Support CA cert file by setting an env variable

Add the option to use a CA cert file by setting the environment variable  with the path to the CA cert file.
Reference documentation here : https://www.python-ldap.org/en/python-ldap-3.3.0/reference/ldap.html#tls-options
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Mathieu Rollet 2021-01-19 16:36:25 +01:00
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@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ To install and configure the reference implementation, perform the following ste
``` ```
docker build -t nginx-ldap-auth-daemon --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3 . docker build -t nginx-ldap-auth-daemon --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3 .
``` ```
If you want to use a CA certification file for validating the LDAP authentication server when using TLS, you can set the `LDAP_CA_CERT` environment variable in the environment running the authentication daemon. With the Docker container, you can do:
```
docker run -e LDAP_CA_CERT='/path/to/cacert/file' nginx-ldap-auth-daemon
```
- **nginx-ldap-auth-daemon-ctl.sh** Sample shell script for starting and stopping the daemon. Install on the same host as the ldap-auth daemon. - **nginx-ldap-auth-daemon-ctl.sh** Sample shell script for starting and stopping the daemon. Install on the same host as the ldap-auth daemon.

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@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ class LDAPAuthHandler(AuthHandler):
# Establish a STARTTLS connection if required by the # Establish a STARTTLS connection if required by the
# headers. # headers.
if ctx['starttls'] == 'true': if ctx['starttls'] == 'true':
cacert_file = os.getenv("LDAP_CA_CERT")
if cacert_file:
ldap_obj.set_option(ldap.OPT_X_TLS_CACERTFILE, cacert_file)
ldap_obj.set_option(ldap.OPT_X_TLS_NEWCTX, 0)
ldap_obj.start_tls_s() ldap_obj.start_tls_s()
# See https://www.python-ldap.org/en/latest/faq.html # See https://www.python-ldap.org/en/latest/faq.html