Setting Up LDAP Authentication for Kanboard

#Kanboard #LDAP #ActiveDirectory #Authentication

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0788.html

NOTE: This tutorial assumes Kanboard is already installed and running. If it isn't, follow one of these tutorials to install it Linux:  https://youtu.be/ Windows:  https://youtu.be/on_8FD3DRKk

What is Kanboard?

Kanboard is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. - https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard

Active Directory Setup

   01. Open Active Directory Users and Computers    02. Expand the domain ≫ Users    03. Right Click Users ≫ New ≫ User    04. Create a read only account to use for LDAP binding          First Name: Read          Last Name: Only          User logon name: readonly_svc    05. Click Next    06. Set the user's password and confirm it    07. Uncheck User must change password on next logon    08. Check User cannot change password    09. Check Password never expires ≫ Click Next    10. Click Finish    11. Right Click Users ≫ New ≫ Group    12. Give the group a name (ie DevTeam) and click OK    13. Right Click the newly created group ≫ Properties    14. Select the Members tab ≫ Click Add...    15. Add users that will be allowed access Kanboard    16. Click OK

Configuring Kanboard for LDAP

   01. Navigate to the PHP install directory in File Explorer    02. Edit php.ini in a text editor    03. Find the ldap extension and make sure it is enabled by removing the # at the start of the line          extension=ldap    04. Save the changes to php.ini    05. Restart the Apache HTTPD service    06. Navigate to the Kanboard installation directory    07. Edit config.php in a text editor    08. Edit the following fields to configure the LDAP connection          define('LDAP_AUTH', true);          define('LDAP_SERVER', 'ldap://i12bretro.local:389');          define('LDAP_BIND_TYPE', 'proxy');          define('LDAP_USERNAME', 'readonly_svc@i12bretro.local');          define('LDAP_PASSWORD', 'Read0nly!!');          define('LDAP_USER_BASE_DN', 'CN=Users,DC=i12bretro,DC=local');          define('LDAP_USER_FILTER', '(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=%s)(memberof=cn=DevTeam,CN=Users,dc=i12bretro,dc=local))');          define('LDAP_USER_ATTRIBUTE_USERNAME', 'sAMAccountName');    09. Save the changes to config.php    10. Open a browser and navigate to the Kanboard URL    11. Attempt logging in with a valid LDAP user name and password   Documentation:  https://docs.kanboard.org/en/latest/admin_guide/ldap_authentication.html  

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