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NodeBB + Ldap = internal BB?

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    • imc67I Offline
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      Has anyone here on Cloudron experience to use NodeBB with LDAP, all data only for LDAP users and no external signup?

      This way I guess it must be possible to use it like a kind of “intranet BB”?

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        No, but I'd like to be able to. Related discussion here.

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          To follow up, what you need to do is to fork the nodebb-app repo and add the LDAP addon to the manifest. Then you can install this forked app, install an LDAP NodeBB plugin into it and set it up manually.

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            There was not functional ldap plugin for nodebb last I checked. Do you know if this has changed?

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            • girishG girish

              There was not functional ldap plugin for nodebb last I checked. Do you know if this has changed?

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              @girish Last time I checked there was one iirc, I had it installed but not configured (because I didn’t know how at the time). I remember following the forking history through 3–4 repos before finding the most current one.

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              • yusfY yusf

                @girish Last time I checked there was one iirc, I had it installed but not configured (because I didn’t know how at the time). I remember following the forking history through 3–4 repos before finding the most current one.

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                #6

                @yusf @girish just had a quick look and it looks like this may be most recent one https://github.com/ink-blot/nodebb-plugin-node-ldap

                I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                • jdaviescoatesJ jdaviescoates

                  @yusf @girish just had a quick look and it looks like this may be most recent one https://github.com/ink-blot/nodebb-plugin-node-ldap

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                  @jdaviescoates @girish this looks indeed a good solution!

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                  • imc67I imc67

                    @jdaviescoates @girish this looks indeed a good solution!

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                    @imc67 Indeed, it's atleast a good start. It does have some strange code I need to look into like https://github.com/ink-blot/nodebb-plugin-node-ldap/blob/master/index.js#L74 . Why LDAP code has murmur hash, I have no clue.

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                      Also, the plugin doesn't work as it fails to activate. Logs later.

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                      • yusfY yusf

                        Also, the plugin doesn't work as it fails to activate. Logs later.

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                        @yusf said in NodeBB + Ldap = internal BB?:

                        plugin doesn't work as it fails to activate

                        Correction: The plugin does activate, but there's no sign of its settings pane.

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                        From the plugin readme:

                        It is possible that your linux distribution may be missing some dependencies for this plugin to work. If that is the case, try:

                        sudo apt-get update && apt-get install -y ldap-utils dnsutils

                        What's the status of these packages in Cloudron, @girish?

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                        • yusfY yusf

                          @yusf said in NodeBB + Ldap = internal BB?:

                          plugin doesn't work as it fails to activate

                          Correction: The plugin does activate, but there's no sign of its settings pane.

                          e0dceaa7-596a-4db1-983c-6792045840f1-bild.png

                          From the plugin readme:

                          It is possible that your linux distribution may be missing some dependencies for this plugin to work. If that is the case, try:

                          sudo apt-get update && apt-get install -y ldap-utils dnsutils

                          What's the status of these packages in Cloudron, @girish?

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                          @yusf Not sure why it needs them because it uses ldapjs 🤔

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                          • girishG girish

                            @yusf Not sure why it needs them because it uses ldapjs 🤔

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                            @girish Any insight into this? I've no idea either.

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                            • yusfY yusf

                              @girish Any insight into this? I've no idea either.

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                              @yusf I couldn’t wait longer so I went for Wordpress, BBpress and BuddyPress.

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                              • yusfY yusf

                                @girish Any insight into this? I've no idea either.

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                                @yusf Not really, haven't had time to look into it. Maybe in the next 2-3 weeks. Cloudron 6 is the important priority now.

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                                  I want to login to nodebb by using LDAP, which plugin should I use?
                                  I have tried nodebb-plugin-office-ldap and nodebb-plugin-sso-ldap, and I can't solve my problem very well.

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                                    I want to login to nodebb by using LDAP, which plugin should I use?
                                    I have tried nodebb-plugin-office-ldap and nodebb-plugin-sso-ldap, and I can't solve my problem very well.

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                                    @flistertwo None of the ldap plugins have been updated in a while, so one has to develop a LDAP plugin to make things work with NodeBB. https://github.com/smartameer/nodebb-plugin-office-ldap hasn't been updated in 3 years and https://github.com/ianbogda/nodebb-plugin-sso-ldap has no updates in 6 years.

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                                    • girishG girish

                                      @flistertwo None of the ldap plugins have been updated in a while, so one has to develop a LDAP plugin to make things work with NodeBB. https://github.com/smartameer/nodebb-plugin-office-ldap hasn't been updated in 3 years and https://github.com/ianbogda/nodebb-plugin-sso-ldap has no updates in 6 years.

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                                      @girish the one I shared above https://github.com/ink-blot/nodebb-plugin-node-ldap is also a little bit old (the last commit was nearly 12 months ago), but it's newer than those two.

                                      I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                                      • jdaviescoatesJ jdaviescoates

                                        @girish the one I shared above https://github.com/ink-blot/nodebb-plugin-node-ldap is also a little bit old (the last commit was nearly 12 months ago), but it's newer than those two.

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                                        @jdaviescoates
                                        Theres a more active fork at https://github.com/csturiale/nodebb-plugin-node-ldap

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                                          the plugin doesn't work as it fails to activate.

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                                            the plugin doesn't work as it fails to activate.

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                                            @sirmavid have you contacted the maintainer?

                                            Conscious tech

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