Getting Started with Oracle WebLogic Server 12c: Developer's Guide

Using an external LDAP server

In our use case, we are going to set up an authentication provider to integrate with an external OpenLDAP server. This will provide the key functionalities we need to secure our web application and illustrate with an example a common requirement of most enterprise applications.

Note

The setup of the OpenLDAP server and the initial load of users were performed in Chapter 2, Setting Up the Environment. You can check using some of the command-line utilities provided by OpenLDAP. For example, ldapsearch -H ldap://localhost:389 -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -W.

As the preceding diagram shows, our web application client ...