Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a network protocol for accessing, querying, and managing hierarchically organized directory information.
Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow, Second Edition
An LDAP service is a directory service that supports queries through the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
- How it is used
- Connects Airflow authentication to an existing directory service instead of separately managing Airflow users.
- How deep it goes
- Defines DITs, entries, attributes, DNs, operations, and Airflow configuration, but does not detail LDAP implementation internals.
- Examples
- Uses Entra ID, OpenLDAP, DIT entries, ldapsearch commands, and FAB configuration for Airflow login synchronization.
- What you can do after
- Apply it by configuring Airflow to authenticate users against LDAP and register them with a default role.
MongoDB 8.0 in Action, Third Edition
LDAP is a directory-access protocol for querying and managing identity and organizational information in a directory service.
- How it is used
- Centralizes Atlas user authentication and authorization for enterprises with existing LDAP infrastructure.
- How deep it goes
- Defines LDAP’s role in Atlas authentication and selection, but does not explain directory schemas, protocol exchanges, or configuration steps.
- Examples
- Uses large enterprises, departments, teams, and existing corporate LDAP infrastructure as application scenarios.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure Atlas authentication through an established LDAP directory while accounting for security, compliance, and operational requirements.
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Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a network protocol for accessing and managing directory information, including user identities.
- How it is used
- Supports centralized authentication, provisioning, and access enforcement for enterprise storage and internal applications.
- How deep it goes
- Defines LDAP’s directory model and operational role, but stops short of protocol-level implementation details.
- Examples
- Names Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, 389 Directory Server, and Ceph as LDAP-related enterprise examples.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate LDAP as a centralized identity integration for storage platforms and internal systems.
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Related concepts
- directory serviceuses · A directory service is a network-accessible system that organizes, stores, and retrieves information about identities, resources, attributes, and permissions.
- role-based access controlused by · Role-based access control is an authorization model that assigns permissions to roles and grants users or other principals access through their assigned roles.
- Apache Airflowused by · Apache Airflow is an open-source platform for authoring, scheduling, and monitoring programmatically defined workflows, commonly represented as directed acyclic graphs.
- TLSuses · Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol that protects network communications through confidentiality, integrity, and authentication of communicating endpoints.
- identity provideruses · An identity provider is a system that authenticates users or other entities and supplies identity information or authentication assertions to relying applications and services.
- authenticationused by · Authentication is the process of establishing or verifying the identity of a user, service, device, or other communicating entity.
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