... waiting ...done.

root@www:~#

vi /var/www/test/index.html

# create a test page

Access to the test page with web browser, then authentication is required as a config. Input user name on LDAP and authenticate here.

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