LDAP Authentication
DSE 5.0 introduced a DSE Unified Authenticator. The DSE Authenticator can be used for LDAP authentication by configuring the cluster to use a given username/password for authentication to the DSE cluster. DSE versions earlier than 5.0 are configured similarly but use LDAP Authenticator on the DSE cluster.
Background
- Given
- a running DSE cluster with LDAP authentication enabled
- And
- the following example:Copy
// Get the username and password from environment variables $username = $_SERVER["USERNAME"]; $password = $_SERVER["PASSWORD"]; // Attempt to create the session using plaintext authentication try { $cluster = Dse::cluster() ->withPlaintextAuthenticator($username, $password) ->build(); $session = $cluster->connect(); // Indicate the connection was successful echo "Login successful" . PHP_EOL; } catch (Dse\Exception\AuthenticationException $deae) { // Indicate the connection was unsuccessful echo "Login failed" . PHP_EOL; }
Authenticating with proper LDAP credentials
- And
- it is executed with proper credentials
- Then
- its output should contain:
Login successful
Authenticating with improper LDAP credentials
- But
- it is executed with improper credentials, a Dse\Exception\AuthenticationException will occur
- Then
- its output should contain:
Login failed