Mule 4 LDAP Connectivity and Associated Operations

Mule 4 LDAP Operations:

1. Search
2. Create OU(organizationalUnit)
3. Create a user
4. Modify
5. Delete

Pre-requisites:

1. MuleSoft Anypoint Studio 7
2. Java 8
3. OpenLDAP, OUD, OID, Microsoft AD.

Acronyms:

1. Search operation

Step 1: Create a project in MuleSoft Anypoint Studio and drag and drop all the required components from the Mule component palette as shown in the below flow.

Step 2: Installed Oracle unified directory LDAP server, as mentioned in the below screenshot. Next, traverse the tree structure of the LDAP server.

Step 3: In the search component we must configure LDAP server details.

Step 4: After configuring LDAP server details we must provide the Distinguished Name (DN) and filter (should be Common Name(CN)) these are the main fields to search in the LDAP server.

Step 5: Once the application has run, it must be deployed status.

Step 6: To test the result open postman hit the send button, and see the result below. The common name ramesh was used as a filter for the results given below. localhost:8089/oud

2. Create OU(organizationalUnit)

Step 1: Create a project in MuleSoft Anypoint Studio. Drag and drop all the required components from the Mule component palette as mentioned in the below flow.

Step 2: In the add entry component tab, we need to select the structural class as organizationalUnit because I am creating a group on to the LDAP server to create multiple users on this unit.

Step 3: In DataWeave I am creating a group as DevOpsGroup like organizational Unit(OU). Here I am getting Distinguished Name(dn) from queryparams.

Top Class: is the superclass of all the classes in every LDAP server’s language. if you want to create any user or OU etc…. we must import top class.

Step 4: Once we hit the API from postman we can see the logs for add entry operation in the console like below for the organizational Unit.

Logs:

Step 5: I have logged into OUD LDAP server and refreshed it to get the updated entry onto the server. Now I can able to see the LDAPGroup OU creation.

3. Create a user under OU:

Step 1: Create a project in MuleSoft Anypoint Studio. Drag and drop all the required components from the Mule component palette as mentioned in the below flow.

Step 2: In add entry component we need to select the structural class as Person because I am creating a user on to the LDAP server.

Step 3: In DataWeave I am creating a user LdapUser as common name (cn) into DevOpsGroup organizationalUnit(OU). Here I am getting Distinguished Name(dn) from queryparams.

Step 4: Once we hit the API from postman we can see the logs for add entry operation in the console like below.

Logs:

Step 5: I have logged into OUD LDAP server and refreshed it to get the updated entry on to the server. Now, I am able to see the LdapUser creation.

4. Modify a User:

Step 1: Create a project in MuleSoft Anypoint Studio. Drag and drop all the required components from the Mule component palette as below flow.

Step 2: In modify entry component, we need to select the structural class as Person because I am modifying a user’s data onto the LDAP server.

Step 3: Before modifying the user’s data, DataWeave code needs to be written as mentioned below.

Step 4: After modifying the user’s data DataWeave could be like below. Here I am trying to modify LdapUser’s data.

Step 5: Once we hit the API from the postman, can see the logs for modified entry data in the console like below.

Logs:

Step 6: Before modifying the user’s data in OUD LDAP server

After the modified operation, the user’s data changed as shown below.

5. Delete operation:

Step 1: Create a project in MuleSoft Anypoint Studio. Drag and drop all the required components from the Mule component palette as mentioned in the below flow.

Step 2: In the delete component, we must provide the DN. The user will delete based on the DN condition like below.

Step 3: Once we hit the API from postman we can see the logs for add entry operation in the console like below.

Step 4: Before deleting a user on the LDAP server we can see Test User as mentioned in the below screen.

After deleting a user on the LDAP server.

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