Flask Framework Cookbook - Second Edition

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will create a login page similar to the one we created in the first recipe of this chapter, Creating a simple session-based authentication. The user can log in using their LDAP credentials. If the credentials are successfully authenticated on the provided LDAP server, the user is logged in.

If you already have an LDAP server that you can access, feel free to skip the LDAP setup instructions in this section.

1. The first step is to get access to an LDAP server. This can be a server already hosted somewhere, or you can create your own local LDAP server. The easiest way to spawn a demo LDAP server is by using Docker.

Here, we are assuming that you have prior experience in Docker and have Docker installed on your ...