HP Open Source Middleware Stacks Blueprint: LAMP Architecture on HP ProLiant BladeSystem Servers on RHEL

1. Edit the following file:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Verify that the preceding file contains the following modules:

LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so

LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so

2. Create the following file:

/var/www/html/foo/index.html

Add the following lines to the preceding file:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<title>Test Apache & CDS integration</title>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

Directory foo succeed! </FONT>

</P>

</BODY>

</HTML>

3. Edit the following file:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines to the preceding file:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

AllowOverride None

order allow,deny

allow from all

AuthType Basic

AuthName Internal

AuthBasicProvider ldap

AuthzLDAPAuthoritative off

AuthLDAPURL ldap://<YOUR_LDAP_SERVER_IP>/dc=osm,dc=example,dc=com?uid??(objectclass=*)

Require ldap-group cn=tomcat,ou=groups,dc=osm,dc=example,dc=com

AuthLDAPBindDN cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com

AuthLDAPBindPassword secret

</Directory>

4. Restart Apache by entering the following command:

# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

5. Verify that the Apache LDAP authentication is operating properly by navigating to the

following website at:

http://<YOUR_WEB_SERVER_IP>/foo/

6. When prompted, log in with the user name tomy and the password tom.

The login fails, the following message appears:

Authorization Required

The tomy user does not belong to the tomcat group so the authentication failed. This failure

proves that the Apache Web server authentication services are operating properly. This can

be further proved to be true by entering the user name benw and password ben and the

following message displays:

The Authentication and Authorization worked !

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