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+---
+title: LDAP
+author:
+  - m1cr0man
+tags:
+  - ldap
+  - icarus
+  - daedalus
+---
+
+# LDAP - `m1cr0man`
+
+LDAP is our directory service. It stores usernames, passwords, UIDs, quotas, and other user specific info.
+
+LDAP's structure is different to most other database systems. If you are not familiar with it, I recommend investing some time into looking at how schemas and distinguished names work.
+
+## Deployment
+
+- OpenLDAP is deployed with Nix to Daedalus and Icarus
+- Daedalus is the master, Icarus is slaved to it and can be used as a read only failover
+- `ldap.internal` and `ldap2.internal` are slaved to Daedalus + Icarus respectively
+- Both servers store their data in `/var/db/openldap`
+- The ldap.secret, which should **ALWAYS** have permissions `400`, and owned by the openldap user, is stored in `/var/secrets`. It is not automatically created and must be copied when setting up new hosts
+- `rb-ldap` and `useradm` are wrappers around LDAP that are custom built
+
+## Redbrick Special Notes
+
+- The root user password is in the passwordsafe
+- The OID for most of the schema is [DCU's](http://www.oid-info.com/cgi-bin/display?oid=1.3.6.1.4.1.9736&submit=Display&action=display)
+- The configs that exist for NixOS were mostly ported from our last
+  LDAP server ([`paphos`](../hardware/paphos.md)) to maintain compatibility
+- At the time of writing, LDAP is not configured with TLS
+- There are 2 scripts to manage quotas on /storage that run on the server serving NFS (`zfsquota` and `zfsquotaquery`). They are covered under the NFS documentation.
+- There's a user in ldap called testing, for testing. The password is in `pwsafe`.
+
+## Operation
+
+The `ldap*` suite of commands can be used to manage LDAP. Their man pages are very well documented, but we've provided most common operations below.
+
+Note that the ldap.secret is a crypted file, and not equal to the actual password you need to run ldap commands.
+
+### Ldapsearch Recipes
+
+`ldapsearch` can be used with and without authenticating as root. Without root, some fields (such as the password hash, altmail) will be hidden.
+
+```bash
+# Dump the entire LDAP database in LDIF form, which can be used as a form of backup
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt
+
+# Find a user by name, and print their altmail
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt uid=m1cr0man altmail
+
+# Find quotas for all users edited by m1cr0man
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL updatedby=m1cr0man quota
+
+# Find all member's usernames
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL objectClass=member uid
+
+# Find all expired users. Notice here that you can query by hidden fields, but you can't read them
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL 'yearsPaid < 1' uid
+```
+
+### Ldapmodify Recipes
+
+You can instead pass a file with `-f` when necessary.
+
+To test a command add `-n` for no-op mode.
+
+Changing `updatedby` and `updated` is added to each command as good practise.
+
+```bash
+# Add quota info to a user
+ldapmodify -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt << EOF
+dn: uid=testing,ou=accounts,o=redbrick
+changetype: modify
+add: quota
+quota: 3G
+-
+replace: updatedby
+updatedby: $USER
+-
+replace: updated
+updated: $(date +'%F %X')
+EOF
+
+# Change a user's shell
+ldapmodify -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt << EOF
+dn: uid=testing,ou=accounts,o=redbrick
+changetype: modify
+replace: loginShell
+loginShell: /usr/local/shells/disusered
+-
+replace: updatedby
+updatedby: $USER
+-
+replace: updated
+updated: $(date +'%F %X')
+EOF
+
+# Update yearsPaid
+ldapmodify -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt << EOF
+dn: uid=testing,ou=accounts,o=redbrick
+changetype: modify
+replace: yearsPaid
+yearsPaid: 1
+-
+replace: updatedby
+updatedby: $USER
+-
+replace: updated
+updated: $(date +'%F %X')
+EOF
+```
+
+### Ldapadd Recipes
+
+Occasionally you'll need to add people or things to ldap manually, such as a user you're recreating from backups, or a reserved system name such as a new machine. This is where ldapadd comes in.
+
+```bash
+# Create a file to read the new entry from
+cat > add.ldif << EOF
+dn: uid=redbrick,ou=reserved,o=redbrick
+uid: redbrick
+description: DNS entry
+objectClass: reserved
+objectClass: top
+EOF
+
+# Import the ldif
+ldapadd -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt -f add.ldif
+
+# Note if you are importing a full ldif onto a new server, use slapadd instead
+# Ensure slapd is not running first
+slapadd -v -l backup.ldif
+```
+
+### Other Recipes
+
+On a yearly basis, the `yearsPaid` fields must be incremented for every users, and last year's newbies need to be not newbies anymore.
+
+Remember to take off `-n` when you are ready to rock.
+
+Adding the `updated` and `updatedby` fields from above to these queries would be a good idea.
+
+```bash
+# Decrement yearsPaid
+# WARNING NOT IDEMPOTENT, RUN ONCE
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt objectClass=member yearsPaid |\
+tee yearsPaid-$(date +'%F').backup.ldif |\
+awk '/yearsPaid/ { print "changetype: modify\nreplace: yearsPaid\nyearsPaid: " $2 - 1 } ! /yearsPaid/ {print $0}' |\
+ldapmodify -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt -n
+
+# De-newbie last year's users
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt newbie=TRUE dn |\
+tee newbie-$(date +'%F').backup.ldif |\
+awk '/^dn/ {print $0"\nchangetype: modify\nreplace: newbie\nnewbie: FALSE\n"}' |\
+ldapmodify -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt -n
+
+# Set quotas of users without quotas
+ldapsearch -b o=redbrick -xLLL '(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(!(quota=*)))' dn |\
+awk '/^dn/ {print $0"\nchangetype: modify\nadd: quota\nquota: 2G\n"}' |\
+ldapmodify -x -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -y /path/to/passwd.txt -n
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+First off, it's worth calling out that if you are coming here to find help with a client side issue, chances are the DNS rule applies:
+
+>It's probably not LDAP
+
+With that out of the way, here's some things to check - in order.
+
+### Check Reachability of LDAP
+
+Run from the master and also from the problem client. It should return `m1cr0man`'s details. If you get an `invalid credentials` or `object not found` check that the LDAP auth config hasn't changed. If you get a connection error then restart the service.
+
+```bash
+ldapsearch -h ldap.internal -p 389 -xLLL -b o=redbrick uid=m1cr0man
+```
+
+### Verify LDAP Can Be Written to
+
+Get the password from the passwordsafe. Run this from the master.
+
+```bash
+ldapmodify -D cn=root,ou=ldap,o=redbrick -x -y filewithpwd.txt << EOF
+dn: uid=m1cr0man,ou=accounts,o=redbrick
+changetype: modify
+replace: quota
+quota: 3G
+EOF
+```
+
+Run the command from the first troubleshooting step to verify the value changed.
+
+If it fails with an auth issue, triple check your password file (it should contain the plain text password). If it fails with a non-auth issue, then check the service logs.
+
+### Enable Debug Logging
+
+OpenLDAP produces a nice set of logs when the `loglevel` is _not_ set.
+
+Remove `loglevel` from `extraConfig` in the Nix config and switch, then run this command to tail the logs:
+
+```bash
+journalctl -fu openldap
+```
+
+### Re-syncing Secondary LDAP Server(s)
+
+In the event a secondary server becomes out of sync with the master, it can be synced by stopping the server, deleting its database files, then restarting the server. Do this after ensuring that `config.redbrick.ldapSlaveTo` is set correctly.