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@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-ldap

A Backstage catalog backend module that helps integrate towards LDAP

Classes

Class	Description
LdapClient	Basic wrapper for the `ldapjs` library. Helps out with promisifying calls, paging, binding etc.
LdapOrgEntityProvider	Reads user and group entries out of an LDAP service, and provides them as User and Group entities for the catalog.
LdapOrgReaderProcessor	Extracts teams and users out of an LDAP server.

Class

Description

Basic wrapper for the ldapjs library.

Helps out with promisifying calls, paging, binding etc.

Reads user and group entries out of an LDAP service, and provides them as User and Group entities for the catalog.

Extracts teams and users out of an LDAP server.

Function	Description
defaultGroupTransformer(vendor, config, entry)	The default implementation of the transformation from an LDAP entry to a Group entity.
defaultUserTransformer(vendor, config, entry)	The default implementation of the transformation from an LDAP entry to a User entity.
mapStringAttr(entry, vendor, attributeName, setter)	Maps a single-valued attribute to a consumer. This helper can be useful when implementing a user or group transformer.
readLdapLegacyConfig(config)	Parses configuration.
readLdapOrg(client, userConfig, groupConfig, vendorConfig, options)	Reads users and groups out of an LDAP provider.
readProviderConfigs(config)	Parses all configured providers.

Interface	Description
LdapOrgEntityProviderLegacyOptions	Options for LdapOrgEntityProvider.
LdapOrgEntityProviderTransformsExtensionPoint	Interface for LdapOrgEntityProviderTransformsExtensionPoint.

Variable	Description
catalogModuleLdapOrgEntityProvider	Registers the LdapOrgEntityProvider with the catalog processing extension point.
LDAP_DN_ANNOTATION	The name of an entity annotation, that references the DN of the LDAP object it was ingested from. The DN is the fully qualified name that identifies the item; for example, for an item with the DN uid=john,ou=people,ou=spotify,dc=spotify,dc=net the generated entity would have this annotation, with that full string as its value.
LDAP_RDN_ANNOTATION	The name of an entity annotation, that references the RDN of the LDAP object it was ingested from. The RDN is the name of the leftmost attribute that identifies the item; for example, for an item with the fully qualified DN uid=john,ou=people,ou=spotify,dc=spotify,dc=net the generated entity would have this annotation, with the value "john".
LDAP_UUID_ANNOTATION	The name of an entity annotation, that references the UUID of the LDAP object it was ingested from. The UUID is the globally unique ID that identifies the item; for example, for an item with the UUID 76ef928a-b251-1037-9840-d78227f36a7e, the generated entity would have this annotation, with that full string as its value.
ldapOrgEntityProviderTransformsExtensionPoint	Extension point used to customize the transforms used by the module.

Type Alias	Description
BindConfig	The settings to use for the a command.
GroupConfig	The settings that govern the reading and interpretation of groups.
GroupTransformer	Customize the ingested Group entity
LdapOrgEntityProviderOptions	Options for LdapOrgEntityProvider.
LdapProviderConfig	The configuration parameters for a single LDAP provider.
LdapVendor	An LDAP Vendor handles unique nuances between different vendors.
TLSConfig	TLS settings
UserConfig	The settings that govern the reading and interpretation of users.
UserTransformer	Customize the ingested User entity
VendorConfig	Configuration for LDAP vendor-specific attributes. Allows custom attribute names for distinguished names (DN) and universally unique identifiers (UUID) in LDAP directories.