user manager and ubuntu login

[jpvlerbe]

Hi

I am trying to use ldap-user-manager to manage access accounts for ubuntu servers. After spending quite a bit of time however I do not seem to get it working. I have the following docker-compose setup:
`
version: "3.8"

services:
openldap:
image: osixia/openldap:1.5.0
volumes:
- ./storage/ldap_db:/var/lib/ldap
- ./storage/ldap_config:/etc/ldap/slapd.d
environment:
- LDAP_ORGANISATION=try.this.it
- LDAP_DOMAIN=example.com
- LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
- LDAP_CONFIG_PASSWORD=
- LDAP_RFC2307BIS_SCHEMA=true
- LDAP_REMOVE_CONFIG_AFTER_SETUP=true
- LDAP_TLS_VERIFY_CLIENT=never
networks:
- openldap
ports:
- 389:389
- 636:636

openldap-ui:
image: wheelybird/ldap-user-manager:v1.10
environment:
- LDAP_URI=ldap://openldap
- LDAP_BASE_DN=dc=example,dc=com
- LDAP_REQUIRE_STARTTLS=FALSE
- LDAP_ADMINS_GROUP=admins
- LDAP_ADMIN_BIND_DN=cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
- LDAP_ADMIN_BIND_PWD=
- LDAP_IGNORE_CERT_ERRORS=true
- NO_HTTPS=TRUE
- PASSWORD_HASH=SSHA
- SERVER_HOSTNAME=localhost:18080
- LDAP_DEBUG=true
- LDAP_VERBOSE_CONNECTION_LOGS=true
- SHOW_POSIX_ATTRIBUTES=TRUE
depends_on:
- openldap
ports:
- 18080:80
networks:
- openldap

networks:
openldap:
name: openldap
`

For configuring the login on Ubuntu I want to use SSSD for which I referred to https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/service-sssd-ldap. I tried and searched far and wide, ignoring SSL/TLS things for now, but could not get it to work. Is it meant to be compatible or should I refer to another manager? Any pointers, caveats?

[wheelybird]

Hi. I'm not really sure what your problem is. Assuming you've got OpenLDAP and ldap-user-manager working (i.e. you can add new user accounts) then there should be no issue with SSSD. Either the issue lies in how you've configured SSSD or there are connection issues. You didn't provide any SSSD logs, so it's hard to say. Were you able to test your LDAP connection with the ldapwhoami command as described on the page you linked to?